The beauty of a hire car, then, is that it allows you to go even where most tourists often do not arrive. The villages of the Castelli Romani, in the hills just outside the metropolitan area, still allow you to breathe in the more relaxed atmosphere of a time almost lost, and for this reason even more precious. The Tyrrhenian coast to the south and north of the capital, especially outside the summer season, offers unsuspected corners of tranquillity. The environs of Rome: ideal destinations for an excursion away from mass tourism.