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Outside Rome   Rome

Outside Rome, Rome

 130 Reviews  Regional trains are actually pretty affordable in Italy. If you're planning to make a one-day trip outside of Rome, go to the Trenitalia site and see for yourself! You can go to Florence from 14.31... 

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Ancient Rome   Rome

Ancient Rome, Rome

 87 Reviews  One of the best preserved ancient structures in Rome, the Pyramid of Caius Cestius was built in 12 BC as a tomb for Caius Cestius. It was modelled after pyramid tombs in Nubia, which was attacked by... 

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Parks & Gardens   Rome

Parks & Gardens, Rome

 48 Reviews  I am embarrassed now to say that this has been my back yard for 3 years now and I have just visited! It is similar to my brief tenure in New York City and never visiting the Statue of Liberty. I see a... 

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Christian Rome   Rome

Christian Rome, Rome

 125 Reviews  Santi Nereo and Achilleo is the old church facing the Baths of Caracalla and dating back to late 4th century. It is dedicated (as are several Roman churches of the period) to martyred soldiers. They... 

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Walking around   Rome

Walking around, Rome

 40 Reviews  On an easy walk from the Trevi to the Four Rivers Fountain (Piazza Navona) by way of the Pantheon. It is a small plaza with quaint little shops and cafes. There is modern art on display along with a... 

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Districts   Rome

Districts, Rome

 38 Reviews  Very interesting place for walk. There are a lot of really old houses there and there is an unique atmosphere there. There are the shops with the kosher products and the shop with interesting... 

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Talking statues & Fountains   Rome

Talking statues & Fountains, Rome

 30 Reviews  text to follow soon. This fountain is called Fontana delle Tartarughe (The Tortoise Fountain), although the turtles on top of the high, central basin were added almost 80 years later, when the... 

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Museums   Rome

Museums, Rome

 29 Reviews  The museum contains the works of the sculptor Andersen born 1872 in Bergen (Norway) who lived for about 40 years in Rome. He was a naturalised American citizen who settled in Rome after travelling... 

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Palaces & Villas   Rome

Palaces & Villas, Rome

 30 Reviews  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... 

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Concerts, Theater, Library, Film   Rome

Concerts, Theater, Library, Film, Rome

 9 Reviews  When I revisited Rome, I wanted to inlude a musical event to balance my several planned tours of museums, famous churches and the ancient Roman Ruins. Through online searching, I discovered a... 

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Markets   Rome

Markets, Rome

 13 Reviews  There is a great flea market every Sunday from early until around 2pm called Porta Portese. It is in Trastevere, and you can take the 8 tram or bus 44. It is absolutely huge, and you can find... 

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Views   Rome

Views, Rome

 7 Reviews  This place has its name from restaurant pralced on top of hill - Zodiac. If you want to eat there - better make reservation in advance. then you can enjoy both - good food and fantastic view of night... 

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Go to the trails! Lucretili Mountains

by sikorka

There are so many different mountains around Rome, that you can have a big problem to choose only one to visit. Giovanni and I, we hiked in Monti Lucretili and Monti Prenestini. We did a few time a very nice hike in M. Lucretili, starting from Monteflavio (a charming little town) to the top of Monte Palecchia - 1368m. It took us about 5 hours, as we extended a bit a regular hike and made a nice loop to come back to the town. The panoramic view from the pick is amazing, some people said that on a clear day you can see the dome of St. Peter's Basilica from there.For those of you who enjoy hiking and are staying in Lazio for a longer time than just a few days, for sure it's great getaway.When we hike we use the guide "A piedi nel Lazio"by S. Ardito, there are 3 parts, we use nr.2. This book gives you a short description of each trail, it's really helpful.Direction: Monteflavio is located 60...

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Civita di Bagnoregio - The city which dies...

