Orto Botanico dell’Università di Torino

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino is a botanical garden and arboretum operated by the Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale of the University of Turin.

Photo: Clematis, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Opening hours:
Saturday: 2:30 PM—7:00 PM
Sunday and public holidays: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM
November—March: closed
Type: Garden
Description: botanical garden in Italy
Also known as: “Jardin Botanico de la Universidad de Turin”, “Orto Botanico di Torino”, and “Orto Botanico Telve”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parco del Valentino and Museo Egizio.

Parco del Valentino

Park

Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Parco del Valentino is a popular public park in Turin, Italy. It is located along the west bank of the Po river. It covers an area of 500,000m², which makes it Turin's second largest park.

The Museo Egizio or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 40,000 artifacts, which is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world after the one at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Museo Egizio is situated 1½ km north of Orto Botanico dell’Università di Torino.

Torino Porta Nuova railway station

Railway station

Photo: Trappy, CC BY 4.0.

Torino Porta Nuova railway station is the main railway station of Turin, northern Italy. It is the third busiest station in Italy after Rome Termini and Milan Central, with about 192,000 journeys per day and 70 million travellers a year and a total of about 350 trains per day. Torino Porta Nuova railway station is situated 1 km northwest of Orto Botanico dell’Università di Torino.