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Historic Gardens

Some gardens tell stories beyond blossoms and paths. They preserve time. In their terraces, axes, ancient trees, and quiet grottoes lies the wisdom of past centuries. Renaissance and landscape parks, cottage gardens and villa gardens, utilitarian spaces and pleasure grounds coexist here.

Those who walk through these grounds journey through garden history, discovering how nature, architecture, and human imagination have intertwined over generations to create vibrant cultural spaces.

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Hotel Palazzo Salis

A historic jewel in Soglio

High above the stone-tiled roofs of Bergell lies hidden one of Graubünden's most remarkable historic gardens: the garden of Palazzo Salis in Soglio.

Hotel Promenade Schaffhausen

Nature and Architecture United

The Hotel Promenade's garden is a quiet testament to late Neoclassical landscape design. Originally planned by St. Gallen architect Ludwig Pfeiffer, the grounds were established before 1899, likely at the same time as C. Zündel's villa, whose yellowish brick facade still overlooks the property today.

Hotel FloraAlpina in Vitznau

Gustav Ammann's Historic Garden

On the shores of Lake Lucerne, Hotel FloraAlpina is opening a new, green chapter in Swiss garden culture.

Schloss Wartegg

A Royal Park on Lake Constance

The garden of Wartegg Castle tells its story not loudly, but through lines, sightlines, and open spaces.

Arenenberg - historischer Garten

A Diverse Garden World in a Compact Space

Arenenberg has always been surrounded by a variety of gardens. Even today, this diverse garden landscape, though compact, offers a journey through the evolution of European garden design over the last 600 years.

Hotel Bären Dürrenroth

Emmental Farmhouse Garden

In the idyllic village of Dürrenroth, you'll find the Romantik Hotel Bären, a complex of three historic Emmental Baroque buildings. Beyond its architectural beauty, the hotel, with its charming farmhouse garden, preserves a piece of the region's vibrant garden culture.

Hotel Villa Carona von oben

Garden Steeped in History in the South

The garden of Villa Carona bears silent witness to a bygone era and still defines the historic estate above Lake Lugano to this day.

Grüne Gräser mit perlenden Tropfen