Tivoli Stories


On Tivoli and Opulent Gardens

After a 4 hour bus ride to Tivoli we arrived on an overcast but nice day to the first sight, the Villa d’Este. Originally owned by a cardinal it’s a nice villa that out back has an amazing 5 level garden jam packed with water features including a 3 story waterfall! It’s the nicest garden I’ve been to yet and was a lot of fun to explore. Nothing much no...


Tivoli's Villas

This past Tuesday, April 11, 2006 a fellow seminarian and I did not have obligations at the seminary nor classes since it is Holy Week and we decided to take a day-trip to Tivoli (28 kilometers East of Rome). In the city of Tivoli is the Villa d’Este, which is an Italian garden masterpiece. It has fountains intermingled with the vegetation and archite...