In the middle of winter, while it’s snowing outside, this is an alternative idea to sitting in a bar and ordering a cup of hot chocolate and whipped cream: a tropical oasis in a heated glasshouse, where there are hundreds of fascinating butterflies and other insects, and plants whose colour evokes the summer! It would seem appropriate to sip a glass of chilled Prosecco sparkling wine…

€3/5, open Saturday, Sunday and holidays 10.00-19.00; Tuesday-Friday, 14.00-19.00. Giardini Montanelli (in the park at Porta Venezia) – MM1 Porta Venezia