palazzo schifanoia (palazzo della gioia)

palazzo schifanoia (palazzo della gioia)印象

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  HelloiseEliot

  I can't say I loved it or hated it, however, if you are in Ferrara, you shouldn't miss it. The architecture is very beautiful and if it is sunny, it's a great place for afternoon tea

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  Victoria1910

  It has some spectacular frescoes, some have been lost, but is worth it. The garden has a cafe, really charming, "vintage", loved it.

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  Viridiana2012

  The frescos in this palace (the room of the months) are a must see. they are a pleasure to watch and you feel sad for the ones who have been lost forever. Nowadays the palace is only partially open (because of the eartquake of a few years ago) but I think it is worth going there also because the walk from the central square to the palace is extremely pleasant and you have a chance to appreciate the beauty of the city outside the main attractions (the palace, the cathedral and palazzo diamanti)

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  Caravanserai

  The marvellous paintings of the months - it is such a pity that so many of these are missing. As with all high up and ceiling paintings the museum authorities need to provide step ladders (safe ones with rails of course) or large angled mirrors so that more detail can be viewed

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  Aila189934

  Please make sure to find the cafe on the peaceful and green courtyard- after checking the wonderful frescos.

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  PaolaM375

  Since the Palace is one of the most representative cultural attractions of Ferrara, it is worth a visit. However, there are only two small rooms inside. The outstanding internal frescos of the first room (that of the Months) are unfortunately partially faded and damaged whereas the second room (that of the Virtues) has an interesting panelled ceiling in addition to the painting of the Cardinal and Theological Virtues. No guides are provided but just an useful photocopied piece of paper, if this is available. 15 minutes are enough to conclude your visit. Please, avoid the annexed café like the plague!! In spite of the nice location, the products are criminally expensive. For instance, for one (disgusting) coffee we paid 2 euro (more than twice the standard price)! No to mention the total bill...Quite shameful.

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  jgc37

  If you care anything at all about Renaissance Italy, you must not miss these frescoes. Although they are in varying states of repair, they provide an absolutely unique portrait of Renaissance Ferrara. I could spend hours here. Yes, they are poorly lit, for reasons good and bad, and you wish they would have restored them all (though of course this would cost a great deal of money). But they really are exquisite and unique.

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  yellsaurus

  We visited while having a myFE card. There are just 2 poorly lit rooms, one with only a nice ceiling with lots of angels, the other huge room had some outstanding frescos on one wall, one longer wall with partially damaged frescos and 2 walls with just the leftovers of once beautiful frescos. Happy we were there on the myFE card otherwise a waste of money. The caffee in the courtyard looks photogenic also, but we did not sample their foods and drinks.

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  Ouragan6679

  The garden of palazzo Schifanoia hosts a nice sweet restaurant that mainly consists of old wooden furnishings and offers a daily menu very precise. It is such a sweet corner to have a good pasta on Sunday where you can enjoy shade and peace.

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  O3516BFbriank

  There are only two rooms to see but one has a splendid cieling the other some wonderful wall paintings although time has taken its toll and only about 50% of them are still in reasonable condition. Still, you get a great impression of what it would have been like.