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Viale dei Quattro Venti 73, Rome, Lazio, 00152, Italy
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A bedroom window view of The Aventine
Mosaics still intact and in place
A mediaeval palace....
some ice-cream tastes
I'm looking at some possible apartments that don't have wifi or internet connections. How easy is it to find wifi around navona or rome? Is it free or do I have to buy a cappucino to be at a wifi cafe?
Thanks!
Generally, yes - you buy at least a beverage to sit at a wi-fi cafe. There is service free at Villa Borghese - perhaps you could do this there in a very visible part of the park as it is safe in the daytime - I would not be using a laptop there at night. The new Casina Raffaele in Villa Borghese is lovely and it is right by the lake with comfortable tables and chairs - a great spot and, most likely, you would have wi-fi w/no problem there.
I believe also the main post office at San Silvestri - but I am not certain. Try mappy.com - enter address where you are staying - click on the map legend to left/WI-FI spots and icons for the WIFIs in area will come up--
I'm hearing from a friend who is visiting me that wi-fi in Villa Borghese is not happening. Other locations are also Convention Center and Vatican City. Best to check mappy.com
More local info - a wi-fi cafe at Via del Boschetto 133 (between Via Cavour and Nazionale - Boschetto intersects Nazionale across from the Exposition building) - very sociable, young crowd - yes, you sit at the tables and buy at least a beverage.
http://www.romawireless.com/hotspot_eng.htm
and
http://wi-fi.jiwire.com/search-wifi-hotspots.htm?city_id=2398094
may be useful.
One would expect to buy something (a coffee/whatever) to use wifi at any cafe, anywhere.
The Roma Wireless site listed above by leics actually shows Piazza Navona as active and does not list a particular cafe. There are a few sites like this shown and they might be free hotspots. There is an e-mail address info@distrettoict.it
This list appears to be the same 2007 list from our journal Republica.
I have used "Brasserie CO2", Largo del Teatro Valle, 4, 00186 Roma - it is not far from Navona (close to Sant Andrea della Valle church).
Just order coffe or something(cakes there are good too). Have seen a couple other places with wifi signs but not used them.
sit on the Spanish Steps,
visit the Catacombs,
walk around the Colosseum and Roman Forum,
visit the Vatican having breakfast on the rooftop of a hotel at the top of the Spanish Steps, looking out over the city while eating warm croissant and drinking expresso
A pair of sandals should suffice even in the worst weather in the summer. But ladies take a pashmina or similar type of shawl. You will need to cover your shoulders going into churches and into St.Peter's. It is also useful to sit on your scarf so that you don't get stuck to the seats in the hot weather! Tied around your handbag it will also deter pickpockets...
An entire window filled with Absinthe and the paraphanelia attendant to its ritual beckons to the curious tourist. He hesitates, capitavated - looks about to see who might be watching - and bolts through the door!
Dubbed "the green fairy" it is an emerald color - distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored spirit derived from herbs, flowers and medicinal leaves of Artemisia absinthium (wormwood).
Absintheurs typically add water to a dose of absinthe, which causes the drink to turn cloudy (called “louching”) - the same delightful metamorphosis happens when you add water to Pernod and it turns a bright, foggy chartreuse.
My introduction to absinthe was, indeed, a ritual. Once the absinthe was poured into a lovely stemmed glass, a slotted spoon was placed across the mouth of the glass - a small sugar cube placed on the spoon - absinthe poured over the sugar - the cube of sugar set aflame - and as it melted into the absinthe below, a little ice water was added. My taste buds were enchanted!
The ritual complete with special slotted absinthe spoons and other accoutrements is essential to the experience of drinking absinthe. The flavor is similar to anise-flavored liqueurs. If you like Pernod - you will love Absinthe!
Although it originated in Switzerland as an elixir, it is associated with France and Parisian artists and writers whose romantic link to the drink still lingers in pop culture. You will see a brand in the shop, Capri, with a portrait of Van Gogh. Was he an Absintheur, perhaps? At one time absinthe was portrayed as a dangerously addictive, psychoactive drug due to the chemical thujone. (Not my experience!)
By 1915 it was banned in a number of European countries and the United States. Even though it was vilified, no evidence shows it to be any more dangerous than ordinary alcohol although few modern medical studies have been completed. A modern absinthe revival began in the 1990s, as countries in the European Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. Absinthe - they say they can send it to you in the U.S. but you cannot send it to yourself. A nice gift package - Absinthe, spoon, glass - costs 60 to 80 Euro
Scooter city - OK, no more jokes about how Italian drive - I have to say that they drive quite well - I have been "missed" by more motorcyclists than I could ever count!
Note that this is classified as "Other Adventure/Outdoor"
The motorcycle (motorino/scooter) rules are simple in Rome - NO RULES! People who rent a scooter to see Rome must have a death wish or sorts!
For people who live here – and who have been ”taught” this system of NO RULES – this can be a great advantage. For everyone else, it can be downright frightening! Motorini follow their own path, weaving through cars, driving on the opposite side of the center line, (against oncoming traffic), not stopping a red lights (That was for me?), driving on the sidewalks, driving through crosswalks along with the pedestrians, parking anywhere (including the sidewalks), with the primarily goal of getting from point A to point B as fast as humanly possible. There’s always that age-old question in the US… if you come to a red light at 2 AM and you can see for miles in all directions, do you stop and wait for the light to change or just roll through it… In Rome, they think this question is ridiculous as many motorini drivers are not stopping at 12 noon – much less 2 AM!
*Note that this tip is also on my Warnings/Dangers group.
This restaurant specializes Ethiopean menus though they say that if there's not much difference with regards to food in other African countries.
Watch out coz you have to eat the African way in this place - with your hands alone!
The place is nicely decorated, the chairs and tables are quite impressive, all made of wood and real authentic. I was more interested with the decors than the food to be honest.
A live band also performs while having dinner. ...African food is a matter of taste. Perhaps mine was not akin to it. Though I should say the African bread was good.
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