Fontana del Fauno

Fontana del Fauno is a fountain in Liguria, Northwest Italy. Fontana del Fauno is situated nearby to the museum Villa Hanbury, as well as near the garden Giardino Formale.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hanbury Garden and Menton-Garavan station.

Hanbury Garden

Garden

Photo: Fale, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Giardini Botanici Hanbury, also known as Villa Hanbury, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. They are located at Corso Montecarlo 43, Mortola Inferiore, several km west of Ventimiglia, Italy. Hanbury Garden is situated 170 metres northwest of Fontana del Fauno.

Menton-Garavan station

Railway station

Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.

Menton-Garavan is a railway station in Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Menton-Garavan station is situated 3 km west of Fontana del Fauno.

Fontana Rosa

Park

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Fontana Rosa is a historic garden situated on the Avenue Blasco Ibáñez in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, on the French Riviera. The Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez began to build it from 1922 on, and he set up home here with his second wife, Elena, and died there in 1928. Fontana Rosa is situated 3 km west of Fontana del Fauno.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mortola Inferiore and Balzi Rossi.

Mortola Inferiore

Village

Photo: Rundvald, Public domain.

Mortola Inferiore, often known as La Mortola, is a frazione of the comune of Ventimiglia, in the province of Imperia, in Liguria, Italy. It lies on the road from Ventimiglia to the French border.

Balzi Rossi

Locality

Photo: Lemone, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Balzi Rossi caves in Ventimiglia comune, Liguria, Italy, is one of the most important archaeological sites of the early Upper Paleolithic in Western Europe.