Tuscany is one of the most beautiful and popular areas of Italy. This is not surprising as the region has a lot to offer. Beautiful city’s as Florence, Siena and Pisa. But also the rolling hills, delicious wines, and yes, even beautiful beaches. Therefore it is not recommended to limit yourself to staying at a single place, but rather make a round trip. And what can be more fun than doing this round trip by a typical Italian means of transport? The Vespa.

And then finally our number 1. At first I wasn’t planning on mentioning this public park in one of my blogs. This because it is a real hidden secret and mostly only known by locals. But lucky you, I decided to share it. The Giardino degli Aranci park is located in the Aventino district, and it is very close to the more common known ‘Knights of Malta keyhole’. It is a very small park with orange trees (explains the name Giardino degli Aranci or translated as ‘Orange Garden’). At the end of the park there is a small terrace with an extraordinary gorgeous panorama view of the city of Rome. We arrived in the late afternoon and stayed to see the sun go down behind St. Peter’s Basilica. The only other people in the park were some locals in their twenties who brought a bottle of wine with some plastic cups to enjoy this amazing view. The park normally closes around 21.00 but the patient guard only closed the park around 21.45. In total we spend around 4 hours in this park and for me, it was the absolute highlight of our whole trip to Rome. This is where I fell in love with the city! So buy a bottle of wine and enjoy one of the best sundowners you will ever experience!! (Note: The district of Aventino is often not displayed on the tourist map of Rome, it should be positioned at the bottom left corner, and is of very close walking distance from Circus Maximus and surroundings.)