Located a short train ride in the hills outside of Rome is the ancient hill town of Tivoli. There are several major tourist attractions in the area including Hadrian villa (built around 100AD), Villa d’Este and the Villa Gregoriana.
A Tivoli street
On a recent trip to Rome I took a morning out to visit the area around Tivoli. On this trip I managed to visit the Villa d’Este and the Villa Gregoriana. After leaving the train station and walking down the hill toward town you come across the Villa Gregoriana, an impressive park set in a gorge with a 100m waterfall. The waterfall is as a result of a tunnel dug, on the orders of the Pope of the time, through the hills over 200 years ago to divert a river that repeatedly flooded the town. The waters flow into an old sink hole and the whole area would be spectacular when in flood.
The hundred metre cascade
Tivoli ruin
The sink hole
View across the valley
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