Day trips from Rome: Pompeii, Orvieto, Tivoli, and more
A Lonely Planet guide details day trips from Rome, including Ostia Antica's ancient port ruins with a frescoed cafe, Cerveteri's Etruscan necropolis, Pompeii's recently uncovered pizza-precursor fresco, Tivoli's Villa d'Este and Villa Adriana, Bomarzo's Parco dei Mostri, Calcata's artist-rescued hill town, Monti Simbruini National Park, Orvieto's Gothic cathedral with Signorelli frescoes, Florence's Uffizi, and the Castelli Romani's porchetta and wine. Each destination is reachable by train, bus, or car within a day.
Key facts
- Ostia Antica's Terme di Nettuno features second-century mosaics and an amphitheater.
- Cerveteri's Necropoli di Banditaccia is a UNESCO site with Etruscan tumuli.
- Pompeii's Lupanare is the only surviving ancient Roman brothel.
- A fresco at Pompeii depicts mensa flatbread, a pizza precursor.
- Tivoli's Villa d'Este has Mannerist frescoes and garden fountains.
- Bomarzo's Parco dei Mostri is a 16th-century sculpture garden.
- Calcata was abandoned in the 1930s and revived by artists in the 1960s.
- Orvieto's Duomo has a Luca Signorelli fresco cycle of the Last Judgment.
Entities
Artists
- Luca Signorelli
- Giotto
- Michelangelo
- Galileo
- Machiavelli
Institutions
- Parco Archeologico di Ostia Antica
- Necropoli di Banditaccia
- Museo Nazionale Cerite
- Pompeii Archaeological Park
- Villa d'Este
- Villa Adriana
- Parco dei Mostri
- Terme dei Papi
- Monti Simbruini National Park
- Orvieto Underground
- Galleria degli Uffizi
- Firenze Musei
- Santa Croce
- Cantina Simonetti
- Lonely Planet
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Ostia Antica
- Cerveteri
- Pompeii
- Naples
- Mount Vesuvius
- Tivoli
- Bomarzo
- Viterbo
- Calcata
- Monti Simbruini
- Subiaco
- Orvieto
- Florence
- Castelli Romani
- Ariccia
- Frascati
- Castel Gandolfo
- Lake Albano
- Lake Nemi
- Genzano di Roma
Sources
- Quartz —