Villa Pallavicino was built as a private residence in 1855. In 1862, it was acquired by the noble Pallavicino family of Genoa, who expanded the estate, built carriage roads, adorned the park with statues and transformed the simple residence into the splendid 19th-century neoclassical villa that still stands on the hill today. The Borromeo family took over management in 2017, when a series of restoration and improvement works were carried out on the animal enclosures and tree-lined avenues.

The great wonder of this park are the trees: centuries-old chestnut trees and giant lyriodendrons among the oldest in Italy, red beeches, maples, larches, ginkgo biloba, sequoias and magnolias.