Pallanca exotic Gardens

Just a few minutes from the center of Bordighera, along the panoramic Via Madonna della Ruota, lies the Pallanca Exotic Garden, one of the most fascinating botanical sites of the Riviera.

Created by the Pallanca family, descendants of Bartolomeo Pallanca – once collaborator of the renowned German gardener Ludwig Winter – the garden stretches over a steep rocky slope overlooking the sea. It houses more than 3,200 plant species, with the most important collection of cacti and succulents in Italy and among the largest in Europe. Among its treasures stands a 300-year-old Chilean Copiapoa.

Walking among terraces and paths, visitors discover a unique landscape that blends science, passion and beauty, heir to the famous Moreno Gardens that enchanted 19th-century artists.