Location: Valeggio sul Mincio, Verona, Italy
Opening times: March to November, 9 AM - 6 PM
Established: 1978
Area: 150 acres
Visitors: Around 1 million each year
Number of Flowers: Over 1 million
ENDEREÇO
Via Cavour, 1, 37067 Valeggio sul Mincio VR, Italy
Horários
9:00–19:00
INGRESSOS
A partir de US$ 18,48
Ingressos para Parco Giardino Sigurtà
Combo (Economize 5%): ingressos para o Gardaland Park + Parco Giardino Sigurtà
Combo (Economize 3%): Parco Giardino Sigurtà + Verona Card com ingressos prioritários para a Arena
Parco Sigurtà is one of the top landscaped parks in Italy and has many enchanting sights to see and experience. Located near Lake Garda and the cities of Mantua and Verona, and spans an area of 150 acres.
Here you can explore enchanting naturally landscaped gardens, vast green lawns, annual seasonal flowerings of tulips, roses, begonias, irises, water lilies, crocuses, and many more. This award-winning park was opened to the public by the Sigurtà family in 1978 and attracts millions of visitors every year.
Parco Sigurtà is one of the most popular parks in Italy, and is known for its enchanting naturally landscaped gardens. It has won numerous awards including "Second Most Beautiful Park in Europe 2015", "World Tulip Award 2019", and "Best Attraction in the World 2020".
Apart from the natural beauty, there are also lots of attractions that you can visit like the Maze, the Votive Grotto, the Romeo and Juliet Horizontal Sundial, the Castelletto, the Hermitage, and the Lover’s Bench among others. Parco Sigurtà also has an Educational Farm, where you can learn all about how to care for farm animals like chickens, goats, and ducks.
1407: The Venetian patrician Gerolamo Nicolò Contarini bought the property which was used as an orchard and for agricultural purposes.
1417: A large main house (a domus magna) was added to the property, with a small formal garden.
1430s: The estate was sold to the Guarienti family, who owned it for 190 years, until 1616. During this time, the property was improved, with the addition of a hunting ground, and improved gardens with “panoramic paths”.
1616: The property passed to the Maffei family, who made significant changes to the property, including building a more “modern” stately home, and, in 1699m gaining irrigation rights from the nearby River Mincio.
1759-1836: Marquis Antonio Maffei transformed 22 hectares of the property into a romantic English garden. He also added a neo-Gothic temple (now called the Hermitage), the Castelletto, and the Grotto.
1859: During the battle of Solferino and San Martino, Franz Josef of Austria and Napoleon III of France came to the Park.
1836-1929: The garden passed to the Marquis’s daughter Anna, wife of Count Filippo Nuvoloni. Unfortunately, under the Nuvoloni family, there was a slow decline of the garden
1929-1941: In 1929, the whole estate was sold to Maria Paulo, and in 1941, again to Dr. Giuseppe Carlo Sigurtà. Dr. Sigurtà began the work of redeveloping and restoring the gardens and its monuments. It spread from the original 22 hectares to 60 hectares.
1978: On March 19, 1978, Dr. Sigurtà opened the gardens to the public.
1990s-present: Dr. Sigurtà’s descendants Magda and Giuseppe continue to preserve and expand the park, adding the Horizontal Sundial in 1990, the Maze in 2011, and expanding tulips in the garden.
There are a number of events that take place at Parco Sigurtà.
A. Parco Sigurtà is a landscaped park spanning 150 acres and located near Lake Garda near Verona in Italy.
A. Parco Sigurtà is one of the top parks in Italy, and has won many awards for its stunning landscaped beauty.
A. Yes, Parco Sigurtà has undertaken measures to ensure public safety at all times, such as distancing protocols, rigorous cleaning regulations, and more.
A. Tickets to Parco Sigurtà are available starting from €13.50.
A. You can buy your tickets to Parco Sigurtà online here.
A. Parco Sigurtà has a number of highlights such as the Avenue of Roses, the Water Gardens the Maze, the Great Lawns, and the Votive Grotto, among others.
A. Parco Sigurtà was originally designed in the 1700s, by Marquis Antonio Maffei. It was later redeveloped and restored Dr. Giuseppe Carlo Sigurtà.
A. Parco Sigurtà is located in Valeggio sul Mincio, a small town located in the province of Verona in Italy.
A. You can get to Park Guell in Barcelona via car, bus, train, and bicycle.
A. Parco Giardino Sigurtà is open from 6 March 2022 until 13 November 2022. It is open every day from 9 AM - 7 PM (last admission at 6 PM). In the months of March, October, and November closing is at 6 PM (last admission at 5 PM).
