Tivoli Tour from Rome | Semi-Private Experience Reviews

A good small group tour to Tivoli

Since this was our third visit to Rome, we wanted to spend time seeing some of the outlying areas. Tivoli was recommended to us and this tour by LivItaly was very good. We were driven out, with another couple and our guide, in a comfortable van and first visited the ruins of Hadrian's villa (awesome!) and then walked through the fantastical fountains and water works that make up the gardens at Villa d'Este in Tivoli. Our guide was very friendly and interesting and answered all of our many questions. The small group aspect makes it very easy to make new friends and we ended up going out to dinner with the other couple, when we got back to Rome. This was certainly a very easy and enjoyable way to visit the Tivoli area!

Villa d'Este and Villa Adriana just outside of Rome

We booked a day tour from Rome to Tivoli to see both Villa D'Este and Villa Adriana. This was supposed to be a small group tour but we were the only 2 so we had a very personal experience with our guide Silvia. At the outset the weather was foul, torrential rain, thunder and lightening, but despite this Silvia was excellent and enthusiastic. She was extremely knowledgeable and able to put the historical apsects of Villa d'Este and Adriana in perspective. Her expertise made things understandable, especially considering the size of each site. She managed the day very well, sorting the transport and lunch. Thoroughly enjoyable.