Parks & Nature — Firenze

A terraced hillside garden above the Arno, laid out with a Baroque staircase in the 1600s and later shaped by antiques dealer Stefano Bardini, famed for its wisteria pergola and Duomo views.

Florence's grand formal garden behind Palazzo Pitti, laid out from 1550 for Eleonora di Toledo and expanded over two centuries into one of Italy's most influential Renaissance garden designs.