Why Visit
Rome sits at the center of some of Italy's most rewarding day-trip destinations. Pompeii is 2.5 hours south. Ostia Antica — Rome's ancient port — is 45 minutes. The Castelli Romani hill towns are 30 minutes away.
What You'll See
- Pompeii & Herculaneum — frozen in 79 AD
- Ostia Antica — Rome's ancient port city, less crowded than Pompeii
- Tivoli — Hadrian's Villa and Villa d'Este gardens
- Castelli Romani — volcanic lake, wine, and hilltop villages
- Orvieto — Etruscan city with a cathedral inlaid with Gothic sculpture