The Flower Museum
"Museo del Fiore" (The Flower Museum) awaits you with a charming tale leading you to appreciate the biodiversity of the territory of the reserve and introducing to the world of flowers, with their evolutionary and ecological aspects, their relationships with the world of animals and with men, up to the presentation of the local tradition of the so-called "Pugnaloni".
Particular attention has been paid to the means of communication: there are games, interactive and multimedia instruments, and the museum is equipped with Labs, Projection Halls, Toy Library.
The museum also offers a section in the open air consisting of the "Flower Nature Trail", an easy-intermediate ring-route with 21 educational stations dealing with the flower and territory, a picnic area to make your stop pleasant, Botanic Garden which will soon be completed, and hiking trails in Monte Rufeno Nature Reserve. Moreover, just behind Torre Alfina Castle, it offers the opportunity to visit Sasseto Monumental Woodland, a centuries-old forest-shelter, one of the most interesting naturalistic sites of Central Italy.
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