Another day outside of Rome. We took a half day tour to visit Emperor Hadrian's Villa, Villa d'Este and Tivoli - they are very close to each other. We would be back in Rome by 1pm.
Hadrian's Villa was built as a private summer retreat and as a vast open-air museum of the finest architecture of the Roman world. The palace ground covers an area of 120 hectares and filled with full-scale reproductions of buildings from Greece and Egypt. There are massive columns and ancient bathhouses, gym and libraries - all showing off the advance literary and culture of those times. It's grand. It's amazing.
Villa d'Este is in Tivoli - it is a cool hill-side town. The Villa occupies an old Benedictine convent, it is now well known for its terraced gardens and fountains (100). From the convent we walked out to the gardens and it was downwards all the way - almost 4 storeys. There were many fountains at the various levels of the terraces - the fountains got bigger and grander as we walked on.
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