Villa Pamphilj Rome

190 hectares of green happiness

Matteo from Rome

""Villa Pamphilj" in Rome is a huge park of 2 million square meters and probably the most beautiful (and my favourite place) in the eternal city..."

Rome (and especially Romans) can be very noisy and stressful, so at a certain point you will probably feel the need for quiet and rainbow riding unicorns shooting out of flowered trees, well I do at least. In those cases I nearly always opt for Villa Pamphilj, a huge park of almost 190 hectares (2 million square meters!) and probably my favourite place in the eternal city.

Villa Pamphilj used to be the main estate of an aristocratic family, and you can still see the "Villa" and the chapel built by the Pamphiljs in the park. Nowadays the huge park is divided into three main "areas": The giardini (the palace and surrounding gardens), the pineta (pine forest) and the tenuta agricola (huge meadows covering most of the park). I really can't stress enough how magnificently beautiful all 3 parts are and what an unexpected, green surprise Villa Pamphilj truly is.

So get your picnic basket, sunglasses and frisbee and prepare for some hardcore park...ing, ehm... well you know what I mean!

You'll find Villa Pamphilj on the Vatican's side of the Tiber and there are about a hundred different entrances, but I recommend you take the one on Via Vitellia 102 (you can get there by taking tram number 8), because it's a central access point and you will also find a nice little café there just inside the park.

P.S. please DO NOT stop at the 4-lane boulevard, about a third of the entire park is on the other side of that monstrosity!

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Rome Spotter Matteo

About me I have been studying Chinese and Indian languages and cultures at the “Sapienza” university of Rome since 2012, which is also when I moved to Rome. I was born in the south of Italy, but grew up mostly in Austria, since I have one parent each from both parts. I love travelling, getting to know new people and cultures, grabbing a few beers in the evening, preferably whilst listening to live music! But I guess my biggest passion is languages, and I’m trying to learn as many of them as I possibly can before my brain reaches full capacity. Why Rome? We...

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