DISCOVERING NATURE

Halfway between Milan and Venice, in the province of Verona, there is a breathtaking 600 thousand-squaremeter park. It has been honored with four awards just in the past two years; in 2019, the “World Tulip Award” from the World Tulip Society. In 2020, Tiqets crowned it “Best Attraction 2020: Global Winner”; the park also won the “Global Remarkable Venue Awards.” Though 2020 was also the year which saw Sigurtà Garden Park win the Tripadvisor’s “Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Award,” Sigurtà Garden Park, however, is not exactly a novelty. Founded in 1407, it treasures a number of places of historical and natural interest with enchanting and colorful blooms welcoming visitors throughout the seasons. In the months of March and April, “Tulipanomania” amazes them with a bloom of over a million tulips of many different shapes and colors. In the month of May, an avenue lined with 30 thousand roses leads visitors on a one kilometer long floral walk. Throughout the summer months on the other hand, hundreds of rustic and tropical water lilies dance in the park’s 18 ponds, creating colorful real-life paintings. The Garden Park, however, also encompasses a 2,500 square-meter maze made of 1,500 yew trees in addition to the Medicinal Herbs Garden. Other places of interest include the Votive Grotto, the Dog Cemetery, the Panoramic Walk, the Great Lawn, Romeo and Juliet’s sundial, the Hermitage and the Castelletto. Despite this, among the Park’s most beloved attractions is the Great Oak. Being 4 centuries old, it is the Park’s oldest tree. It boasts a six meter-round trunk, having perfect proportions to its 120 meter- girth crown that covers an area of about 1,000 square-meters with a height of about 40 meters. For children, the Educational Farm is unmissable. With its wide range of farmyard animals – including Paduan Hens and Tibetan goats

– it is the perfect venue where to experience exciting educational workshops.

Visitors, young and old alike, may choose to explore the Park on foot, by bike (their own or one rented on-site), by train with the Enchanted Trail train, by shuttle with the electric shuttle inclusive of a guided tour or even with electricity-powered golf-carts.