OSTIA ANTICA | 3 hrs tour
Ancient Ostia excavations
We will visit the ruins of Ostia, where the remains of the first ancient Rome colony are preserved, with a residential structure very similar to ancient Pompeii’s one. Our official guide will take you in a back in time journey, in order to discover anecdotes and curiosities of everyday life of the ancient Rome. We will see, next to the public monuments such as the Baths and the Theatre, numerous private structures as the Thermopolium, the bakery and the ‘Fullonicae’ (ancient Rome’s laundries), the dwellings such as Insule and Domus.
VILLA ADRIANA | 2.5 hrs tour
The Emperor Adrian
In the Historia Augusta it is told that Emperor Adrian wanted to replicate in his Tivoli Villa the most famous places of antiquity, especially those of Greece, like the Academy, the Lyceum and Hades.
The visit will develop in a parallel itinerary which will alternate the Roman architecture and the figure who wanted it: Adrian.
VILLA D’ESTE | 2.5 hrs tour
Spectacular fountains and gardens
“…everywhere you look water gushes in so many ways and with such a splendid design that there is not a place in the World which in this is not greatly inferior…” (Letter by Uberto Foglietta to Flavio Orsino, 1569)
Built as wished by Cardinal Ippolito D’Este, son of Lucrezia Borgia and grandson of Alexander VI, it represents a perfectly preserved example of Giardino all’Italiana. A spectacular display of fountains, mostly recently restored, in an itinerary that will be structured between statues, gardens and ornamental water features.