Vitorchiano On the trail

The largest peony collection in Europe, in flower for two months

Vitorchiano

The peonies open in waves through the spring: the single shrubs first, then the doubles, then P. rockii, and the herbaceous ones last of all.

How the day goes

  1. Below Vitorchiano, with free parking and the ticket bought at the gate.
  2. An audioguide by QR code, in English, so you walk the garden at your own speed.
  3. Through the beds as the flowering moves along, shrubs first and herbaceous last.
  4. The garden cafe at weekends, and the village on its peperino cliff up the road.

The garden opens only while the peonies are in flower, from the end of March into the spring, so plan it for that window.

Where it is

Vitorchiano at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Vitorchiano, and where it is from Rome Vitorchiano drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 82 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 82 min Rome Vitorchiano

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Strada Statale Ortana 46, Localita' Il Pallone, Vitorchiano (VT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 1 h 22drive from the middle of Rome
  • 98 kmeach way

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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