Orto Botanico di Palermo

Not worth the visit, very uncared for

Shocked that these gardens are not at all maintained. Full of weeds, nothing pleasant to look at. So disappointing. Not worth the visit.

Green escape from the city

A really lovely walk and some spectacular trees. Palermo gets a bit polluted and this is a welcome escape to breathe fresh air, from fruit trees to magnificent magnolia trees, bamboo and cacti. You ca...

away from the noise of the city

Lovely gardens and good coffee at the Talia pavilion. They also have the cleanest toilet in Sicily - and separate ladies and gents!

Shady paradise

These gardens are fascinating: full of trees and plants botanically classified and all labelled. The C18 origins shown in the classical buildings, but modern greenhouses reveal collections of cacti an...

Very underwhelming, no colour

A very large area with some interesting trees, virtually no flowering plants and the areas look very neglected as do the paths,the water features are all Brocken