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Your Way: Home Page - Tourist Info - Where to See - Parks and Gardens "Parks and Gardens" Villa
Borghese Huge park with long avenues of trees and picturesque villas, which double as museums and galleries, dotted through. If you don’t have time to wander through all of it, at least go to the Pincio, the look out above Piazza del Popolo. Inside this park you can’t miss a visit in the Galleria Borghese, one of the most beautiful gallery in Rome as tourists and Roman people say. Metro A : Spagna or Flaminio.
Colle Oppio Surrrounds Nero’s palace ( Domus Aurea ), but remember that to visit this monument you need to reserve it a lot of time before your arrival in Rome. Metro B : Colosseo.
Villa Ada Only part of this park is open to the public. Open dawn until sunset. Inside this park there’s a very beautiful lake. Bus 38 or 310 to Piazza Istria.
Villa Torlonia A beautiful villa and garden, once Mussolini’s family residence, it then fell to disrepair and is now under renovation. The garden contains many exotic plants and large trees. A new museum has opened in the Casina delle Civette, remarkable for its stained glas windows. Bus 36.
Villa Aldobrandini A small serene villa and garden, raised up with a great view, provides tranquility in the heart of the city. At the bottom of Via Nazionale, entry on Via Mazzarino. Bus 64.
Villa Celimontana A beautiful small Villa between the Colosseum and the baths of Caracalla. In the summer there’s a wonderful Jazz Festival organized inside this Villa. Metro B : Colosseo.
Villa Pamphili This huge park dating back to the 1600’s, redone in the mid 1800’s, has formal gardens and lawns and is popular for runners and dog – walkers, although it is a bit far from the sights. Bus 64 to the end of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, then bus 870 from Piazza Fiorentini.
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