Travel Tivoli: Why this Italian city is still Rome’s great escape, 2,000 years later July 16, 2019Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAYComments Off on Tivoli: Why this Italian city is still Rome’s great escape, 2,000 years later When Rome is sweltering and teeming with tourists, beat a leisurely retreat to Tivoli, home to Hadrian's Villa and the Villa d'Este and chill out.