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Colosseum Rome
630 Reviews When visiting Rome its a must to go to the Colosseum. I can recall many times seeing it on tv and always saying it would be so cool to go and actually be there and touch it. Im somewhat of a history...
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Beach Ostia
5 Reviews This couple enjoyed the services of an outstanding masseuse right there on their lounge chair - sea breeze blowing - sun warm but not hot. Life is GOOD at the beach in Rome! 5 Euro for just your back...
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Trevi Fountain Rome
395 Reviews According to legend a foreigner who tosses a coin into the Fontana Trevi ensures his return to Rome but I didn't do it, was it a mistake or I was just stingy? I will come back to Rome, that's for...
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Piazza Umberto Ostia
2 Reviews Here in the quiet Piazza Umberto you will find residences, the Church and frequent art festivals on the weekends. People visiting Ostia Antica ruins often miss this delightful area of Ostia - right...
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Piazza di Spagna - Spanish Steps Rome
343 Reviews The Spanish Steps are one of those iconic images of Rome which you have to go and see and get your own picture of. They are very pretty and when the weather is good it feels quite important to walk up...
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Castello Giulio II Ostia
1 Review Built between 1483 and 1487 during the pontificate of Sisto IV, Cardinal Giuliano of the Rovere (future Pope Giulio II) financed the construction of the Castle and entrusted the work to architect...
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Pantheon Rome
322 Reviews The Pantheon was erected in 27 BC by Agrippa, son is law of Emporer Augustus, but later on it was completely rebuilt in 123 AD by Emperor Hadrian, who maintained the old inscription celebrating...
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Piazza Navona Rome
257 Reviews We were delighted to find the Piazza Navona. It really is a charming and romantic square which felt much more relaxed than the frantic city does generally. The 3 fountains are all beautiful but the...
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Castel Sant'Angelo Rome
171 Reviews The magnificent bridge Ponte Sant'Angelo (once called Ponte Elio), across the River of Tevere, lead to the castle of the same name. The bridge was built by Hadrian, around 130 AD, together with...
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Piazza Venezia - Vittoriano Rome
221 Reviews This is a monument on a grand scale. It is a massive piece of white marble at the point where Piazza Venezia meets the Capitoline Hill and whilst its scale will impress it does look completely out of...
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Roman Forum Rome
363 Reviews It seems to me that it is vain trying to describe here a place like the Forum when a well-known guide such as the “Michelin Rome” devotes ten tight pages to it! Best thing to do is to walk around,...
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Campo dei Fiori Rome
67 Reviews Campo de' Fiori is a large local feeling square in the heart of Rome. It is ringed by cafes and bars and is home to a fabulous flower and vegie market in the mornings, and is a happening place for...
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Villa Borghese Rome
95 Reviews Designed in the 17th century for Cardinal Borghese, the gardens of Villa Borghese became a public park around 1900. The park is planted with the typically Roman umbrella pines and makes a beautiful...
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Trastevere Rome
67 Reviews I recommend taking an afternoon and evening to cross the Tiber and wander the Tastavere. It is a wonderful area of Rome. ( some do not consider it to be part of Rome) There are romantic streets and...
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Campidoglio - Capitoline Hill Rome
133 Reviews The Capitoline Museums are in two buildings arranged around the Piazza del Campidoglio which was designed by no less than Michelangelo himself. At the centre of this square stands a (replica) statue...
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Basilica di San Pietro - Saint Peter Basilica Rome
154 Reviews Do not leave Rome without visiting San Pietro! We were overwhelmed by its beauty and its greatness. As we have read later on, this beautiful cathedral have replaced the old San Pietro Church (built...
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Piazza del Popolo Rome
99 Reviews I walked down to the Piazza del Popolo after spending much of the day up the hill at the Borghese Gardens. It is true to say that the scale of the piazza is grand by anyones standard. There are some...
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Catacombs Rome
37 Reviews Not recommended if you are sever claustrophobia. All passageways are easy walk about. Moist down there. They have air pumped in. I was disappointed that we didn't get to see a lot of early Christian...
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Vatican Museums - Sistine Chapel Rome
164 Reviews The exhibits within the Vatican Museums are simply amazing and so because of these it would be impossible for me to rate the place as any less than very good. It is a "must visit" place at least once....
