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Trsteno
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Vanja Ivana
October 19, 2022
Arboretum Trsteno is the oldest monument of the garden architecture in Croatia and the only Croatian arboretum located on the Adriatic coast. It is easily reached with the regular bus lines from Dubrovnik in just 20 minutes.
Marija
January 21, 2022
Arcadian idyll of the Trsteno Arboretum where one of the most beautiful woman, poetess Cvijeta Zuzoric wrote her verses and loves. Invites you to take a walk in the shade of ancint trees and see your reflection in the Neptune and Nymphs Fountain.
Nikolina
May 16, 2018
It is the oldest arboretum in the world
Naja
November 15, 2017
Arboretum Trsteno, a 15th century Renaissance garden, one of the oldest in Europe
Miho
August 24, 2022
Gorgeous whatever the season, this leafy garden, 14km northwest of Dubrovnik, is the oldest of its kind in Croatia. It was during the Renaissance that Dubrovnik’s noblesse started to pay extra attention to their gardens. Ivan Gučetić started the trend at his Trsteno estate in 1494, and his descendants maintained the garden throughout the centuries. The land was eventually taken over by the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences & Arts, which turned it into a public arboretum. The garden has a Renaissance layout, with a set of geometric shapes formed with plants such as lavender, rosemary, fuchsia and bougainvillea, while citrus trees perfume the air. It's set around a stone villa (built around 1500), with a cliff-edge pavilion in front and a chapel behind. There’s also a small hedge maze, a fine palm collection (including Chinese windmill palms) and a gorgeous pond overlooked by a statue of Neptune and filled with white waterlilies and dozens of bullfrogs and goldfish. It’s only partially landscaped, though – quite a bit of it is wonderfully wild. Don’t miss the two giant plane trees at the entrance to Trsteno village – each is more than 500 years old and around 50m high. They're among the largest of their kind in Europe.
Gorgeous whatever the season, this leafy garden, 14km northwest of Dubrovnik, is the oldest of its kind in Croatia. It was during the Renaissance that Dubrovnik’s noblesse started to pay extra attention to their gardens. Ivan Gučetić started the trend at his Trsteno estate in 1494, and his descendan…
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