Umbria is known as the Green Heart of Italy for its central location and the lushness of its hills and plains. Join us as we discover the glorious gardens of Umbria and a bit beyond — we’ll venture in to Lazio and Tuscany.

The second casino was completed by Cardinal Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, the nephew of Pope Sixtus V, . It was this mere youth who completed the project at Bagnaia and built the second casino. Both casini contain frescoes,   plaster sculpture, and trompe l’oeil.

The gardens  includes many water features — cascades, fountains, and dripping grottoes with a sophisticated hydraulic system. The central feature of the garden is the perfectly square parterre known as the Quadrato. Two Mannerist houses, called casini built by the first two owners with work beginning in 1566, fill one side of the parterre. The remaining sides are enclosed by high box hedges and the centre filled with low box sculpted into decorative patterns around small fountains and sculptures. The parterre has a complex fountain at its centre, formed of four basins, separated by walkways and the centre basin contains sculptures by Giambologna. The rest of the garden contains several other large terraces with an intricate series of fountains, sculptures, hedges, and plantings, which are reminiscent of Villa Farnese and Villa d’Este.