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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Tue January 7, 2003 12:26 PM UTC
If you were curious as to how far Rome is from Florence, it depends on what type of train you take. The Eurostar takes 1:35, the Intercity 2:30, and the slow train 3:37.
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Tue January 7, 2003 12:39 PM UTC
Ville D'Este is a great place to go. Although maybe it's not so great in the winter. It is a fountain landscaped ancient garden. Tivoli could also be a good place to go to see the ruins. Both are an hour away by bus.
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Re: Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Tue January 7, 2003 12:39 PM UTC
And Naples is about two hours in the other direction - although to be honest, you would need to add another hour or two of travel time to reach the interesting sites (Vesuvius, Pompei, Capri, Amalfi coast) near Naples.
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Re: Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Tue January 7, 2003 04:32 PM UTC
Howabout Siena. It is the most remarkable small city in Italy as far as I am concerned. It is about 90 minutes by train from Rome.
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Tue January 7, 2003 10:21 PM UTC
I suggest Orvieto. It's lovely ancient town sitting on a sort of mesa above a verdant valley north of Rome. It has one of the best Gothic cathedrals in Italy, a great local wine and excellent food, charming medieval streets, and it's small enough to comprehend in a leisurely day of strolling.
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Wed January 8, 2003 08:31 PM UTC
Things I have done near Rome:
1. Hadrian's Villa - in Tivoli just east of Rome, public access is by bus.
2. Frascati - just east of Rome. Home of some interesting buildings and Frascati wine (the wine really does taste different here than even in Rome). Can be reached by commuter train from Stazione Termini. BONUS - the train ride goes close to one of the Roman aqueducts for part of the way.
3. Castel Gandolfo - south of Rome. A small town on the lip of an extinct volcano, now filled with water. Several restaurants with stunning views during the day of the lake and environs. BONUS - the papal palace that the Pope retires to every summer for 6 weeks or so when Rome gets too hot (but it's probably not open for tours).
4. Tarquinia - northwest of Rome. 60(?) minutes by train from Stazione Termini. Was one of the leading Etruscan cities. Home of the Tarquins, which supplied one or more of the early kings of Rme (Rome was originally an Etruscan colony with a Latin population). Lots of Etruscan tombs outside town. Great Etruscan museum in a pretty Rennaissance palace in town.
There is a book I picked up once called "Little-Known Museums in and Around Rome " by Rachel Kaplan. I was amazed at the number of places she talked about that I had never seen (or even heard of), even after living in Rome a year. Take a look.
Bill
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Wed January 8, 2003 08:35 PM UTC
I agree with these other tips. Florence and Naples are about two hours away from Rome in opposite directions, so easy to go there and back in one day. A little more difficult day trip would be Pisa or something else famous (Siena, Orvieto, etc).
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Wed January 8, 2003 08:51 PM UTC
If you want something really greats, you should go to Capri. You must go to Naples and then go to Capri by ship. Itīs an spectacular island. You can see some pictures in my Capri page.
PILAR
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Thu January 9, 2003 12:33 PM UTC
Some places I could suggest include Tivoli, Ancient Ostia, Assisi, Castelgandolfo and Castelli Romani.
You could also travel north to Florence and Tuscany or south to Naples and the Campania region.
Natalie
www.nlbtravel.co.uk
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Thu January 9, 2003 12:54 PM UTC
I would also suggest Ostia Antica for a day trip - it's rare to see such a quiet and original ancient Roman site: well preserved, clean, with a lovely contrast between the green vegetation and the red bricks. Otherwise, Tuscany and Naples+Pompei are safe bets (I'm going in 3 weeks), but they're somewhat further away.
A day trip to Assisi and Perugia was nice, but I had a car.
Check out my www.extrajoce.com site for photos on any of these places (by clicking on Europe on the map).
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Re: Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Wed January 15, 2003 01:31 AM UTC
Thanks to everyone for such helpful suggestions. I can always rely on the VT community to help me make my travel decisions. If anyone has any other ideas, please feel add to this post, as I will check back again a few times before I leave.
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Re: Day Trips From Rome Posted: Wed January 15, 2003 06:49 PM UTC
The day that my family splurged on a private driver to take us from Rome to Pompeii and Herculaneum for the day, and hired a historian to spend the day with us at those sites, was the highlight of our trip. It was a long, full, exhausting, and wonderful day. I would highly recommend this.
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