Neptune's Grotto in Villa Gregoriana
The city of Rome is absolutely wonderful. The constant people and life that surround it still amazes but it does lack one thing, greenery (well greenery and peanut butter, I'll more than happily give you my address if you want to send me a tub!) So it was nice to take a short day trip to Monte Catillo and the Villa Gregoriana, in Tivoli Italy, to do some hiking and get my fix of the outdoors. Although the two places are literally right next to each other it seemed like two different lands. Monte Catillo is a rocky, open climb, scattered with bright yellow flowers and thorny bushes galore, while Villa Gregoriana is damp, forested hike, with waterfalls and grottos down every side path.
Monte Catillo
Some wild horses interrupted our hike to walk through. Although we had seen some pretty big signs of their presence on the hike we didn't actually see them until right at the very end.
Even though it rained while we were trekking through Villa Gregoriana, it was still my favorite of the two hikes. The waterfalls were beautiful and the rock formations were cool to explore.
Villa Gregoriana
The Great Cascade, which measures 102 m. in height (334 ft. for us Americans not on the metric system)
And to make the hike even better, some of the leaves were turning! Come on fall in Italy. I refuse to believe you don't come until the end of October.
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