Full Day Tour Tivoli 8 hrs: Villa D’Este – Villa Gregoriana - Villa Adriana
The guide and driver will meet you at hotel and start the visit that will lead you through the Roman countryside to Tivoli, built on the slopes of the Sabine Hills. Visit of Villa d'Este, one of the most enchanting of the late Renaissance, home of Lucretia Borgia's son, famous for its gardens, marvelous fountains, waterfalls and centenary trees. Then at short walking distance, from the historical centre, just passing the Gregorian Bridge, rebuilt like the original after the bombing of 1944 and erected by Gregory XVI in 1826, we find “Villa Gregoriana” Park on its left. Under a dense forest of gigantic and dark trees, near sombre and massive vestiges of ancient constructions, on the edge of frightening depths, inside hard rocks and steep crags, in the middle of green, small clearings gloriously lit by the sun, myrtles lanes, craggy paths, steep alleys, eroded flights of steps and small tunnels, wind and find their way, leading the visitor to the discovery of the most varied and unexpected visions. In the upper paths, there is a number of ancient memorial tablets, found during the excavations to create the two Gregorian underground passages, as well as some archaeological finds like columns and parts of statues from the near necropolis, once located in the little public garden overlooking the circular flower bed in front of Villa Gregoriana.
Today, the number of such memorial tablets ,are now very few because they have been stolen or removed to other destinations. We arrive to the end of the underground passages, where the river hurls down to form the great fall, 120 mts. High. Time at leisure for lunch and in the afternoon visit of Adrian's Villa, the largest and most luxurious country residence of all times with its gorgeous array of imperial palaces, thermal baths, temples, theatres and pools. Driver and guide will take you back to hotel.
Today, the number of such memorial tablets ,are now very few because they have been stolen or removed to other destinations. We arrive to the end of the underground passages, where the river hurls down to form the great fall, 120 mts. High. Time at leisure for lunch and in the afternoon visit of Adrian's Villa, the largest and most luxurious country residence of all times with its gorgeous array of imperial palaces, thermal baths, temples, theatres and pools. Driver and guide will take you back to hotel.
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