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 The very impressive Trevi
Fountain by Webboy
Its location however seems a little strange, and you could quite easily miss it by one street and never know!
The Trevi Fountain can be found in Piazza di Trevi, a few blocks west and a little south of Barberini Metro Station.
It sits in the Piazza surrounded by 4-5 floor high buildings.
It is also very busy, and the Piazza is not really big enough to cope with the crowds.
I have heard that the Trevi Fountain is an even better site at night when it is all lit up, but we unfortunately arrived at it around 3pm, and did not want to just wait around for 3-4 hours waiting on it getting dark......we had a limited amount of time on our hands as it was!
The Trevi Fountain only really has one downfall in my opinion: During the day, you can see all the wires etc that are obviously needed for the night lights, and it does spoil it a little.
However, the effort of trying to find the Trevi Fountain in the back streets of Rome is well it.......and don't forget to make your wish!! Leave a Comment Address: Piazza di TreviDirections: A few blocks east of barberinin Metro station (line A)
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 A view from inside the
Coliseum by Webboy
Being honest though, although the Coliseum is a highly impressive buidling........ if you go expecting to see what you saw in the Gladiator movie you will be disappointed.
You have to enter the Coliseum with a little imagination. It is quite badly ruined inside. You can just about make out where the seating would have been, but all that remains of the seating are the walls that held it up.
If you forget about the Gladiator movie and its Computer generated Coliseum, as we did, you will be left in absolute awe of the size!! wow!!
The Coliseum seems to look a lot bigger from the inside for some reason. You can still clearly see the under floor passages, and all the entrances.
The best way to get a feeling of what it must have been like is to walk along the ground floor looking up through the archways into the centre of the Coliseum.
This would have been the view the Gladiators would have got before going out to fight. Even though all I could see were the ruins, I was still intimidated! So I can only imagine how those guys and gals must have felt!
The Coliseum costs 10 Euros to get in and you can either go yourself, or with a group, or you can even take a tape recording in with you that tells you all about it.
The Coliseum also houses its very own museum on the second floor which is home to statues, armour and vases that were found within and around the Coliseum. One of the vases was almost 1500 years old!!!!
Very impressive! Leave a Comment Directions: Right across from the Colosseo Metro Station (Line B)
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 A view from Piazza Giovanni
XXII by Webboy
To get to the top St Peters dome is 320 steps.....however, this count does not start from the ground as you might expect. It starts from the roof of the Basilica!! In total we counted 490 steps up and 490 back down!!
You can alternatively take the elevator instead of climbing the first and last 190 steps. We decided to walk, but you woudn't really miss much by taking the elevator. There are only a couple of windows on the first part of the climb.
The 320 step climb to the top of St Peters is interesting to say the least! The steps get smaller, the corridors get narrower, and at one point you even have to lean about 20 degrees to the side while walking.....you actually walk round the shape of the dome. A good laugh, unless like me you are 6ft +!!!!! ha ha ha!
Around half way up you enter a balcony inside the dome, allowing you to look down into St Peters Basilica itself. This is breathtaking! The Mosaques on the wall are so detailed it beggers belief how they were created.
Then there is the final climb to the top of the St Peters Dome. Even narrower stairs and corridors. However when you see the view, it is very much worth it. If you are lucky enough to see it on a clear day, as we had the pleasure of doing, you will be speechless! You can see for miles. You can see a lot of Romes most famous sites, as well as getting an excellent view of the Vatican Gardens.
I think it costs around 4 Euros per person, or 5 Euros if you want to take the lift. Leave a Comment Address: Vatican City
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 Piazza San Pietro from the
dome of San Pietro by Webboy
It can be found around 5 minutes walk South of the Ottaviano Metro station (on metro line A).
When we visited the Piazza San Pietro, the Christmas tree was still up, and they had a full-scale nativity setup.
The Piazza is lovely. It is surrounded by a wall of pillars. The roof on top of the pillars is lined with stunning statutes. I didn't count them, but I can confidently guess that there were around 60 - 70. The Piazza San Pietro also contains 2 fountains.....one to the left and one to the right.
It was reasonably quiet on the Saturday when we actually went to visit the Vatican, but on the Sunday, as we were walking past it again, there were quite literally thousands of people in the Piazza blowing whistles, chanting and waving banners. It actually took our breathe away.
Our only guess was that we had just missed a Sunday services.
The Piazza San Pietro is free to enter, however if you want to go any further you have to go through security.....which i guess makes sense.
Oh, and do not turn up with shorts and a vest on! They are very strict with what you can wear. You generally cannot enter if your shoulders or knees are showing. I think women wearing skirts will be ok, but shorts are a no no! Leave a Comment Address: The Vatican CityDirections: Entrance to the Vatican
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Thank god this place was opened to the public! There is so much amazing art packed into this villa turned gallery- I could spend the two hours looking at the Bernini sculptures alone! But be sure to spend time with the Caravaggios, Raphael and the Titian....This list could go on forever! Once you are done with the art, the gardens are the perfect place to have a picnic. There's also one edge of the gardens with a lovely view of the city. Just be sure to make your reservations ahead of time - they only let a certain number of people in at a time. Leave a Comment
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Ok, so everyone going to Rome goes to St. Peter's Basilica. That's for a reason - because it's amazing. Whether you go for the art/architecture or the religious aspect or just to see what humans are capable of achieving, it's worth your time. Leave a Comment Address: Vatican CityDirections: Take the 64 Bus (but beware of pickpocketers) or the 40 Express from Termini. It's sort of hard to miss.
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The Cappucin Crypt (yes that is where "cappucino" comes from) is where the Cappucin monks "buried" their dead. I say "buried" because, a better word might be "stored" or "kept." Its basically a series of rooms that are absolutely covered in bones. They used bones to make the chandeliers, make clock on the ceiling, skulls and shoulderblades to make putti etc. Plus there's a few in-tact skeletons wearing their robes just kickin it. If you are morbid like me, you will love this. Leave a Comment Address: Piazza BarberiniDirections: It's just off the Piazza Barberini attached to a church. Most tourbooks should have the exact location.
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 Tiber River looking onto St
Peters Dome by Webboy
The 2 occasions we did get a good view of it were from the top of St Peters dome, where you can see it winding in and out of the buidlings, and on the Sunday, the day we crossed it on our way to Castle San Angelo.
The Tiber is a nice wide river, and looks as though you could have a nice relaxing walk along the banks.
Although we only really saw it twice, we did get 2 excellent views, one of which you can see in the photo of St Peters dome in the background. Leave a Comment
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