Orto Botanico dell'Università di Perugia

Peaceful place

Visited late morning. The building and architecture is impressive, with a number of large wells positioned in the courtyards. The gardens were well laid out and were very tranquil and relaxing to walk...

Magical medieval experience

Saw a review stating that the plants are very common and have outlandish names (like Tree of life) but that is its strength, showing medieval concepts using a garden. I went towards the end of May and...

Tranquil and enchanting

A beautiful peaceful if somewhat neglected garden , one part of which is based on a symbolic reading of the Bible. It represents the Garden of Eden. The other half ( it is not large) is the area where...

See the mediaeval garden

The botanical gardens can be reached via the mediaeval garden at San Pietro. It is good to compare the ancient and modern approaches to gardening.

Interesting, but somewhat neglected

Perhaps it was after a long summer break, but the garden had a somewhat neglected air. It was well designed, but little attempt had been made to hold back the weeds. It could have been really interest...