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Giardino AlpiniaAlpinia’s Garden (Alpino di Stresa)
On the slopes of Mount Mottarone, facing down Lake Maggiore – though part of Vergante and today member of the Ecomuseo Cusius project – lies one of the Italian alpine botanical gardens. It is situated at a height of over 800 meters above sea level, and it was set up in 1934 in this Stresa’s hamlet, Alpino, just near Gignese. You can reach it whether by a cableway connecting Stresa to Mount Mottarone, or by car, driving along the route that leads to Mount Mottarone, “the mountain between two lakes”.
It has been the second alpine Botanical Garden, just after Chanousia’s one, in Val d’Aosta. At the beginning, it was called “Duxia” and it was economically supported by a friendship association and by the Communes of Stresa and Gignese. Today it is managed by a consortium of local authorities.
Thanks to a particular microclimate, rather cool in summer and not very damp, as well as mild in winter, alpine species can survive in spite of the low height in 12 hectares: Artemisia, Geranium, Campanula… there are mostly alpine or pre-alpine species, together with some exotic ones. There are at all over 800 species in Alpinia’s Botanical Garden.
However, the most charming feature of this Botanical Garden has always been its position: a terrace offering an unequalled view over Lake Maggiore and Borromeo’s Gulf and its islands, sweeping from Alpine peaks to the Po Valley in sunny days.
information
Open from April to October
Every day 9.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Admission by ticket only Euro 2,00 / Euro 1,50
Website: http://www.giardinoalpinia.it
Via Alpinia 22 - Loc. Alpino - Stresa (VB)
Tel. 0323 20163
Fax 0323 20163
Web www.giardinoalpinia.it
Zone
Il Mottarone
Locality
Gignese