Guidebook for Roma

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Guidebook for Roma

Food Scene

This trattoria is located near to Vatican City and provies real traditional Roman food without overcharging. The Pizza and Ravioli come highly recommended!
La Pancia Felice
11 Via di Porta Castello
This trattoria is located near to Vatican City and provies real traditional Roman food without overcharging. The Pizza and Ravioli come highly recommended!
The best Gelato in Rome! Don't be afraid to wait in line as it is well worth it! Make sure to ask for a cone so you can fill the cone with hot chocolate drizzle!
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Gelateria La Romana
60 Via XX Settembre
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The best Gelato in Rome! Don't be afraid to wait in line as it is well worth it! Make sure to ask for a cone so you can fill the cone with hot chocolate drizzle!
The best part of Zanzara is their apretivi! When you plan to go be sure to arrive at 6:30pm as grabbing a table is hard! This spot is well known by the Romans! Apretivi is like a cocktail hour and here when you order a cocktail they bring you non stop food and you only pay for your drink!
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La Zanzara
84 Via Crescenzio
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The best part of Zanzara is their apretivi! When you plan to go be sure to arrive at 6:30pm as grabbing a table is hard! This spot is well known by the Romans! Apretivi is like a cocktail hour and here when you order a cocktail they bring you non stop food and you only pay for your drink!
When planning to go to the Vatican Museum stop by here to grab a Gelato before waiting in the line to enter the museum! Perfect to cool you down on those hot summer days!
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Old Bridge Gelateria
5 Viale dei Bastioni di Michelangelo
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When planning to go to the Vatican Museum stop by here to grab a Gelato before waiting in the line to enter the museum! Perfect to cool you down on those hot summer days!
One of the most famous historical Resturaunts in Rome. Expensive but the service and food is extreme high quality.
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Dal Bolognese Roma
1 Piazza del Popolo
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One of the most famous historical Resturaunts in Rome. Expensive but the service and food is extreme high quality.
Great coffee spot as well as a Tapas Bar in the evening!
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Coffee Pot Trastevere
12 Via del Politeama
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Great coffee spot as well as a Tapas Bar in the evening!
One of the best hidden treasures of Rome. Great food and great drinks! Infact Italys number one mixologist for cocktails works here! Known for being the hip and trendy place to eat on friday and saturday nights.
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Caffè Propaganda
15 Via Claudia
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One of the best hidden treasures of Rome. Great food and great drinks! Infact Italys number one mixologist for cocktails works here! Known for being the hip and trendy place to eat on friday and saturday nights.
This place rarely appears in guidebooks, but it’s certainly the most inventive gelato shop, specialising in flavours such as celery, carrot and gorgonzola.
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Torcè
59 Viale Aventino
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This place rarely appears in guidebooks, but it’s certainly the most inventive gelato shop, specialising in flavours such as celery, carrot and gorgonzola.
Tiny Pasta shop that on Monday to Saturday lunchtimes, from 1-3pm, they serve two fresh pasta dishes. You can eat here for 4€ which is a bargain in this upscale area.
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Pastificio Guerra
8 Via della Croce
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Tiny Pasta shop that on Monday to Saturday lunchtimes, from 1-3pm, they serve two fresh pasta dishes. You can eat here for 4€ which is a bargain in this upscale area.

Drinks & Nightlife

Magick Bar is a very special secret summer spot! Open only in the months of July-September from 6pm till 2am. It houses a Resturaunt (Spanish/Italian Fusion), a Bar, and a Club with Daily music from the underground Techno/House scene. It is amazingly designed with an amazing atmosphere because you are located above the river. If you are lucky my husband just might be the Dj for the night you go!
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THE MAGICK BAR
2 Lungotevere G. Oberdan
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Magick Bar is a very special secret summer spot! Open only in the months of July-September from 6pm till 2am. It houses a Resturaunt (Spanish/Italian Fusion), a Bar, and a Club with Daily music from the underground Techno/House scene. It is amazingly designed with an amazing atmosphere because you are located above the river. If you are lucky my husband just might be the Dj for the night you go!
This square known as Campo de' Fiori is famous for the bars and resturaunts located there. It is also near to many American Schools and is a huge hangout location during the evenings. Try going to the Drunken Ship for some great cocktails and beers!
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The Drunken Ship
20/21 Piazza Campo de' Fiori
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This square known as Campo de' Fiori is famous for the bars and resturaunts located there. It is also near to many American Schools and is a huge hangout location during the evenings. Try going to the Drunken Ship for some great cocktails and beers!
The best nightclub in Rome for Techno/House music! From October till June everyweek Thursdays-Saturdays 11pm-5am.
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Goa Club
13 Via Giuseppe Libetta
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The best nightclub in Rome for Techno/House music! From October till June everyweek Thursdays-Saturdays 11pm-5am.
Beautifully designed place with a vintage feel, leafy terrace and plate-glass views over the neighbourhood. A local hangout in the evenings!
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Il Baretto
27g Via Garibaldi
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Beautifully designed place with a vintage feel, leafy terrace and plate-glass views over the neighbourhood. A local hangout in the evenings!

