Our first visit was to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian, created to his designs in the 2nd century AD. Most of the site is in ruins now so we began our visit at a scale model to see how the huge villa complex looked in Hadrian's time.
From Hadrian's villa we traveled the short distance into Tivoli town center.
After lunch we next visited the Villa d'Este, the 16th century villa of a cardinal, complete with some of the most spectacular Renaissance gardens in Italy. The most striking feature of the gardens are the many gravity-powered fountains, supplied by water from two Roman aqueducts flowing through the town.
On our final evening we rode the city bus ('When in Rome, do as the Romans do!') to the Pantheon, to enjoy a last taste of Rome before dinner.
And after dinner we stopped for (arguably) Rome's best gelato as we strolled towards the Spanish Steps, our last sightseeing in the Eternal City!
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