Giardino storico della Reggia di Colorno | Grandi Giardini Italiani

Information

Opening hours
Season 2025
Historic Garden
All year round as follows:

Solar time: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
daylight saving time: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Reggia

February
- Saturdays with a guided tour at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. or with an audio guide at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Sundays and public holidays with guided tours at 10 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m. or with audio guide at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
From March to November
- weekdays only with guided tour available at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 4.30 p.m.
- Saturdays with a guided tour at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. or with an audio guide at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
- Sundays and public holidays with guided tours at 10 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m. or with audio guide at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Closed on non-holiday Mondays
Duration of visit: 80 minutes
The guided tour does not include a visit to the historic garden

Entrance
Historic Garden
Free admission
Visit with audio guide: € 3.00

Reggia di Colorno
(guide included)
Full price: € 12.00
Reduced ticket: € 11.00
Family Ticket (2 adults + 1 child*): € 25.00
Family Ticket (2 adults + 2 children*): € 30.00
Family ticket (2 adults + 3 children*): € 35.00
Children (up to 6 years of age): free of charge
Disabled and accompanying person: free of charge

*age between 6 and 14 years.

Contact us
Piazza Garibaldi, 26
43052 Colorno (PR)

T. +39 0521 312545

reggiadicolorno.it

History

The first evidence of a garden around the Colorno Rock dates back to the second half of the fifteenth century under the Sanseverino dynasty. After the accession of Ranuccio Farnese and his wife Margherita Jolanda of Savoy the boundary walls were built with successive earth movements near the Royal Palace to create different levels between the higher and lower gardens.
Also under Farnese rule the transformation of the Italian garden into French style began with the court architect Ferdinando Galli Bibiena. On the extinction of this dynasty the garden was neglected for a while until the arrival of Philip of Bourbon when work began again with the help of Petitot. In 1816 another transformation took place with Maria Luigia of Austria and the garden became an English style park with many rare plants, including the Zelcova Carpinifoglia which still existing. Recent restoration, undertaken by Parma Province and inaugurated in 2000, has brought back to light the original parterre from the first half of the eighteenth century. This covers 24.000 m2: two lateral galleries of Carpinus betulus, 120 m long, frame the parterre with a windowed promenade. Four great geometric flower beds in box dominate the central space. A circular fountain in the centre balances two fountains in the higher part.
In the garden there are 50 terracotta vases containing lemon an orange trees, decorated with the coats of arms of the Farnese, Bourbons and Maria Luigia of Austria. The parterre is hedged by Tilia cordata, linked to a hedge of Taxus baccata in the last ellipse. The small nineteenth century lake with the island of love that leads to the English park, which can now be walked on for a pleasant walk among ancient trees in an atmosphere full of history and romantic suggestions.

Grandi Giardini Italiani Srl

Grandi Giardini Italiani Srl