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Rome Garden and Villa Tours Are Led by Dr About your guide—Diane Archibald Dates 7th-8th October 2014 Features Included: 2 Days, 1 night superior accommodation Rome Garden and 1 Breakfast 2 Lunches Villa Tour 1 Dinner Wine tasting Museum and site entry fees included Transportation by private van to sites Price €550 per person Our Rome Garden and Villa tours are led by Dr. Diane Archibald who holds a Doctorate in Interdisciplinary For full terms and conditions please see http:// Studies in Architecture from the University of British www.culturalheritagetoursitaly.org/booking-terms Columbia and is a Visiting Scholar with the Faculty of -and-conditions-for-excursions-2013-and-2014/ Architecture, Restoration and Conservation, Universi- ty of Rome, ‘Sapienza’. Dr. Archibald was a Research Fellow at the British School at Rome, and recently appointed to the ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments and Sites) Scientific Committee on Conservation and Restoration for architecture and historic urban centres. She has taught on heritage sites in Italy for 10 years and has led numerous educa- tional walking seminars in Rome, Tivoli, Tuscany, Um- bria, Venice and Veneto, and Southern Italy. About Our Walking Tours Cultural Heritage Walking Tours, Italy We specialize in an accessible, sustainable, and immer- sive one of a kind experience. Our walking tours and excursions are led by professors, scholars, architects, archaeologists, urban historians and heritage experts For more information, or to arrange your booking who are all dedicated to safeguarding our cultural herit- please contact us as shown below age. Our philosophy is based on learning about a culture and a people through witnessing, sharing, and experi- encing the rich heritage and daily life of a community, city, or region. Italian cell +393273431681 UK mobile:(+44)07979464640 © 2011 Cultural Heritage Tours Italy. All rights reserved. E-mail: [email protected] twitter.com/heritageitaly www.beyondtheyalladog.com Twitter.com/Yalladog Rome Garden and Villa Tour with Dr Diane Archibald A Two Day Rome Garden and Villa tour Day 2 of the excursion begins at Villa Adriana, Tivoli: the magnificent country estate of the ancient Roman Emperor Food, wine, and some of the most beautiful Hadrian. historic sites in the world will make for an un- It is believed to be one of the largest archaeological sites in forgettable authentic Italian experience. Europe covering 120 hectares, and since 1999 has been Day 1 of our tour begins in Rome with a morning declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. Our visit to Villa visit to the Gardens of the Villa Borghese followed by Adriana focuses on the intricate terraced gardens and th a visit to the magnificent 16 c Villa and Gardens of water systems designed by Hadrian; structures that have the Medici on the Pincian Hill. The Villa Medici in influenced architects and designers for the last two millen- Rome was the first major built enterprise by the nia. Medici in the city. Overlooking Rome, it represented the power and wealth of the family. The façade of In the afternoon, we visit the famous Renaissance villa the villa facing the garden-side is embellished with and gardens of Villa d’Este inspired by Hadrian’s country reliefs and scenes of antiquity and has been referred estate. The design of the Renaissance gardens and foun- to as an open air museum. The beauty of the gardens tains by Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este and his architect Pirro was featured in the film “La Grande Bellezza”. Ligorio soon became the prototype for all Renaissance gardens that followed. Our garden tour is then followed by a four-course lunch featuring traditional Roman dishes (organic, Return to Rome for about 6pm seasonal, local produce) with paired wine tastings at Transportation and Accommodation: an architecturally restored medieval castle outside of Rome. Our experienced sommelier selects and dis- A private car service will pick us up at 10 a.m. at Roma cusses the wine pairings. In the afternoon, we visit Termini (the central train station of Rome) and will stay the castle with the Italian Lord of the estate discuss- with us during the day taking us to our hotel in Tivoli by ing the history and restoration of this iconic location. late afternoon. After a leisurely lunch and afternoon at the castle, After our morning visit, we stop to enjoy a private ‘slow The following morning at 9:30 a.m. the car service will we are taken by private car to Tivoli, sweeping past food’ lunch on the archaeological site. pick us up at our hotel, taking us to the archaeological the stunning Tivoli Cascades and ravine en route to site, followed by the Villa d’Este, and then back to Roma our hotel. In the evening we enjoy a ‘tasting menu Termini. dinner’ featuring specialities of the region at a de- lightful restaurant adjacent to the Temple of Sibylle Note: Any changes or additions requested by clients are at ravine. the expense of the client. Villa D’Este Photos– © Diane Archibald .
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