Outdoor sights in Rome
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Villa Borghese
Cardinal Scipione Borghese’s 17th-century playground is now a ravishing park with shaded avenues, hedged walks, flowerbeds, gravel paths and roads. The English-style Giardino del Lago is a late 18th-century creation, as is Piazza di Siena, an amphitheatre used for Rome’s top equestrian event in May. Bike hire is available at various points, including Via delle Belle Arti, near the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna. Bank on about €5/10 per hour/day. Near the park’s southern entrance (Piazzale San Paolo del Brasile), the Cinema dei Piccoli is the world’s smallest cinema. Housed in a curious chalet-style building, it screens kids’ films most afternoons – check the …
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Villa Celimontana
With its lawns and colourful flower beds, this leafy walled park is a wonderful place to escape the crowds and enjoy a summer picnic. Romantic couples can seek out shady corners while parents can earn goodwill by letting their loved ones loose at the playground. At the centre of the park is a 16th-century villa that was once owned by the Mattei family but now houses the Italian Geographical Society. Each summer the park stages a much-loved jazz festival.
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Parco Savello
Known to Romans as the Giardino degli Aranci (Orange Garden), this pocket-sized park is a romantic haven. Grab a perch at the small panoramic terrace and watch the sun set over the Tiber and St Peter’s dome. In summer, theatre performances are sometimes staged among the perfumed orange trees.
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Villa Ada
If you’re in this neck of the woods and you need a breather, Villa Ada is the place. A big rambling park with wooded paths, lakes and lawns, it was once the private property of King Vittorio Emanuele III. Outdoor concerts are held here in summer as part of the Roma Incontro il Mondo festival.
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Villa Doria Pamphilj
Rome’s largest park and a lovely spot for a walk and a picnic. The park was laid out in the 17th century for Prince Camillo Pamphilj, cousin of Pope Innocent X.
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