Rome - December 28, 2011 - Viale Trinita dei Monti

There are some beautiful views of Rome from here and it is darn near abandoned. No tourists, no gentlemen selling wooden choochoo trains, plastic tripods, or fake Louis Vuitton handbags.

All we did was take a left in front of Trinita dei Monti heading towards the Villa Medici, and an oasis in Rome appeared. First the road itself; built on a high hill (uh Rome? Duh seven hills) and running a ridge it offers almost unprecedented vistas of Rome all the way to St. Peter's.

Along the way there was yet another ancient basin of stone turned into a fountain, though it was slight lopsided.

View of Rome and the Vatican City from viale Trinita dei Monti