Date: Friday, March 24th, 2023
Duration: All Day 
Participation Fee: € 65

Pre-Departure Mandatory Meeting: Tuesday, March 21st from 12:45 pm to 1:15 pm in F.G.4

Mandatory requirement: Students must be 18 years old or older to participate in the activity.

Last day to register and pay: Thursday, Mar. 9th by 5:00 pm.

Last day to withdraw from activity and get your refund: by Friday, Mar.3rd 

Last day to complete the switch: by Saturday, Mar. 4th

No Show/Late Cancelation fee: € 65

By purchasing this trip, you are accepting the Terms and Conditions.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: for COVID-19 and weather conditions reasons, please keep in mind that all JCU Student Services sponsored trips and outdoor activities might be subject to change.

This day trip is not just a day trip. It is a combination of grandiose and inspiring places and historical figures, which charm and beauty never fades. Bring a notebook with you, or a canvas if you like painting, as we will give space to expressing your passions while admiring Art. 

Villa d'Este was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, in 1550 the governor of Tivoli. The garden at Villa d’Este is of particular splendour and was designed by artist and architect Pirro Ligorio, and completed by Alberto Galvani. The rooms of the Villa were decorated and completely finished while the Cardinal was on his deathbed (1572). Beginning in 1605, Alessandro d’Este commissioned a phase of restoration: repairs in the garden and to the water installations, a new garden arrangement, and improvements to the fountains.  More renovations took place between 1660 and 1670, involving Gianlorenzo Bernini. The villa is certainly an example of refinement and grace.

Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli is a complex of wooded parks, paths, waterfalls, grottoes and vegetation extending to the foot of the ancient acropolis – a suggestive natural park immersed in greenery and situated near Rome. Commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI in around 1834, this splendid unspoiled place was a must for artists and nobility alike, who came to the ancient city of Tibur on their grand tour in the nineteenth century. 

The whole area of the villa is under the protection and management of the Fondo Ambiente Italiano or FAI (the Italian Environmental Fund) and is considered unique in the world – a place where nature and human work merge amid the extraordinary beauty of the landscape, precious marbles and archaeological remains of the ancient villa of Publius Manlius Vopisco. 

WHAT IS INCLUDED

• Train tickets
• Guided tour of Villa d'Este and Villa Gregoriana
• Gardens of Villa d'Este
• Entrances fees
• Lunch at Restaurant

Minimum Number of Participants Required: 10
Maximum Number of Participants: 22

*For more information email [email protected] 

**Per JCU Policy, all school sponsored activities are alcohol free