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A stone wall with moss-covered steps and water flowing over them. 1
A formal garden with a central water feature, symmetrical pathways, and lush greenery. 2
A serene garden with a reflective pond, lush greenery, and a historic building with a fountain in the background. 3
A serene garden with a pond, lush greenery, and a historic fountain. 4
A classical fountain with multiple water jets, surrounded by lush greenery and a historic building. 5
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Overview

    • Hadrian's Villa
    • Villa d'Este
    • Tivoli Gardens and Fountains
    • UNESCO World Heritage
    • Summer Activity

Activity location

  • Villa d'Este
    • Piazza Trento
    • 00019, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rome City Center (Hotel Pickup)
    • Rome City center
    • 00185, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Entrance Tickets to Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este
  • Inclusions
    Professional Guide
  • Inclusions
    Return transport Rome/Tivoli
  • Inclusions
    Headsets
  • Inclusions
    Hotel pick-up (if the proper option is booked)
  • Exclusions
    Optional service charge
  • Exclusions
    Anyhting not mentioned under Inclusions

Know before you book

    • The tour starts at 8:30 am Hotel pickup may be as early as 1 hour prior to tour start time. Please be ready in your hotel lobby 10 minutes prior to your scheduled pickup time
    • Check-in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time
    • If your hotel is not served, please make your way to the departure point 20 minutes prior to the tour start time
    • The guide's explanations are bilingual: English&Spanish. You will hear only your language through the headset
    • Hotel pickups start at 7:30 am from centrally-located hotel
    • Tour ends at viale Giorgio Washington entrance to the Villa Borghese park metro a line - stop Flaminio
    • Meeting point option available

What you can expect

  • A few kilometres away from Rome, there’s a world-renowned town, hosting two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Tivoli.

    It’s here that, back in the 2nd century AD, the emperor Hadrian built his majestic villa: a luxury country residence where he used to retreat and where he lived his late years.

    The huge complex includes more than 30 buildings, several swimming pools, former thermal stations and covers an area that’s larger than a square kilometre, which gives quite an idea of this place’s aim: to show the greatness, opulence and vast power of the emperor.

    In the 16th century, much of the remaining marble and statues were removed from Hadrian's Villa by Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, to decorate his own villa located nearby: Villa d’Este, another UNESCO world heritage site.

    Largely frescoed on the inside, the Villa is surrounded by a unique garden, displaying a complex system of pools, water jets, channels, fountains, cascades, and water games. And what makes this system of fountains such an incredible masterpiece of engineering is that it works entirely by the force of gravity, without pumps.

    Leaving Rome in the morning, you’ll have half a day to enjoy these architectural beauties accompanied by a professional guide, who’ll provide you with an audio receiver and earphones: you won’t miss a single detail!

Location

Activity location

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    Villa d'Este
    • Piazza Trento
    • 00019, Tivoli, Lazio, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Rome City Center (Hotel Pickup)
    • Rome City center
    • 00185, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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    Viale Giorgio Washington
    • Viale Giorgio Washington
    • Roma, Lazio, Italy