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Palatine Hill Rome
79 Reviews The Palatine Hill is included in teh same ticket as the Colosseum and the Roam Forum and there is a direct entrance onto the Palatine Hill from the Forum near the Arch of Titus. I visited on a hot...
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Santa Maria Maggiore Rome
80 Reviews Surprising with this "basilica maggiore" (papal basilica) is its peculiar layout on the Esquiline hill. If, as most visitors, one arrives by the via Cavour, the back of the church, the apse is first...
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95 Reviews The first period of the Republic dates from 510 to 87 B.C., from expulsion of Tarquinius to the Dictatorship of Sulla, while the second is 87 to 30 B.C., from Sulla to Augustus. The important years...
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Tevere - Tiber River & Bridges Rome
52 Reviews The Tiber (Tevere) is very different from the Thames in London, the Seine in Paris or the Danube in Vienna and Budapest. It seems to have a life of its own, separate from the rhythm of life of the...
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St John Lateran Rome
64 Reviews The High Altar with its baldachin is very special among the altars of the catholic churches. It is not erected over the tomb of a saint as in almost all other great churches of Rome. The High Altar...
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Bocca della Verita Rome
46 Reviews Do you want to know if your girlfriend is truthful? Take her to the Bocca della Verità ("Mouth of Truth"), Rome's ancient lie detector. According to popular tradition, when you insert your hand into...
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I have only put one picture of Rome on this page because I don't think I need to convince anyone what a great city Rome is.But in time I'll try to scan in some more photos and post them on this page. I have chosen for a picture of the Trevi fountain by night just for one reason. When you visit Rome go to the Trevi fountain, face backwards to the fountain and throw a coin into the water.... That way you will make sure you will come back one day to gorgeous Rome!
from a distance, but when you are at the bottom and walking in ever decreasing circles along a rocky track (in some places), you feel like you might never reach the top.There seem to be a number of roads all starting from different points but ultimately they meet at the mausoleum of Munazio Planco.
Painting is something that I would love to be better at and when I first saw this view, I wondered if I could capture it on canvas.The view is of the Gulf of Gaeta as seen from the top of Mount Orlando and I have had a number of attempts at recreating it. So far unsuccessful. I will copy it to here when and if I am ever successful.
A slow walk (I suggest down) off Mount Orlando Gaeta will afford you not only magnificent views of the Mediterranean but also of a range of ancient buildings falling into ruin. This one is almost just a pile of rocks now but you cant help but wonder at life in those times...........what a view.
This question has come up a number of times, i.e. people have mailed me and asked for a street map.This morning I thought well, I know that I have one in amongst all of my information about Gaeta but it was a matter of locating it.Anyway...........here it is. Now you will be able to locate all of the great historic sites too.
I have heard somewhere that many people heading for Rome don’t even know that it belongs to the Lazio region. If that’s so, Lazio region should really get offended :))) A lot can be said on the merits of a visit to Rome, and I believe this is one of the cities everyone should try to visit at least once during their lifetime. I have completed this task, visiting Rome twice, but I would still love to go - there’s simply no stopping one discovering something unique there!Etruscans, Roman Empire, the Christian Church, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, XX century architecture - everything left its footprint on the Roman soil. I will not even bother posting the list of most important attractions of Rome here, because it would get too long for a single tip for sure!
St. Clemente in Rome, is a most unusual church of many layers. I have asked questions and read various articles and know from this that there have been a number of churches on this same site and that access is available to some of those previous levels of church. When I walked in I was overcome with some special feeling and just sat in the front pew and listened to the choir singing and soaked up the atmosphere. Very strange for me.
The Gulf of Gaeta as seen from the beautiful church S Francesco and beyond the lovely statue called The Religion by L Persico.
There is such a lot of history in the National Museum in Rome.
by walking up Mount Orlando and taking photographs looking back. It is a quite large township really.
Albergo Del Senato Rome
5 Reviews and 1085 Opinions The Pantheon is my favorite building in Rome and might be my favorite building in the world. The...
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Grand Hotel Le Rocce Gaeta
1 Review and 32 Opinions GRAND HOTEL LE ROCCE $47.00 to $95.00 USD Panoramic beach view Beach, Near the Sea, Bar,...
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Q: Hello VT members! I would be thankful for recommendations as to where to spend one or two weeks in July with my wife and our...
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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