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Cívita
vita
Castellana
Castellana
Cívita
Castellana
Poggio
Poggio
Mirteto
Mirteto
Poggio
Mirteto
0
10 mi
Castelli
Romani
1
Ostia Antica
2
Pompeii
3
Tivoli
4
Villa d'Este
5
Viterbo
6
6
N
2
0
10 km
A1
493
Lago di
Lago di
Bracciano
Bracciano
Lago di
Bracciano
Campagnano
Campagnano
di Roma
Campagnano
di Roma
di Roma
Bracciano
Bracciano
Bracciano
Anguillara
Anguillara
Anguillara
Monterotondo
Monterotondo
Monterotondo
4
E80
Mentana
Mentana
Mentana
E80
Villa Gregoriana
Villa Gregoriana
4
Cerveteri
Cerveteri
Tivoli
Tivoli
Tivoli
A24
A12
Villa
Adriana
Villa
Adriana
Villa
Villa d
'Este
Este
Villa d
Villa d'Este
5
Adriana
Vatican City
Vatican City
Vatican City
ROME
ROME
Palestrina
Palestrina
Fregene
Fregene
Fregene
Frascati
Frascati
7
E80
Castelli
Castelli
Romani
Castelli
Romani
Marino
Marino
Romani
3
A1
Castel Gandolfo
Castel Gandolfo
1
Rocca di Papa
Rocca di Papa
Fiumicino
Fiumicino
Fiumicino
2
Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica
To Naples &
To Naples &
Pompeii
To Naples &
Pompeii
Albano
Albano
Ariccia
Albano
Ariccia
Pompeii
Nemi
Nemi
Ariccia
Lido di Ostia
Lido di Ostia
Lido di Ostia
Genzano
Genzano
Velletri
Velletri
Velletri
Pomezia
Pomezia
Pomezia
Venice
Venice
7
Venice
Florence
Venice
Verona
601
Florence
Florence
Florence
Apr
Apr
ília
lia
Aprília
Ardea
Ardea
Ardea
Cisterna
Cisterna
di Latina
di Latina
Cisterna
di Latina
Rome
Rome
Naples
TYRRHENIAN
TYRR HENIAN
SEA
TYRRHENIAN
SEA
Naples
207
ITALY
148
SEA
I T A L Y
ITALY
Latina
Latina
Latina
Airport
Nettuno
Nettuno
Anzio
Anzio
Nettuno
Anzio
156
until 6:15pm, Apr until 7:30pm, May-Aug 8:30am-7:45pm, Sept 9am-7:15pm,
Oct 9am-6:30pm).
This was once a Benedictine convent but in 1550 the Cardinal
Ippolito II d'Este decided to turn it into a country home. You're not here for the
actual villa, though, but for the landscaped gardens that are adorned with foun-
tains, like the
Viale delle Cento Fontane,
which spouts water out of 100 nozzles
among the greenery. Bernini designed and built a collection of fountains that pro-
duced the sounds of organs and owls.
9
(Viale dei Romagnoli, 717;
%
06-56358099;
€
4.20; Feb-Oct 9am-7pm, Nov-Jan until 5pm)
is one of the most educational day
trips you can make from Rome. The metro B (blue) line runs to station Magliana,
where you change for the train in the direction of Ostia. You can make the whole
trip with a €1 ticket. Get off at the Scavi stop.
Ostia Antica is supposed to have served as Rome's main seaport as early as the
7th century
B
.
C
., although the earliest excavations are only from 330
B
.
C
. After
the sacking of Rome, the port town was abandoned and, over the centuries, cov-
ered with river mud as the coastline receded to where it is today, 3.2km (2 miles)
away. These ruins are much like Pompeii's—without the lava—and many remain
intact. There is an ancient amphitheater (where pop stars perform during the
Ostia Antica
OSTIA ANTICA
