Parco delle Bertone, Woodland garden in Goito, Italy.

Parco delle Bertone is a woodland park near Mantua featuring winding paths through old trees, a small pond, and three preserved 19th-century buildings including a villa and stables. The layout blends forest landscape with restored historic structures throughout.

The name comes from the De Bertoni family, recorded in the 16th century as owners of the estate next to the Gonzaga holdings. The wood itself is a remnant of the Gonzaga hunting estate, a fragment of the old Po plain forest. The land later passed to the Chieppio and then to the counts D'Arco, who made it a summer residence; the main villa dates from around 1870.

The white stork centre here is run by the Parco del Mincio: birds nest in aviaries and are released after a few years. Some stay permanently and build large nests on the treetops, sometimes drawing wild storks to the area, while others migrate in winter and return. The name Bertone comes from the De Bertoni family, recorded in the 16th century as owners of the estate.

The park is accessible from March to November with walking trails, a pond, and restored stables featuring an audiovisual room for events. Wear sturdy shoes since paths vary in condition depending on the season.

The ginkgo is not the only tree worth seeking out: the wood holds black pines, magnolias, yews, oaks, hornbeams, hackberries, planes, durmast oaks and black walnuts. The 1994 storm felled about a quarter of the roughly one thousand trees, so the current canopy mixes old survivors with regrowth.