卡萨尔的罗马别墅

今年1月在该市度过新年，酒店很好很美，餐饮小吃众多美味。别墅位于市中心不远的山丘里，风景如花，古老的马赛克地面非常精美，栩栩如生，尤其是著名的“比基尼少女”简直是不可思议的创造。

游客必去的一个地方!那里的镶嵌工艺品太漂亮了!

想尽一切办法要去游览卡萨尔罗马别墅!马赛克的地板十分漂亮,而且很值得一看。要记住这里仍然是非常棒的考古遗址,可能有些房间时不时还会对公众关闭。可悲的是,对别墅墙壁和房顶的有机玻璃重造,加上地下河流的影响,已经使得别墅的马赛克瓷砖的变质愈加严重。我们没有利用语音导游的优势,但我们希望能够用上。这个设备可以很好的帮助你知道我们寻找的东西是什么,而不只是简单地看看!(我们的确买了"官方的"旅游书后,能够"重温"我们的经历--但是我要建议购买语音导览,以最大限度地享受旅游的乐趣!)关于浴室有一个建议:在别墅边上的马路纪念品小摊中间有一个小咖啡馆,这里需要付费才能使用他们的设施。在"官方"的咖啡馆和礼物商店里的浴室设备是免费的(就位于别墅主要入口外面的下坡处)。总之,不要错过这里!

它是一所由于塌方而被掩埋的巨大罗马别墅,18世纪才被人们偶然发现。一间又一间有着令人叹为观止的摩西式地板的房间。这是你绝对不能错过的体验。

来到苍凉美丽的西西里,一定要来卡萨尔的罗马别墅看看,就在阿梅里纳集镇外面。我们是05年3月中去的,时间有点早。去的那天是工作日,别墅一开门我们就进去了,45分钟后,其他旅游大巴才纷纷到达,人可真不少啊。别墅里的马赛克镶嵌得美仑美奂,比在博物馆逛有趣得多!前天晚上,我们住在阿梅里纳集镇外面的Mosaici da Battiato酒店,离庄园就1.5公里左右。酒店的设施很基础,不过很漂亮,很干净,还有很多停车位。里面有个餐厅,供应西西里的传统小吃,我们在这里大快朵颐了一顿呢。第二天的早餐也是在这里吃的,需要额外给钱。早餐种类很少,有面包、果酱、咖啡、水果,没有羊角面包、薄饼或者酸奶。如果不在这里吃,就得开车去阿梅里纳集镇吃了,跟别墅的方向相反。要么就只能在别墅的酒吧吃了,感觉都不咋地。关于酒店,有几点要提醒下大家:1.酒店只能刷Visa卡;2.我们在那儿的时候,电梯坏了,如果行动不便,去之前最好确认下;3.跟西西里的小酒店一样,每天晚上会停热水。所以,如果你打算一大早出发,记得提前跟酒店打声招呼,第二天早上才会有热水。

We were met on the way in by a franchise tour guide who quoted our family a fee to get a personal tour. We did it. So much better than a big group and so much more details this way. You may take photos with no flash. She explained that this was a wealthy family that built this home for use similar to our "season" homes in Newport, RI. They only used it to get away from the heat and hustle of the big city. The mosaics are intact after all this time (4th Century!) and they have even improved the roof to further preserve this important archaeological site. A lovely day. There are two restaurants on the road nearby for lunch after you see it.

This was a beautiful, old Roman villa archeological site. The mosaics and architecture were well preserved and made it easy to envision what it might have looked like in it's day. The signage was very helpful in understanding what was what.

Villa Romano can be a little hard to find, but it is certainly worth the effort. Of all the ancient sites we saw in Sicily, this and Segesta were the standout ones.One can get very confused on how to get to the Villa site though. I hope these directions help you. - if you are using GPS and you start doing circles on the outskirts of Piazza Armerina try the following. Instead of taking the GPS left turn after you leave the motorway, head further up the street and you will pick up Villa Romano signs. Once you have done this, turn GPS back on and it should take you through the middle of the town and out and down the valley under the high motoway pass over. Believe me it's worth the effort.

