We all desire a day off from our routine, but when we have this opportunity we never know what to do. We spend most of our time looking for a fun, interesting and stimulating activity, but we don't always succeed. Getting a group or even just a couple to agree can be really difficult: some people want to relax in the sun, others go for a walk and others visit a place of interest.
So how can you please everyone?
Simple, leave it to us!Today we are proposing a mystical experience,which challenges the limits of the human mind, almost mandatory if you are staying at our Villa Il Principe..
We are talking about a visit to the Tarot Garden.
Stop, I already know you're thinking "I don't want to spend my 1st of May with a tour guide" or "what a bore guided tours are", "it will surely be something already seen" but the Tarot Garden goes beyond anything you can imagine.
This enchanted place is a completely unconventional open-air museum: in fact, the artist who created and financed it completely independently did not plan any guided tours. Niki has left visitors free to interpret the museum's contents: according to her, "we are born without knowing the rules" and it is right to conduct a visit according to this philosophy.
Niki de Saint Phalle began construction of the Tarot Garden in 1979 and followed all the work closely, very closely.
In fact, the artist lived in a sculpture inside the park, more precisely inside the Empress, throughout the realisation of her work. Today you can visit his residence consisting of a gleaming dining room with walls made entirely of mirrored ceramics, a dream bathroom and a bedroom that is anything but sober.
As you will see, all the appliances are in working order and the rooms are habitable.
Upon arrival you will find yourself in front of a wall that defends the garden from reality, and once you have crossed the portal you can begin the esoteric walk between culture and nature.
Once you cross the threshold, you will be catapulted in front of towering figures that recall the iconography of tarot cards in a style that is a clear reference to the works of the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi.
Follow your instincts when visiting the 24 main statues, the important thing is not to have any schemes.
Each piece of the garden is unique: all the parts have been made by hand, from the inner framework (which has been bent over the knees of the collaborators) to the ceramics made to measure by the ceramist Venera Finocchiaro.
The last piece of information we are giving you concerns the tickets, nothing else, we don't want to spoil the surprise, you will be the poets describing this joyful garden.
In order to visit the garden, you will need to buy a ticket (the cost varies, there are discounts).
To purchase tickets, click here.
We are ready to welcome you, now it's your turn!
© Rebecca Taizzani
