Tivoli: Hadrian's Villa and Villa d'Este - 1 Day tour from Rome

Visiting Villa Adriana is an extraordinary experience: you are completely amazed by the beauty, grandeur, elegance, size, and opulence of Emperor Hadrian's residence. In this place he wanted to experiment with new architectural techniques, adopted more efficient systems for water distribution, and literally invented heating and cooling tools. Villa Adriana tells of the genius and incredible modernity of a residential complex still studied and why not copied today. Villa d'Este is the expression of the will of its owner, Cardinal Hippolito, who decided to build his residence here. Harnessing the talent of engineers, architects, and plumbers, he wanted to enrich his estate with an impressive number of fountains of every size in every part of the immense garden, which he beautified with trees and plants of every kind. The historic center of Tivoli tells of a distant, yet still alive and present, era.