ROME
Visitors explore the Villa Borghese’s laghetto by rowing boat
Going green in
VILLA BORGHESE
The city’s gloriously green heart is almost a neighbourhood in itself, full of sweeping views, lavish villas and world-class art collections. Here’s what not to miss
The TERRAZZA DEL PINCIO viewpoint presides over Piazza del Popolo with views of the city’s domes and terracotta roofs. Look closely and you’ll also see the Pantheon rising above the skyline of Centro Storico. A short stroll north of this promenade is the Laghetto Di Borghese lake — rent a boat and row around the faux-classical Temple of Asclepius, hidden among trees on an island. Elsewhere, the GALLERIA BORGHESE is
housed in the 17th-century Villa Borghese. It’s one of Rome’s top galleries, with masterworks that pack a punch. The Bernini room pits the sculptor’s extraordinarily lifelike sculptures against a gilded, stuccoed and marbled backdrop. You’ll also find works by Caravaggio here, including David with the Head of Goliath. Art aside, the truly lavish setting makes this well worth a visit.
galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it If you’ve ever looked out over Rome from
the west side of the Tiber, you’ll likely have seen the cream-coloured, castle-like VILLA MEDICI dominating the skyline. As the name suggests, the 16th-century villa was built for the Medici family, but these days it’s open for
visitors and hosts modern art exhibitions in its beautiful Renaissance gardens. There are exceptional city views from Colbert, an elegant cafe.
villamedici.it facebook.com/colbertroma Just outside the park, beside the Villa
Medici, is CAFFE CIAMPINI, an icon of Roman snacking. A restaurant, pizzeria and gelateria, Ciampini is known for its delicious tartufo: a cocoa-rolled chocolate ice cream dessert with a glacé cherry and chocolate chips at its heart. Taste it on the terrace overlooking the dome-filled skyline before taking a walk along the Terrazza del Pincio.
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likes of Michelangelo and Giorgio Vasari worked on the VILLA GIULIA, which was built on the edge of the city for 16th-century Pope Julius III. It’s home to the National Etruscan Museum, and highlights include the Sarcophagus of the Spouses — depicting a married couple reclining together in the aſterlife — and the gold Pyrgi Tablets, inscribed in an Etruscan-Phoenician script.
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More leafy locations
VILLA CELIMONTANA Trajanic-era remains were excavated at this park near the Colosseum, and while some of its treasures have been relocated, 16th-century fountains, a nymphaeum and an Egyptian-style obelisk still adorn the park’s grassy banks.
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CIMITERO ACATTOLICO This 16th-century graveyard in Testaccio contains the graves of artists, diplomats and ideologists. It’s also the final resting place of Romantic poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Underneath its towering cypresses are marvels of masonry, including the Angel of Grief, carved by sculptor William Wetmore Story for his wife’s tomb.
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ROSETO COMUNALE Found on the Aventine Hill’s eastern slope, this rose garden has long been of botanical importance. A temple dedicated to Flora, goddess of flowers and springtime, stood here in the third century BC; today, it’s abloom with more than 1,000 roses from around the world.
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