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• Lovely day out of the city

  Susan G,

  Dec 30, 2024

  5.0

  Lovely day outside of Rome. The real highlight was the Villa d’Este; photos do not adequately represent the beauty and expansiveness of the gardens. Highly recommend. Lunch was generous and delicious as well.

• Wonderful location, not a great tour

  Jeffery L,

  May 28, 2024

  3.0

  The villa is absolutely worthy to visit. However, the tour guy did not add much value to the trip and the whole tour was not very well organized.

• Good tour of spectacular sites.

  ELIZABETH P,

  Jan 2, 2024

  4.0

  Guide was relatively knowledgeable, though very causal. Bus trip was about 45 min and was fine. Hadrian's Villa was the first stop. We bypassed the ticket kiosk and the orientation maps, which would have been helpful. I picked one up at the end. The Villa is expansive and we walked all around. All of the important sites - the Maritime Theater and the Canopus were spectacular. The ancient ruins reminded me of our tours at Mesa Verde in southern Colorado. Second stop was lunch in Tivoli. The restaurant was a local place. Food was fine and there was plenty of it. We filled up on the first course before the pasta came. Good thing we had walked a lot! The third stop was the Villa D'Este. The villa itself is a wonderful example of the architecture of the time. The real star is the gardens. We spent plenty of time there and could have happily stayed longer. Ride back to Rome was uneventful. Arrived a little later than anticipated, but worth the time.

• Tivoli: a great diversion from Rome

  Jonathan D,

  Sep 26, 2023

  5.0

  It was great to spend a day outside of Rome. Both Hadrian’s villa and villa d’este were fun to visit. Glad we had a guide to explain the history of the locations. We really enjoyed the lunch as well.

• Great day! Don’t miss it.

  Steve R,

  Sep 14, 2023

  5.0

  Nice break from the city. Was about a 40 minute ride. When to two sites with lunch in between. The Villa d’este was our favorite and a great way to end the tour. Walk the entire garden or you’ll miss so much beauty. Waterfalls, beautiful trees, etc. Lunch was very good, family style and plenty to go around. Wear good shoes, lots of walking and steps. Some of the older or out of shape people had a hard time keeping up in a few spots.