Rome, Around
Day trips from Rome
A day outside the city: the villas of Tivoli, the hills, the coast.
A day outside the city: the villas of Tivoli, the Castelli Romani, the coast, and southern Tuscany.
Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli
The residence the emperor Hadrian built below Tivoli between AD 118 and 138, about 40 hectares of baths, pools, pavilions and gardens open to walk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999.
The excavations of Ostia Antica
The streets, baths, granaries, guild halls and apartment blocks of ancient Rome's port at the mouth of the Tiber, with the Museo Ostiense inside the site.
The gardens of Villa d'Este at Tivoli
The terraced Renaissance garden of fountains, grottoes and water games that Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este built down the hillside at Tivoli after 1560, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
The Giardino di Ninfa
A garden of more than eight hectares and 1,300 plant species grown through the ruins of a medieval town south of Rome, open on set days from March to November by booked, guided visit only.
The Secret Garden visit at Castello Odescalchi
A private guided visit of about an hour and a half through the Orsini castle on Lake Bracciano, adding the Secret Garden over the lake and the Medici Orsini apartment, both closed on the ordinary route.
