The Orto Botanico di Palermo in Palermo, Palermo, Italy | Botanical Gardens

The Orto Botanico di Palermo (Palermo Botanical Gardens) is both a Botanical Gardens and a research and educational institution forming part of, and managed by, the Department of Botany of the University of Palermo, Italy.

The gardens are currently home to at least 12,000 different species.

Having been developed during the great age of exploration, between the second half of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century the Botanical Gardens became an important point of reference for the bigger botanical gardens of Northern Europe. Because of Palermo's favourable climate, they transferred a good number of unknown, poorly classified and exotic tropical species there.

The Orto Botanico di Palermo, is considered among the most important and significant in Italy, thanks to the tropical climate that Palermo, Italy has for most of the year.

Not to be missed are the greenhouses, partly because of the rich info boards that allow you to appreciate the exceptional crop. The most beautiful is the one given by Queen Maria Carolina that keeps coffee plants, cinnamon, and the famous parmentiera sensory.

The Orto Botanico di Palermo, is open all year round on weekdays from 9 to 17, except New Year's, Easter, May, August and Christmas.