The mosaics really are spectacular!It's also a great site to explore - reasonably big but set out in a logical way which makes it seeable in around an hour. There are signs in English which bring a lot of the mosaics to life, and help you imagine what it must have been like to live in the Villa when it was a centre of Roman power!We went towards the end of the day, so it was very quiet, with few other tourists.You can park in the Villa's car park for a small charge if you're driving, and it's a three minute walk to the entrance gate.If you can fit Villa Romana del Casale into your visit to Sicily then it will definitely be worthwhile!

Fantastic and a Sicily must do. Note that it is a bit confusing as to how you enter the platform walk way - and you need to make a couple of building changes which are not that well sign- posted. We hired the audio head-sets which really were worth while.

Saw these fantastic mosaics almost alone on a Saturday morning in Feb. Well worth a visit. We had stayed locally at Piazza Armerina at Villa Clementina which is a short drive. An absolute must see.

They have done an excellent job in building convenient catwalks over the mosaics so you can see everything without damaging the site.

You should make every effort to visit even if several hours drive away! This magnificent villa is the best preserved i have ever visited. It seems still alive, so much remains of it you can really see how it would be used and the grandeur of the villa.Each room is breath taking and it goes on forever, getting better and better! Not only are the mosaics preserved but also often the frescoes (wall paintings), statues and columns. It is unbelievably beautiful and impressive!

Given its 'remote' location in Europe, Sicily has many outstanding attractions. Villa Romana del Casale is certainly one of these.At arrival we were charged € 10, which was the same both high- and low season and discounts do not exist! To park the car in a deserted parking space cost € 4.50 despite all the tourist shops are closed for the winter in January when we were there. But unlike other sites, the entrance fee is justified, because they have really made an effort to give the visitors a flawless experience.The villa is laid out as a summer/hunting seat of a Roman nobleman in the late 200s AD. Far from the coast and high up in the mountains (540 m above sea level) it was erected here under 50 years to provide possibility for recreation and entertainment. Even own aqueduct with fresh water, swimming pools with underfloor heating (hypocaust) and so the most remarkable – the mosaics!Each of the 40 rooms in the large facility is adorned with well-made mosaics – probably made by masters from North Africa, whose matchless work of art has survived to the present day, thanks to a major landslide in the 1100s. You can view all of the rooms from a wide-ranging facility with walkways and almost the whole place is protected by comprehensive roofing systems. A generous number of information boards explaining to those who have time to take in all the information what all the expressive mosaic patterns on the floors represent. We were impressed by the hunting scenes, sporty ladies in bikini and Ulysses at the meeting with the giant Polyphemus (the Cyclop).As another visitor here on TripAdvisor observed that service around the facility are miserable. The staff is arrogant and if one should get hungry there is not much available. And cold in the "restaurant" as well, which meant that no one wanted to come in and nothing was sold. A vicious circle!For those who have an serious interest in art and culture a journey here is well worth trip even if it is long (100km). Avoid the bumpy road from Dittaino at the A19, and go via Enna, if you come from Catania.

We learned of the existence of the Villa Romana del Casale over dinner at Fattoria Mose, a very sociable Agriturismo B&B near Agrigento, and decided to go there on our way to Palermo. We were travelling by car, but it's easy to find a day trip to this place from, probably, anywhere in Sicily, but certainly from Taormina and Cefalu - we saw lots of buses from there. The villa itself is incredible - we had been to Pompeii and Herculaneum earlier in our holiday, so the Villa del Casale was the icing on the cake. At the Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii, and the Villa Oplontis close by, we saw Roman wall decorations which completely changed our ideas about what Roman Villas looked like (very colourful). At Villa Romana, we saw, mostly, the sophistication of mosaic floors. Villa dei Casale has approximately 3,500 sq. m. of almost complete, and incredibly rich and artistically executed mosaic floors. (There's also enough of the villa still standing that you can get a very good idea of how opulent it was, including some remaining wall decorations. It's a must - get there somehow, anyhow, if you are in Sicily.