Type
Garden / Hidden Gem
Price range
Free
Address
Largo Adolfo Ravà, 00153 Roma
Hours
Garden open daily sunrise to sunset. Keyhole: always accessible.
Two of the Aventine Hill's finest secrets, minutes apart. The orange garden offers the best free view of Rome — a perfect frame of St. Peter's dome across the city. Around the corner, peer through the keyhole of the Knights of Malta priory: St. Peter's perfectly aligned at the end of a garden avenue, framed by a door. One of Rome's small, quietly perfect moments.
Our take
“From the orange garden, walk five minutes to the keyhole. There is usually a small queue — it's worth the wait. Look through slowly, with one eye.”
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