About 30 km (18.6 miles) northeast of Rome, at the foot of the Tiburtini hills, lies Tivoli, which is well worth a visit, mainly to see the Villa Adriana and the Villa D’Este. Emperor Hadrian (ruled 117 – 138) built a luxurious country estate covering an area of 120 hectares. The ruins can only hint at the grandeur and beauty of this residence that was the largest of all the imperial villa complexes. When Cardinal Ippolito D’Este was appointed Governor of Tivoli in 1550, he commissioned Pirro Ligorio to redesign a former Benedictine monastery as his residence in the town. The three-story Villa D’Este owes its fame to its magnificent gardens much more than to its Mannerist frescoes; this gardens, structured by a geometric system of paths, ramps, and steps that is repeatedly interrupted by fountains, grottoes and arched walks, are regarded as one of the peaks of European garden art.

The tour includes car pick up from the hotel, transfers to Tivoli, Villa Adriana, typical restaurant (meals not included in the price), Villa D’Este, and back to hotel.

The tour is for individuals as well as for small groups; and it includes private guide, private car transfers and site tickets.

We suggest you to wear confortable clothes ad shoes, and in the summer months to wear sunglasses and sunhats.

Medieval Rome
Discover an amazing array of early Christian monuments in Rome. Marvel at the gilded ceiling and glittering mosaics in the Basilica of St Maria Maggiore. Enjoy the peaceful cloisters of the Basilica of St John the Baptist, Rome's first Christian Basilica. Complete your tour with a visit to the network of galleries and tunnels that make up the catacombs – the last resting place for nine popes and almost half a million early Christians.

Rome, as capitol of the Christendom since the ancient times, has hundreds of religious buildings. With this itinerary you will be able to visit some of the most beautiful churches of the Eternal City, extremely worthy for both artistic and historical points of view. You will be lectured on the customs of the first Christian communities and on the role that the Christians had in the fall of the Roman Empire.

The tour includes car pick up from the hotel, transfers to the basilicas of St.Mary the Major, St. Prassede, St. Peter in Chains, St. Clement, St. John in Lateran, St.Cross in Jerusalem and St.Lawrence outside the wall; sightseeing on the way back to the hotel.

The tour is for individuals as well as for small groups; and it includes private guide, private car transfers and site tickets.

This tour is not available on Sunday mornings ( for the many Masses celebrated in the churches); entrance in to churches requires appropriate attire (no shorts, miniskirts or uncovered shoulders).

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