Foro Romano
by pili
The center of all political, religious, and commercial affairs in the ancient world.-
A very useful piece of advice: when you go there, don´t forget to take a lot of water, because you have no place to buy, and wear old clothes because you will get out of this place totally dirty, because of the dust of this place.-
El Foro constituía el centro de la vida política, comercial y judicial en la antigua Roma. -
Un consejo: cuando vayan lleven consigo agua, porque dentro del foro no hay lugar donde comprar y usen ropa vieja o fácilmente lavable porque si hay un poco de viento, el polvo que hay en el foro se habrá trasladado en su totalidad a su ropa.-
PIRAMIDE DI CAIO CESTIO
by DAO
This ancient Monument is often never seen by many Tourists because it is not on the main Tourist Routes. It is really easy to find and worth a quick look. Just get off the Metro at the Piramide stop and there it is outside! There is a theory that it has survived because it became part of the Aurelian Walls. It is just to the right of the Porto San Paulo gate, which is the start of the Via Ostiense route.
The Pyramid is the tomb of Caius Cestius, Roman Praetor, tribune and wealthy man. It was built in the year 12 A.D. in about 300 days. It stands 27 meters high and the east side is inscribed with part of his will outlining which relatives benefited from his death. It is amazing that this monument was not looted over the years for building materials. Many other ancient monuments were looted as Rome expanded. It is made from brick and covered in marble.
Directions: Metro Stop Piramide on Linnea (Metro) 'B'
You can't miss it!
Rome Ciampino Airport
by vichatherly
I flew into Rome Ciampino Airport, which is where most of the cheap airlines fly to. Then it was a simple job of getting a return coach ticket to the Termini Stazione for about 8 Euros.
The coach journey takes about 40 minutes in decent traffic so remember to give yourselves plenty of time to get back to the airport, unless you want to do what I did which was arrive at the airport 5 minutes before departure and the run through security and up to the gate. Fortunately the airport is not all that big and also my flight had been delayed by half an hour.
There's one in every town...
by fairy_dust about McDonald's
Most of the time, we had bag lunches provided by the tour company, so we didn't eat at restaurants often. But occasionally we did go to McDonald's for lunch. We went to the one in the Termini station and another one in town somewhere. The one in town was huge - 2 stories high. I'd never seen a McDonald's that big before. Also, at the one in the Termini station, they put loads of salt on the fries. One girl in my group described the fries as "salt with a little bit of potato". It was very crowded when we went, but the fact that we were there for World Youth Day with over 2 million people from around the world might have contributed to that. They don't have the Big Xtra in Italy, so I always ate a Big Mac.
Catacombs
by magyarozag
I had queued for ages and then finally was allowed in the catacombs. It was one of the most haunting things I had ever done in my life. At the time Pope John Paul II (God rest his soul) had just passed away. His tomb lay there recently sealed with lillys lying upon it. Two nuns both from different places knelt weeping whilst other people just walked on. After seeing that I started to well up but didn't let it become visable. The catacombs are an enthrawling place, you must go.
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Interior of Pantheon
getting ready to enjoy some really good gelato
With a Swiss Guard! A rare photo op!
I love the gladiators
