House of Butterflies, Milano Marittima
The House of Butterflies in Milano Marittima (Casa Delle Farfalle) invites you to feel as a part of the fascinating and beautiful world of insects. This is the place that allows you, after crossing the threshold of the greenhouse, to feel in the tropics with a lot of different butterflies flying around you. Insects are born and live here, as in a natural habitat. Guests can observe them and even attract them to sit on their shoulders because of the bright colors of their clothes.
The park was founded in 2002. The design was developed by Ugo Li Puma.
Collections of the museum
The greenhouse museum is a small complex of separate rooms, each of which is focused on its field of research. Here you will find:
- Greenhouse. It is the main object. Its size is 500 m². Every effort was made in order to recreate the atmosphere of the rainforest. The air temperature is kept at 28-30 ° C, and the humidity is 65-70%. In the greenhouse, visitors are surrounded by hundreds of species of butterflies from Asia, Africa and America. You can observe all the stages of the life cycle of these insects: from pupa to adults. In addition to butterflies, you can admire exotic plants and huge snails.
- House of insects is a place where many invertebrates dwell. Here you can meet mantises, bees, bumblebees, ants, crickets and many other tiny inhabitants of the planet.
- Greenhouse-caterpillar is a greenhouse, in the form of the mentioned creature. It is in a small garden. Butterflies which are representatives of the local fauna, live inside of it.
How to get there
To reach the House of Butterflies in Milano Marittima, you can take a 231 bus to the Jelenia Gora stop.
Opening hours: House of Butterflies is pleased to welcome guests from March to November.
- In March, October and November it is open from Tuesday to Friday from 9:30 to 17:00 (break is from 12:30 to 14:30). On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays there is no break.
- In April, May and during the period from September 17 to September 30 the exhibition runs an hour longer.
- From June to September 16, the entrance is open from 9:30 to 19:00.
- Monday is the day off.
The cost of the full entrance ticket is 11 euros. Data of June 2018.
