San Remo and Bordighera are the pearls of the Ligurian Riviera: they are rich in gorgeous villas and gardens and offer two exceptional botanical gardens.
- Location: Sanremo, Bordighera
- Visit to the Park of Villa Ormond in Sanremo: a French-style botanical garden with species from all over the world
- Exotic plants from the Canary Islands, Japan, China, Tasmania, Brazil, and California
- Transfer to Bordighera to visit the Pallanca Exotic Garden
- Over 3,200 botanical species, including the largest collection of cacti in Italy
- Admire the 300-year-old Chilean "Copiapoa" cactus from the Andes
Bordighera
Sanremo
Sanremo and Bordighera are the jewels of the Western Riviera: rich in splendid villas and historic gardens, they offer two exceptional botanical gardens.
Sanremo, the city of flowers par excellence, boasts in the park of Villa Ormond a splendid botanical garden. Built by the Rambaldi family from Sanremo, the villa was sold to the Ormonds from Paris in 1887. The park, recently restored, was then shaped in the French style of the late 19th century. The plants that color the garden come from all over the world: from the Canary Islands to Japan, from Tasmania to China, from California to Brazil.
- In the afternoon, transfer to Bordighera: just before the Punta Migliarese tunnel, a steep rocky slope overlooking the sea appears, with terraces and levels populated by magnificent plants.
- This is the Pallanca Exotic Garden, a spectacular natural monument created by the descendants of Bartolomeo Pallanca.
- There are 3,200 plant species, including a precious collection of cacti — the most important in Italy and one of the most important in Europe.
- The oldest plant — a “Copiapoa” native to Chile, which grows on the slopes of the Andes — is 300 years old.
