Saturday 24th March 1883
Took bus from P. Venezia to railway station and walked thence to station of tramway beyond Porta San Lorenzo. The day was fine and we had an agreeable company in a Scotchman named Park: we passed a circular tomb1 like that of Cecilia Metella and the acqua Albrida [?] on [?] sulphur springs which are evidently strongly sulphurous. Then up a steep ascent to Tivoli which is prettily situate among the hills. From the Garden of the Sibeyella Hotel, which contains the circular temple of the Sibyl there is a fine view of the falls which are partly natural and partly artificial: the Anio forming cascades of great beauty and the water also coming through an artificial tunnel in the mountain and falling in a straight line 320 feet. Visited Neptune and the Siren's cave under the guidance of the raggedest and most cheerful cicerone I have met with. He would not be got rid of though three of the guides kicked him and tried to drive him away. Park and I walked down the hill to Adrian's villa and spent an hour exploring, but we only got a mere impression of it as it is a vast ruin and would have taken a day. At night we saw the Coliseum illuminated by the full moon and...[?]
1. Possibly this one.
1. Possibly this one.