Well if you want to get away from lot of tourist this it. The place is quite and not as many people…read morego here compared to St. Peter Basilica and Vatican museum, plus its fun on a good weather day. If you are a nature loving person then you would enjoy the greenery and beauty of plants, flowers, trees.

Boring, boring, and boring. We spent $135 dollars for combo guided garden tour and unguided museum…read moretour. I might have given the gardens 2 stars if it was sunny, but it was cloudy. Yet the gardens are very humdrum and huge. Tour was 2 hours. In beginning, I was so excited and you get earphones to listen to the commentary, and linger far from group to explore or take photos yet still hear the guide. Then you just noticed how green everything was. A lot of trees, bushes, and gravel paths. I think elderly people would love this place, but the gardens themselves were not enchanting, not many flowers. There were a lot of funky looking fountains and grottoes. They were no Bernini's that's for sure. This tour is not for young children or teens. They had the boredest expressions of all time. Even the Sistine Chapel would be a snooze fest for them so I don't know why there were thousands of European, mostly Spanish school children here hogging up the space. When I was in grade school or high school, we never went to any art galleries period and I grew up in Washington, DC, home of one huge spacious art museum, National Museum of Art. Our garden guide was good, but the place was just uninteresting. I went by all the fabulous 5 star ratings from TripAdvisor. Plus I highly doubt the Pope walks in that garden. Too far away from his living quarters and many steep hills, and he is elderly.Bring walking shoes for sure and don't bother with a jacket. It was only 60 degrees F and I was sweating endlessly because of all the walking and still wore light T-shirt. Then the tour ended and we started the tortuous 1.5 hours of seeking the Sistine Chapel, then getting the heck out of there. I have a gazillion photos which I will post later.

This is by far the most underwhelming botanical garden I have ever seen. I find the wild poppies…read moregrowing in the side of the highway between Rome and Naples more exciting. The park is poorly kept and just simply doesn't have anything exotic, exciting, or memorable. Sad. I was looking forward to taking some nice pics here. Not worth €8. It should be free. Gianicolo is free and much nicer.

Every place we have visited in Rome has been worth the effort. Most are simply fabulous. This was…read morethe only disappointment. My recommendation: This is not a secret garden to discover in Rome. It's a poorly maintained collection of very old trees (THEY are beautiful) and one flowerless rose garden planted in the shade. I've enjoyed some fabulous botanic gardens around the world. This would be a disappointment if it was a suburban Chicago park. Beyond the age of the plantings, there is nothing to offer the tourist here.

Loved visiting the Roseto Comunale!…read more If you're visiting the Colosseum or Palatine, the distance to the rose garden is walkable. I highly recommend coming here on a nice, sunny day. There are plenty of benches and seating area so you can relax after a long day of walking and enjoy the scenery. It's really a lovely sight! Also, entrance is free. :)

Great place to go when travelling by car to Tuscany. It can be an one hour deal or you may spend…read moremore time. the place is beautiful and the creatures really amaze. As Paola stated in her review, they should make their mind about the name: sometimes they call it monster park and other times sacred garden. Either way, it's cool. Easy to park, they have a bar and restaurant, but I suggest you bring food and drink to make a picnic, as there are so many nice spots under the trees. enjoy

I have visited this sacred forest of monsters twice. Once in late afternoon and once in the…read moremysterious, misty fog of sunrise. My entire architecture class fit in the eyes, nose, and mouth of one monster. Interesting photo. If you are on your way to Rome and you love the bizarre, this out-of-the-way trip is well worth the effort.

Wow I love the Campo de Fiori. The name means the field of flowers, because it used to be a field…read moreof flowers and vegetable gardens here before it became this square. Unfortunately from the 16th to 19th century this place became a public execution site. Yikes. The most famous execution was Giordano Bruno in 1600, in which there is now a statue in his honor for freedom of thought. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. Pass forward to present day. This area is lively with the open air markets where you can find vendors selling produce, flowers, spices, cheese, and artisanal goods. My boyfriend and I came here to explore the live market and also to look for souvenirs to bring home. The vendors here are really aggressive and I would have enjoyed it more if they gave me space to look instead of hound me to buy buy buy. Like chill dude can I look at what I'm buying. Sigh. We were here til closing time and even get to see how the vendors efficiently and quickly packed up their stalls and belongings to wrap up for the day. And of course... a great area to enjoy some gelato.

We're at Campo de' Fiori, Rome's oldest market and possibly the most enthusiastic display of…read moretourist traps per square meter. Once a site for public executions (Bruno's brooding statue still watches over), it now specializes in overpriced pasta and garlic braids. It's more performance art than produce. Vendors heckle, truffle oil flows freely, and yes, someone will try to sell you limoncello in a boot. I walked through as part of a food tour, which felt like the right way to enjoy the chaos, briefly, and with snacks elsewhere. Not the best market in Rome, but definitely the most theatrical.