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Civita di Bagnoregio is located about 150 km from Rome, direction to the North of Lazio. This region is called Tuscia and besides of Civita, there are many other towns around worth your visit: Montefiascone, Bomarzo, Bolsena and Lago di Bolsena.Civita di Bagnoregio was founded about 2500 years ago by Etruscans, it's located on the top of limestone rock and in order to get there you need to leave your car at the bottom and walk up the bridge. This town is really magical, kind of the town from a tale. The first day when we got there it was raining and the fog was around the town so it looked incredible.In a travel guide it's written that it has only 8 habitants nowadays, however there are three nice-looking restaurants, so you can plan to have lunch there.In order to visit Civita you need to rent a car and from Rome take highway A1 direction Firenze, get of at the exit Orvieto and later...

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Venture Down to Southern Lazio

by NonnaLou

The region of South Lazio is so rich in natural beauty, history and culture. There is something of interest to be found around every corner, yet is virtually undiscovered by foreign tourists. This is still “Real Italy”, unlike “Chianitishire” - Tuscany / Umbria which are now inundated with Brit Ex Pats. We liked it so much here, when we came on holiday several years ago that we decided to sell up in the UK and live in Italy permanently.We settled in the little town of Itri which nestles in the foothills of the Aurunci Mountains and forms part of the Aurunci National Park.It is within easy reach of the numerous local golden sandy beaches along the spectacular Riviera D’Ullise coastline, an area still largely undiscovered by foreign tourists. The beaches are said to be the best South of Rome and North of Naples and for most of the year are virtually deserted, and for several years now...

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Cività di Bagnoregio - a small historic town

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This small town lies half way between lake Bolsena and the famous city of Orvieto in an incredible volcanic landscape. You can enter it only by foot over a small bridge. One of the jewels of this region of Middle Italy, hardly known to any foreigner. Be sure that even in the high season in summer you will not meet many other tourists there.

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It was, but it wasn't if you know what I mean

by unravelau

Off the beaten path that is. If you have been to Italy you will have seen a wall like this one and probably not thought much about it. But what happens to me is I just keep on thinking about it. Why did they build these walls with a curved peice on top? Does anyone know? Why would they spend the time carving the rock like that? HELP. Someone has to be able to solve all of these mysteries for me.

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How many times have you met someone who....

by unravelau

Had a coin minted in their honour? It wouldn't surprise me to hear that you haven't but isn't it amazing that Munazio Planco did. He met himself every day, and yes had coinage printed in his honour.Inside Planco's mausoleum (I have been inside 3 times now) and on the first occasion there was a photo of his coin. I didn't get to Gaeta's museum, but Formia's museum holds a large collection of very old and ancient coinage.

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Second glimpse of the castles

by unravelau

...........and around another bend in the road. By this time I had forgotten about the sore feet the aching back and the thought that maybe we weren't going to be able to get off the mountain this way, by the second glimpse of the castles............wow.

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First Glimpse of the Castles

by unravelau

We were walking down this really rocky hairpinned road seemingly in the middle of nowhere in amongst all of the ruins of past eras when I caught this glimpse of something a little different..........I couldn't wait to get closer but that meant going around another corner and travelling downhill some more.............

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Pretty stark and frankly quite frightening view

by unravelau

The Castles unprissied.The castles...........the upper one .....Arogonese and the lower Angevin.The upper part has a rectangular shape and cylindrical tower in 3 of its angles.........one tower is now missing.The lower part has an irregular shape and the angles of its two sides are located toward the medieval quarter and Mt. Orlando.........It has cone shaped towers.They originated in the ducal period of the 10th century and had developments over many hundreds of years. New towers were build by Carlo V (1516-38)This photo shos the stark facade and the cone shaped towers

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A closer picture of Cicero's Tomb, Formia, Lazio.

by unravelau

It is not possible to visit the inside of the tomb whenever you feel like it, but it is possible to make arrangements with the local museum to have it opened at specific times.There are a number of references with more information through google.The tomb of Tulia, a daughter of Cicero's is also nearby.

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Albergo Del Senato  Rome

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A: Santa Marinella perhaps? I have never been there myself, but friends talk enthusiastic about it. They love the fact that the little town is just 40 minutes from Rome and... 

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