Tivoli Favorite Tips by sandysmith Top 5 Page for this destination

Tivoli streets

Fondest memory: Meandering through the narrow town streets with the rustic coloured buildings with peace flags..the sun trying to light up the terracotta buildings in the narrow passageways.

Narrow streets

Favorite thing: The old part of the town has such narrow streets and its rustic charm was so appealing. Walking down these passageways, admiring the old stonework on the buildings and seeing the peace flags hanging from the windows and balconies added to the colour.

Turrets aand Towers

Favorite thing: Keep looking up and you'll see architectural delights such as this turretted clock tower and bell on top - like the one in this picture.

Steps!

Favorite thing: Its a hill town the streets can be steep and this one was called Scalatina - meaning steps. Comfy shoes are the order of the day here!

Tivoli take-Two...

Fondest memory: Imagine my delight when we had seen the sights art Hadrian's Villa and realised we just had enough time to pop back to Tivoli do the sights missed and then head back to Rome. Well that wasn't quite the story - some of the sights just didn't seem to exist or we managed to get lost even with the map and some of the other sights were under renovation :-(
What i thought would be a quick half hour re-visit turn into a frustating, foot weary search - may be I should have left the map alone!
At least the water fountains quenched our thirst and later we comforted ourselves with our favourite restaurant back in Rome :-))

Tivoli

Favorite thing: Tivoli is situated along the Aniene River on the western slopes of Monti Tiburtini - the hills to the east of Rome.
Its steep medieval streets and ruins on the outskirts of town deserve a look and not just the Villa the town is renowned for.

Fondest memory: In searching for the Villa d'Esta on our arrival we wandered round the town before we got to the Villa - and we were glad we had done so otherwise we might have missed this delightful old town. after visting the town and the Villa we realised we had time to visit Hadrian's Villa just ouside of Tivoli down the hill. We went to the tourist office to check out the bus times and it was here that I found some leaflets and maps of Tivloli. Reading on the bus en route I discovered the sights of Tivoli town I had either missed or not realised what they were :-(
So is lessson to get your map and info first??
Well the story continues.....

Temples of the Town

Favorite thing: At the edge of the town overlooking a ravine near the Ponte Gregoriano are the ruins of these temples - temples of Vesta and Sybil.
The round based temple of Vesta dates from 1st century is formed by 18 Corinthian columns but only 10 remain today.
The rectangular Sybil temple is ionic in style.

Roca Pia

Favorite thing: Tivoli has its own castle - built in 1461. The quadrangular fortress has 4 round towers and sits atop a hill near the town centre.
After 1870 the fortress was converted into a prison but today it does not have a definite function.