Tivoli
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- Best time to go
- April to June, September to October
- Budget
- $$
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The hilltop town of Tivoli, 30 kilometers east of Rome in the Tiburtine Hills, contains two UNESCO World Heritage Sites within walking distance of each other: Hadrian's vast 2nd-century imperial retreat Villa Adriana on the plain below, and the 16th-century Villa d'Este with its elaborate terraced fountain garden. The Villa d'Este's water engineering, driven entirely by gravity from a diverted river, produces hundreds of fountains and water features cascading down the hillside through formal Renaissance gardens.
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