This was our other organised tour with bus and guide, we went to the travel firm to get on the bus which was just the other side of the train station, so not too far at all.
To call it Hadrian's Villa was an understatement, Emperor Hadrian's living and entertaining complex doesn't have the same ring but is a much more accurate description. The estate was extensive with tunnels joining the various areas on the different levels for the slaves to wandered through doing their daily tasks. Loads of baths, gardens to wander, water features, it took two hours just to see the best bits the tour guide was pointing out for us.
Lunch was a 45 minute break in Tivoli where we found a sandwich shop and sat in there. From the town centre we walked for a couple of minutes to reach the Villa D'Este which was built, but not finished by a man with aspirations to be Pope. He tried 5 times and just didn't make it. The house was the unfinished part in that not all the friezes were complete, the gardens however were amazing, a different fountain at every turn including one that played music, all working through water pressure.
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