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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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