Campo dei Fiori i okolice

From Largo Argentina you can either continue on Corso Vittorio Emanuele or turn left towards the Tiber or right towards Piazza Cairoli and the street grid around Campo dei Fiori. …

West of Piazza Venezia

Via del Plebiscito to the west of Piazza Venezia is dark, quite a gloomy thoroughfare with constant congestion. About 300 m further, on the north side of Piazza dei Gesu, stands the dark-gray decaying huge edifice of Palazzo Altieri. …

Capitol

The greatest disadvantage of the Altar of the Fatherland is this, that it obstructs the view of the Capitoline Hill, which during the Roman Empire was the spiritual and political center of the city, and remains so nominally to this day, at least for tourists and bureaucrats. From the name of the hill, …

The city center consists of clearly separated and characteristic quarters. The network of streets that make up the centro storico occupies a patch of land on the left bank of the Tiber, bounded to the east by via del Corso, and from the north and south by the water. From this place Rome …

Rome accommodation

As expected, in Rome in summer it is crowded and yet, that numerous hotels and hostels provide an enormous range of accommodation, there is often trouble with the places in the middle of the season. It's best to make a reservation in advance or go straight to the hotel …

Arrival, communication and information

Rome has two airports: Leonardo da Vinci (better known as Fiumicino), serving all course flights, and Ciampino for charters. Getting to the city by taxi is very expensive from both airports and it is better to rely on public transport, I guess …

ROME (ROMA) – History

The earliest history of Rome has become legendary. Bad Silvia, daughter of the local king Numitor, she had two sons with Mars. The children were to be sacrificed to god, but the rite was not completed. The abandoned boys were found and fed by a she-wolf. …

Of all the historic Italian cities, Rome is perhaps the most irresistible fascination. You can see more here than in any other city in the world - it is full of memorabilia after over two thousand years of uninterrupted settlement, focused on this giant …

Lily island

Giglio Island has a ferry connection with Porto San Stefano (eight times a day in high season - four normal ferries and four more expensive hydrofoils). This is a bit too much trouble for most tourists, but the island is popular with the Romans, …

Orbotello i Monte Argentario

Two sand troughs covered with pine trees (raffle) and isthmus, where Orbotello is located, they form the weak bond between Monte Argentario and the mainland. The peninsula consists of three tongues of land with a lagoon in the middle and a mountain range …