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One of the most beautiful views in Rome can be seen on Aventine Hill at the Giardino degli Aranci. Giardino degli Aranci -- the orange grove -- is the common name for Parco Savello, the public park that offers a panoramic view of Rome.
Depending on where you are, take the Metro Line B towards either Laurentina or Rebibbia. In either case, get off at Circo Massimo.
If you follow Via di Santa Sabina past Giardino degli Aranci, you will reach Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta. When you are at the piazza, pay attention to the keyhole on the green door at number 3. Through this keyhole, you can see St. Peter Basilica beautifully framed by a line of cypress trees.
It has been said that from a certain part of the Aventine Hill, you can see and be in three countries at the same time. The countries are the Vatican (St Peter Basilica), Italy (a large part of Rome from Victor Emmanuel II Monument and Campidoglio to the neighbourhoods of Trastevere), and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (the ground where the piazza is situated and where the Order flag flies). Leave a Comment
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Carry on your walk from the Knights of Malta Keyhole and you will soon reach the Orange Park, an old orange trees grove overlooking the south-side of the city. You can have a great view from there, and in May-June, when the orange trees are in bloom, the fragrance and the thousands of white flowers feel like you’re in a fairy tale. You’ll probably find some oranges still attached to the trees. Don’t try to eat one. I did and discovered they are bitter oranges. Well suited for perfumes and pastry but not for eating! Leave a Comment
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June is the best month to visit the rose garden. If you walk down from the Orange Park, not far from the Circus Maximus, you will find the city's rose garden. It has 2 sections. The most beautiful one is with the tea roses. It is a real enchantment. They come in every colors and shapes imaginable: yellow, red, orange, white, pink, even blue! Climbing roses, dwarf roses, bush roses, etc. You can go smell them but don’t touch! The flowers will wither faster if you do. Leave a Comment
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We didn't make it into the Borghese Galleries (another reason to return) but did get to wander the beautiful and peaceful gardens around it. Part ot it is called the Pincio which was originally designed as part of the plan for Piazza del Popolo below it. There are lots of young lovers here and tons of motorized two wheeled vehicles. There are concerts here some evenings and it is a great break from the hectic pace of Rome - could do a nice picnic here. Leave a Comment
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Villa Borghese is my very favorite hideaway in Rome - there are countless littles coves, niches, and pathways to be discovered. Here are a few photos of spring blooming in the park. We just posted a travelogue on Villa Borghese and really need a second one - could never give it all the space it deserves.
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Villa Ada is one of the very largest public parks in Rome, Italy.
Park was the residence to the italian royal family from 1872 to 1878 and then from 1904 to 1946. There you can enjoy on the bench and the sunshine and watch who is passing. Today this park is famouse for world music festival "Roma Incontra Il Mondo". Leave a Comment
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... like I do - and you happen to be in Rome in the blooming season - this could be a very wonderful thing to do.
I was lucky - I got in a few days before it was open to the public because of an amico of an amico - plus I got a bit of a guided tour.
I recognised Peace - which used to be called Madame de Meilland I believe, when it was developed in 1945 - then the war ended so it was renamed Peace.
But in Italy it is called Joy - Gioia.
I don't know if it costs anything - sorry - but I do know it was a Jewish cemetery for a long long time - then the land was presented to the city (I think the dead were re buried somewhere else) and the garden is laid out like a menorah.
It was just what I needed after a few months in Rome.
There is a famous rose garden in Werribbee just out of Melbourne that I have been to - and I was so stoked and so homesick when the Werribbee garden was mentioned.
I also really liked the small bed of the original roses Romans got their rose petals from.
It became such a thing to shower people with rose petals that useful vineyards and olive groves were ripped out to grow the roses for the display of luxury and excess.
The whole spectacle - looking out over Circo Massimo where I saw the World Cup Final (Italy won) was very telling. Leave a Comment
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Even parks have some roman remains, but the environment helps to make it a more relaxed visit. Try the area of Pza. di Siena (all the green area between the Galleria Borghese, the zoo, and the Pincio and Villa Medici), enough for an hour walking by some green paths... also if you like horse riding, you can do it without getting out of the city, here. Leave a Comment
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The square on the top of Janiculum Hill and the avenue (passeggiata) going throughout all the Hill were formed in 1885-1887 on the territory of the ex Parco Corsini. Numerous busts of the volunteers who took part in the defense of Rome stand along the road, making a pleasant walk to the square.
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This light house on Monte Gianicolo was a gift to Rome in 1911 by the Italians from Argentina and it is a work of Manfredo Manfredi.
It is just a short stroll from Piazza Garibaldi.
If you don't want to walk up the hill in the heat then take bus 780. You will also be rewarded with wonderful views over Rome from up here. Many thanks to VT'er Piccolina for directing me to this place :-))
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