OUT FROM THE CITY

You may find there’s quite enough of interest in Rome to keep you occupied during your stay. But Rome can be a hot, oppressive city, its surfeit of churches and museums intensely wearying, and if you’re around long enough you really shouldn’t feel any guilt about freeing yourself from its weighty history to see something of the countryside around. Two of the main attractions visitable on a day-trip are, it’s true, Roman sites, but just the process of getting to them can be energizing. 

Tivoli , about an hour by bus east of Rome, is a small provincial town famous for the travertine quarries nearby and its fine ancient Roman villa, complete with landscaped gardens and parks. Ostia , in the opposite direction from the city near the sea, and similarly easy to reach on public transport, is the city’s main seaside resort (though one worth avoiding), but was also the site of the port of Rome in classical times, the ruins of which - Ostia Antica - are well preserved and worth seeing.

Tivoli , about an hour by bus east of Rome, is a small provincial town famous for the travertine quarries nearby and its fine ancient Roman villa, complete with landscaped gardens and parks. Ostia , in the opposite direction from the city near the sea, and similarly easy to reach on public transport, is the city’s main seaside resort (though one worth avoiding), but was also the site of the port of Rome in classical times, the ruins of which - Ostia Antica - are well preserved and worth seeing.

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