Bar prices
by lucamag
i was in a bar in the centre the other day grabbing somthing to eat. i asked for a sandwich: 1,5 euro. then a couple of tourists come in and ask for the same kind of sandwich: 5 euro. i was about to complain to the owner when i saw the tourists go and sit down at a table.
here's the thing: in italy we almost never sit down to have a coffee a cappuccino or something to eat. most of the tourists do, and for that there is an extra fee. most bar owners don't even bother any more to explain it to people and so they give italians the regular price and tourists the higher price, knowing that they're going to sit down anyway.
so feel free to sit down if you want, but remember it's not free.
Piazza del Viminale
by tompt
A small piazza, but worth looking for. The Piazza is dominated by the Palazzo Viminale, home to the Ministery of Internal Affairs.
Giovanni Giolitti, prime minister in the 1910's, decided to build a monumental construction joining together the two offices of the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Internal Affairs.
Giolitti wanted to build the new Ministry near the Quirinale and the Parliament. So Viminal Hill was choosen. Architect Manfredo Manfredi got the asignment.
Metro Tickets
by lordrich
The weekly tickets are generally mentioned in guidebooks as not being worth it. This isn't really true, you'll get so much more out of your trip if you aren't afraid to jump on and off the underground and/or busses.
I spent a whole day just jumping on and off random busses, getting completely lost, but enjoying every minute of it.
RESTAURANTE LA PILOTTA
Via di...
by SirRichard
RESTAURANTE LA PILOTTA
Via di Porta Cavalleggeri, 35 (at 50 meters from S. Pietro The Vatican) - Tel. +0039 6/63.26.43
plantrome@ikaro.com.
Many kinds of pasta, rices and soups, preceded by our menu of various hors-d'oeurve based on fish, meat and salads enriched with a large assortment of ingredients. At the end, a various choice of homemade desserts.
Antique Day Stop 1
by LilithClaire
First Stop; the Coliseum.
Very touristy, but in Rome that's okay; we enjoyed seeing the tourist sights, then taking a break in one of the back streets for Gelato.
The most ammusing part of the coliseum is waiting outside in the costume or Roman Gladiators: for a euro, you can have your picture taken with one in front of the monuments!
Kathy most enjoyed the cats, who live in the ruins, an interresting adition, considering the history of cats in the Coliseum.
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Fontana delle Naiadi
Rome, Italy
the leaning tower of Rome
St peter's basilica
