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The best day trips and sidetrips from Rome, Italy

GUIDED DAY TRIPS FROM ROME

From Rome to Ostia Antica:

From Rome to Tivoli:

From Rome to the Castelli Romani:

From Rome South to Campania:

From Rome North to Tuscany/Umbria:

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Abruzzi
Pompeii
Amalfi Coast
Capri
Florence
Tuscany/Umbria

Ostia Antica ★★ - An ancient Roman ghost town just a subway ride away from downtown Rome—like Pompeii, but trading its dusty heat and crushing tour bus crowds for a quiet, Romantically overgrown atmosphere of crumbling ruins, a weedy amphitheater, and stone-paved ancient streets. Also, the beach is just one more stop down the train line... » more

Book a tour to Ostia: If you prefer a private guided tour to Ostia Antica, book one via our partners:

Tivoli & Hadrian's Villa ★ - East of Rome lies Tivoli, a hilltown home to lavish palaces (the Renaissance Villa d'Este is but the most famous of them), and, just outside town, the well-preserved ruins of Hadrian's Villa. This sumptuous summer palace was designed by the Spanish-born Emperor himself as a sort of sprawling, architectural souvenir scrapbook of the varied building styles he saw during his travels across the empire, from Middle Eastern to Egyptian to European... » more

Book a tour to Tivoli: If you prefer a private guided tour to Hadrian's Villa and the Villa d'Este, book one via our partners:

Frascati & the Castelli Romani - The hilltowns and villages of Lazio just south of Rome are famous for their white wines (especially Frascati), volcanic lakes steeped in ancient myth, medieval allure, and extravagant palaces—most notably, the summer residence of the Pope himself in Castelgandolfo... » more

Book a tour to the Castelli Romani: If you prefer a private guided tour to Frascati and the other towns south of Rome, book one via our partners:

The Lazio Lake District - Medieval castles, Etruscan necropoli, and volcanic lake beaches are sprinkled around the lakes of Northern Lazio... » more

Cerveteri and Tarquinia - North of Rome lie the archaeological wonders of Cerveteri and Tarquinia, collections of ancient Etruscan burial mounds that predate the Romans with megalithic tombs some preserving 2,500-year-old paintings.

Farther afield

The Abruzzi Mountains - The Abruzzi mountains that form Italy's green spine rise from the plains less than an hour's drive from Rome yet the peaks are snowcapped year round. Head into the mountains, exit off the autostrada (highway), and just meander along the back ways into the heart of the mountains where narrow roads barely wide enough for one car, let alone two, cling to one wall of a narrow, twisting canyon 800 feet above the surging waters of a mountain stream... » more

Pompeii ★★★ - The famous ancient Roman ghost town buried by Vesuvius in AD 79... » more

Book a Pompeii tour: Consider booking a tour from Rome—either a simple shuttle, or a full guided tour—with our partners:

The Amalfi Coast ★★ and Capri - I wouldn't do this fabled coastal string of fishing-villages-turned-resorts as a day trip—better to spend a couple of days here (or at least one overnight) relaxing and enjoying the beach life after all those museums, churches, ruins, and art of Italy's big cities... » more

Book a tour: Consider booking a tour from Rome with our partners:

• Pompeii and Amalfi Coast Small Group Day Trip from Rome
• Capri Day Trip from Rome

Florence ★★★ - Birthplace of the Renaissance, hometown to Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Donatello, Giotto, and dozens other of Old Masters—and repository of Michelangelo's David, Botticelli's Birth of Venus, Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, Brunelleschi's dome, and 1,001 other seminal works of art and architecture. To break up the Art History 101 nature of it you can peruse the artisan workshops of the Oltrarno, bargain in the San Lorenzo leather market, dig into a hearty meal of bistecca fiorentina steak with Chianti wine, and find a hotel for your own, perfect Room with a View moment... » more

Book a tour: Consider booking a tour from Rome with our partners:

The hilltowns of Tuscany & Umbria - From the Renaissance glories of Florence to the vineyards of the Chianti, the medieval hilltowns of Siena and San Gimignano to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the genteel city of Lucca to the wine-soaked hill town of Montepulciano to the cheese hamlet of Pienza to the holy village of Assisi... » more

Book a tour: Consider booking a tour from Rome with our partners:

Tips

Planning your time: For any of these trips, figure on spending a very full day. It might also be nice to spend the night away from the bustle of the big city—certainly, you could better explore the Lazio Lake District or the Castelli Romani much better with two days; same goes for sidetrips in the "farther afield" category—though with some (Pompeii comes to mind) you could easily do them in a single day.
Consider a tour - Rather than work out public transport options and times, open hours, and other details, you might want to consider letting a pro handle the logistics—and provide a guide—by singing up for a guided day trip tour from our partners:
- From Rome to Ostia Antica:
  From Rome to Tivoli:
  From Rome to the Castelli Romani:
  From Rome South to Campania:
  From Rome North to Tuscany/Umbria:

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