Opening hours
March – October, from 9:00 to 19:00, with the possibility of extending closing time until 21:00
October – March, from 10:00 to 17:00
Arese Borromeo Garden
Almost 10 hectares of park that include an Italian garden with statues and rose gardens, a pond, a large baroque fountain and the Temple of the Faun.
Opposite Palazzo Arese Borromeo lies the vast Italian garden, with parterre flowerbeds bordered by formally pruned box hedges, emphasizing the central perspective and compositional schematism of the architectural and landscape ensemble.
The current appearance of the garden, spread over an area of approximately 10 hectares, is the result of careful restoration work promoted in recent decades by the public body that owns it. The architectural features of the Baroque period have been almost entirely maintained, starting with the sandstone sculptures of mythological or allegorical subjects, through the Aviary and the Temple of the Faun, with the underlying icehouse, up to the decorative apparatus of the Nymphaeum, created in the northern wing of the residence as a place of contemplation, a connecting element between the latter and the surrounding landscape.
At the end of the perspective telescope, emphasized by the hornbeam avenue, you can admire the exedra with the scenic stepped fountain, originally fed by the Roggia Borromeo, which channeled water from the Valsorda to the water features of the garden. Beyond the boundary of the formal layout, you can access the “oval lake,” where the route continues into the English garden, with a thousand tree specimens, including numerous centuries-old plants.
Where
How to get there
By public transport
The Arese Borromeo Garden is a 10-minute walk from Cesano Maderno station, on the Milan-Asso and Saronno-Seregno lines. Info at www.trenord.it
By car
from MILAN
From Piazzale Maciachini, enter the SP35 Milan-Meda-Lentate, take exit no. 10 and continue along Via Garibaldi towards the Garden.
from COMO
A9 motorway, exit no. 9 “Saronno”, follow signs for “Cesano Maderno”, SP35 towards Milan, take exit no. 10 and continue along Via Garibaldi towards the Garden.
The car parks closest to the entrances are in Largo d’Immè (entrance on the side of the garden), in Piazzale Procaccini (entrance from the main door of Palazzo Arese Borromeo, 1 minute on foot, then crossing the courtyard of honor and passing through the portico at the bottom right) or in Via Barbarossa (entrance from the large portal at the back of the Garden).
Tickets
Free admission
Contacts
Accessibility and security
The Garden is accessible to everyone because it is crossed by dirt/gravel paths without significant differences in height. However, the paths may have uneven or slippery surfaces. The Garden is not lit.
Latest news
Maintenance work of the Arese Borromeo Garden
We inform you that maintenance work has begun on the Arese Borromeo Garden.
Chiusura del Ninfeo
We inform visitors that, until further notice, the Nympheum will be closed to visits for technical reasons. We apologize for the inconvenience.