The Capuchin friars' walled kitchen garden behind Palladio's Redentore church, closed to outsiders for centuries and opened after a restoration by the Venice Gardens Foundation (the team behind the Giardini Reali). About 2,500 plants, olive groves and medicinal herbs, a 400-metre chestnut pergola with wisteria and roses, a lily pond, and a café on the lagoon run by Illy that cooks with the garden's produce.
- Address
- Calle dei Frati 194/A, Giudecca, 30133 Venezia (ACTV Redentore)
- Hours
- Wed-Sat (Venice Gardens Foundation site); 10:00-16:30 Nov-Mar, 10:00-17:30 Apr-May and 21 Sep-Oct, 10:00-19:30 Jun-20 Sep (Venezia da Vivere)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Ticket about EUR 12; reduced for residents
- Price level
- €€
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Opening days have changed since the reopening: check the Venice Gardens Foundation site before going.
- Residents pay a reduced ticket.
- Honey and oil are produced in the garden's own workshop.