2 connections via Zagreb Glavni kolodvor, Ljubljana · 9 hr 35
Stroll the botanical garden around Villa Mirasasso, where mature trees shade plantings from across the world.
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The Botanical Garden of Sežana surrounds Villa Mirasasso, a 19th-century estate created by the Greek merchant family Scaramangà. Its historic garden mixes mature trees and plantings from different parts of the world, a striking contrast to the pale limestone scenery of the Karst. The villa and garden offer a compact way to see the town’s cosmopolitan past.
The nearby Karst Vegetation Interpretation Centre explains how water and people shaped the region’s limestone terrain, using displays, photographs and plant collections. Sežana sits close to the Italian border and serves as a gateway to the wider Karst plateau; the botanical garden’s cultivated greenery provides context for the drier landscape beyond.
