The famous floral exhibition of Pralormo: Messer Tulipano. Trip to Piedmont

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2008 Edition:
The parking lot was already yesterday 'fullest at 14:00 when I arrived but I am a dollar taken off the parking problem. Walk a few meters and then the entrance to the castle of Torino (TO) with lots of Messer Tulipano 2008, interminable line at the entrance and after 20 minutes I was at the checkout.
6.5 euros for the entrance to the park and visit the gardens and everything 'that revolves around Messer Tulipano 2008. The castle is private, inhabited, and well maintained as the primary system goes back to 1300. In the gardens, bellini and quite spacious, for years now held the annual edition of Messer Tulipano, an exhibition of colorful tulips and varied compositions, merge with other tulip flowers, fountains, etc. ....
Everything revolves around the castle, including markets in the barn and the sale of plants and flowers, tulips, etc. in the farmhouse courtyard behind the castle.
The visit to the castle can be booked separately with guided tour, one every half hour usually last through extraordinary influx of people went on a tour every 15 minutes.
The visit comes at a cost to the 5 euros per person and lasts about 40/45 minutes, reveals part of the castle as it's home to Torino in the castle is not totally open to public. We visit the cellars, dining room, some private rooms, kitchen, lounge on the ground floor.
The castle interior is well kept and very pretty, holds many tools and things of that going back to 800 and 700. The current owners are the successors of the former owners of accounts Pralormo.
The entire tour is interesting and recommended. Inside the castle is also visited the room of the countess with various embroidered cloths.
2 small lakes are present in the garden, some stands and pavilions were neatly been raised to admire and display flowers. Very beautiful oriental gazebo with clear references to the East, even beautiful the pink gazebo fully reconstructed dressing room with notes of roses.
The amount 'of people yesterday was unbelievable, the entry could admire a flower arrangement in shades' of blue and light blue, white and turquoise water pouring out from that represented a large jar lying on a lawn.
The castle from the outside is nothing exceptional but the interior is interesting, best when the groups are not too numerous, we had it .....
A bar (a little 'just a little ....) stormed an ice cream parlor, stalls with everything and more' a floral, flower beds and flower beds, planting of tulips with beautiful shades of bright colors and soft. The greenhouse in French with the pints used to create the smells, the tiny but very beautiful chapel that yesterday was devoted to pink and fragrant.
The Way of aromatic plants, the living room with boxes full of perfumes smell of all kinds ..... an exhibition of highly original, with hanging plants, flowers and the scent that it followed ......
Some stands of special foods and sweets Piedmont.
Cost of the tulip bulb to plant: 10 bulbs-10 euro ...... nice to say no?
A very nice representation dedicated to orange with a huge basket of oranges, wicker chairs, wooden gazebo and plants mandarins, oranges and lemons.
For the entire tour of the castle garden and the approximate time needed yesterday was 3 hours.
and 'was interesting and I recommend it.
For more information go to the website:
http://www.contessapralormo.com/italiano/mostre/mostre.html # 2008
Or Ari and road information findable on the site.
Possibility 'of picnic in the area but there is a real restaurant inside, there is only a bar with sandwiches and things like that.
It 'easy to reach the castle as it is well signposted and organized.
On special days such as Sundays, April 25 .... etc. are organized with shuttles leaving from Turin and Carmagnola.