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Modern art - play of mirrors, light in space
View From Atop Victor Emmanuel Monument
on the Piazza della Rotonda before the Pantheon
Valentino 45 years of style
Name of store selling Olive Oil on via Lucchesi,in Rome Italy. Was recommanded in N.Y Times Travel Section.
Hello Michael, welcome to VT. We all answer questions here voluntarily. At first I didn't understand if you were asking or commanding something, with the absence of a question mark or maybe a 'please'?
Anyway, via Lucchesi is a street just off the Trevi fountain square (Trevi Fontana). It's not a long street. If you stand with your back to the fountain, then walk straight on into the street opposite the fountain.
Either that or contact NY Times and ask them for the full address.
One thing that I noticed in Rome are the grafittis. It's like everywhere I go, there are grafitti's on the walls, walk ways, streets, and even grafittis on cars.
It really does make the place look dirty. Although it is considered vandalism, and it is punishable by law, some Romans still do the grafittis especially on poor neighborhoods.
Isola Del Liri
This is a very interesting town near Frosinone at only 130 Km from Rome. Boncompagni Plaza is the heart of the town. The local 'Blues Festival' generally takes place in August.
You have to take some time to admire the wonderful waterfall located right in the center of the town.
If you are staying close to the city center, the only place that may be a little too far to walk to would be Vatican City (take Metro Line A - it will take you directly to Città del Vaticano). Other than that, walking is the best choice! Driving or riding a moto scooter / bike is next to suicide and taxis are just very expensive.
I was told there are over 400 bus / tram lines and its next to impossible to find out which route which bus takes. Some tobacco shops have route maps but they are usually €5 up - I did see a small folded-up one for €2.50 in one shop, but the question is really if it's worth the money unless you are staying for Rome for an extended period of time.
The metro is nice but also not too reliable at times (the last night of our stay, we were trying to get to the train station, but because of some technical defect, the metro was delayed for about 20 min, and when it finally came, it was so packed that you could not possibly get on without getting smashed... go figure...)
To sum it up -- if you need to go someplace far out, buy a single ticket (available at tobacco shops, vending machines in metro stations and in those little booths in the streets). Day tickets or even 3 / 7 Day-tickets are not expensive at first sight, but you'll probably end up walking a lot anyway...
Ristorante La Scalinata is a small local feeling restaurant, located just away from the tourist mecca of the Spanish Steps.
It came highly recommended by my mother-in-law, who had been there a few months ago, so thought we would give it a go.
We had a great lunch here, we squeezed into the last available table, ordered a litre of vino rosso and practiced our rusty Italian. We just had pasta for lunch. I had the most delicious cannelloni and Alex had a fab macaroni with spicy sausage, eggplant and pecorino.
160 ft high, 80entrances, the Coliseum could hold over 50,000 spectators. Gladiator fights, mock naval battles and wild animal hunts were held at the Coliseum. Slaves, prisoners or volunteers were made to fight in front of spectators who also saw persecuted Christians killed by lions. After 404 AD gladiatorial battles were no longer held, but animals such as lions, elephants, snakes and panthers continued to be massacred in the name of sport until the 6th century.
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