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Guided Tours of Roman Castles special itineraries to
discover the most important villages around Rome with daily excursions with
private tours or group tours.
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Tours of Roman Castles
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driven tour to the Roman Castles ?
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have private/group guided tours to CastelGandolfo, Frascati, Castelli Romani
from Rome ?
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to CASTELGANDOLFO, Frascati and CASTELLI ROMANI
from rome
Following the long
 sequences
of mighty archers running through Rome's outskirts and countryside,
we will visit the Aqueduct Archaeological Park to see the massive
aqueducts which have powerfully
 withstood
time and to hear detailed accounts of the hydraulic engineering
abilities attained by the ancients to canalize huge amounts of water
to Rome. In antiquity 11 aqueducts furnished quality water to
thousands of public baths, fountains, homes, imperial and patrician
gardens and to the population's needs. Continue your way to Castelli
Romani
area celebrated for landscapes beloved by poets, painters and
writers of the 19th century Romantic Era, to see the Pope's Summer
Palace
 perched
on the slopes of an extinct volcano whose crater holds a superb
lake. Visit charming Castelgandolfo
where the
Pope meets pilgrims in summer and then Nemi
with its
medieval castle overlooking a smaller enchanting lake where Emperors
Caligula and
Nero used
to orchestrate refined sumptuous banquets and feasts on luxuriously
rigged rafts to entertain and surprise visiting foreign
dignitaries. This famed area is considered one of the most beautiful
spots in Italy and is the bronze-age cradle of the Latin peoples and
language who later were to found Rome on the banks of the Tiber
river. Renaissance popes and cardinals dotted these lush landscapes
with splendid country palaces and estates and after passing
Grottaferrata
and Marino
where
during the October Wine Festival all public fountains spout, instead
of water, jets of wine, we descend to picturesque
Frascati,
a delightful hill-town. Here, taste the famous local white wines
produced on the surrounding mineral-rich and fertile volcanic soils
which give them a particular component supposedly excellent for
nerves. Visit Cardinal Aldobrandini's Villa, begun in 1598, a
monumental country palace-estate with baroque sculptured gardens and
art-work and after an opportunity of pleasantly mingling with the
natives of Frascati
to enjoy the
warm and communicative Italian village way of life, maybe shop for a
traditional "Pupazze" ,a woman-shaped symbol of fertility with three
breasts. After which head back to Rome by rapid highway.
Duration 3 hours. |
