The English Garden at Caserta sits within the grounds of the Royal Palace in Caserta, in the Campania region of Italy. It is a landscape garden in the English style, laid out with winding paths and informal planting, and it is also known as the Giardino Inglese or the Bosco di San Silvestro.
The garden was created in the late eighteenth century as a deliberate contrast to the formal Italian gardens that surround the palace. Where those are geometric and ordered, this part of the grounds feels looser and more romantic, and it is easy to see why it was designed to be wandered rather than admired from a single viewpoint.
What to expect
- Winding paths that lead you through shaded, varied planting
- Exotic plants that give the garden a distinct character from the palace's formal parterres
- Artificial ruins, placed as part of the picturesque landscape
The garden suits a slow visit. Its appeal lies in moving from one turn of the path to the next, with the palace's formal gardens behind you, so it works well as a change of pace in a day spent at the Royal Palace.
Getting there
The garden is at Viale Douhet, 2/A, 81100 Caserta CE, Italy. Caserta itself is a town in Campania, and the palace and its grounds are the main reason many visitors come, so the English Garden is a natural part of exploring that site.
