This historic park offering a unique view of Florence occupies a large part of a hill enclosed by the city’s medieval walls. Originally used for farming, the area was transformed over the years into a splendid “Italian garden” which art collector Stefano Bardini, the “prince of antique dealers”, used as a spectacular open-air “showroom” in the early 20th century. The Bardini Garden is actually three gardens, each from a different period and in a different style: the Italian garden; the English wood, a rare example of an Anglo-Chinese garden with exotic plants; and the agricultural park with a new fruit orchard and a beautiful wisteria trellis.