ROME OUTSKIRTS
The Tivoli Gardens Tour by Touring Rome will give you the chance to embrace the countryside outside of Rome with an English-speaking driver and an air-conditioned Mercedes at your disposal. Along with your own personal driver, one of our official tour guides will be with you every step of the way for the entire tour.
With a Tivoli Gardens tour, you will be able to explore the beautiful town of Tivoli and its magnificent villas and gardens, Renaissance Villa d’Este and Villa Adriana. Emperor Hadrian created the villa at the beginning of the 2 century. The amazing beauty and structure of this villa is one that will take quite awhile to conceive due to the advanced water system that runs through the villa. The villa was created as a recreation of the sights that Emperor Hadrian saw during his travels around the Empire.
Some believe the awe inspiring Tivoli Gardens was Emperor Hadrian’s desires was to create a Garden of Eden with over 200 fountains built on this majestic hill with the beauty of the green valley below.
A few of the stunning fountains have been restored to give you a glimpse into the past as well as bask in the beauty during your Tivoli Gardens Tour. One of the fountains you will be able to see include the Fontana dell’Organo.
Our official guide will take you on a journey through history as you see the magnificent ruins of Emperor Hadrian’s summer residence in Villa Adriana and the off to the Villa d’Este which at one time was the palace of Lucrezia Borgia’s son. All the secrets will be told of this “ideal city” and garden that was the inspiration for many European gardens. Both of the villas are now registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The Tivoli Gardens tour is one that of history, culture, and passion rolled into a wonderful day tour that embraces the beauty that only Rome and Italy hold.