This area used to be my play turf some 30 years ago, and
returning here with my own kids who got the geocaching bug, were
somewhat disappointed on the lack of caches within the city. So, we
started planning to create some for future geocachers in the city.
This is the first one. We named it Captain Nemo for a reason that
will be obvious at the find.
Cache is a white plastic round container, just big enough to
hold a pen and a logbook and a few trinkets. Beware that this area
is a highly pedestrian, and thus stealth and discretion is a must
or cache survival.
Did many passes in testing the coordinates, and after some hard
work, I think a got a good mark. I hope you will get a 1 meter
distance read just above the cache.
The park, Villa Doria Panphilj, is one of the largest public
parks within the city of Rome. It was donated to the city in 1973
by private owners (so they did not have to pay taxes anymore). If
you wish to make a long walk from downtown area, you can reach
Trastevere, then walk up Via Garibaldi, cut through steps to reach
the Gianicolo area, then Arco di San Pancrazio, and nearby you will
find the main entrance to the park, where Via Aurelia Antica and
Via S. Pancrazio meet. In the link below, this entrance is
displayed on the map as 1, while the entrance closest to the cache
is marked as 9. Good luck!
More info at: http://www.museidiroma.com/villapamphili.htm
Many thanks to Pennino, for refurbishing the cache
with a new container and logbook.
(some side notes:)
Interesting site on Jules Verne's books illustrators:
http://jv.gilead.org.il/evans/illustr/
An action figure toy impersonated on Captain Nemo:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/ccnemo.shtml