Getting Around

Train Station and also the ended stop on Bus 64.
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Roma S. Pietro station
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Train Station and also the ended stop on Bus 64.
Largest Train and Bus Station.
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Termini Station Rooms
57 Via Cavour
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Largest Train and Bus Station.
There are two Taxi Stations that make grabbing a Taxi easy near to our home. The biggest located at Via Delle Fornaci 23/25.
Taxi Aurelia-C. V. Emanuele-Primavalle
There are two Taxi Stations that make grabbing a Taxi easy near to our home. The biggest located at Via Delle Fornaci 23/25.

Arts & Culture

The largest historical museum in Rome. Make sure to note there is a secret floor downstairs where you can see all the historical cars that have transported the popes!
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Vatican Museums
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The largest historical museum in Rome. Make sure to note there is a secret floor downstairs where you can see all the historical cars that have transported the popes!
Saint Peter's church is the home to Pope Francesco! Inside the church are famous statues, painting, and the tomb of Saint Peter! Make sure also to find the entrance to the actual basilica. Climbing up into the top dome you are not only able to see Saint Peters from a bird eye view but you can walk on the outside of the dome with stunning views of the city!
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Basilique Saint-Pierre
Piazza San Pietro
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Saint Peter's church is the home to Pope Francesco! Inside the church are famous statues, painting, and the tomb of Saint Peter! Make sure also to find the entrance to the actual basilica. Climbing up into the top dome you are not only able to see Saint Peters from a bird eye view but you can walk on the outside of the dome with stunning views of the city!
Technically an historic military museum this massive monument is amazing also from the outside. There is also a secret cafe located at the very top with stunning views of the ancient city. Locate the entrance along the left side of the monument and dont be afraid to ask directions to the top.
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Piazza Venezia
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Technically an historic military museum this massive monument is amazing also from the outside. There is also a secret cafe located at the very top with stunning views of the ancient city. Locate the entrance along the left side of the monument and dont be afraid to ask directions to the top.
The Capitoline Museums use an exhibition area of 12,977 square meters. The term "museum" in the plural, as the original collection of ancient sculptures was added by Benedict XIV, in the eighteenth century, the Art Gallery, consisting of works illustrating subjects predominantly Roman.
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Louve du Capitole
1 Piazza del Campidoglio
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The Capitoline Museums use an exhibition area of 12,977 square meters. The term "museum" in the plural, as the original collection of ancient sculptures was added by Benedict XIV, in the eighteenth century, the Art Gallery, consisting of works illustrating subjects predominantly Roman.
The Galleria Borghese houses a substantial part of the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities, begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605–1621). The Villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese himself, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa at the edge of Rome.
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Galerie et musée de Borghèse
5 Piazzale Scipione Borghese
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The Galleria Borghese houses a substantial part of the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities, begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605–1621). The Villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese himself, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa at the edge of Rome.
Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi. Today, Palazzo Barberini houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, one of the most important painting collections in Italy. It includes Raphael's portrait La fornarina, Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes and a Hans Holbein portrait of Henry VIII.
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National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina
22 Via Barberini
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Palazzo Barberini is a palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi. Today, Palazzo Barberini houses the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, one of the most important painting collections in Italy. It includes Raphael's portrait La fornarina, Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes and a Hans Holbein portrait of Henry VIII.
The majority of the major works in the Corsini Gallery collection were donated by the Corsini family, and initially were gathered by the avid 17th century collector, the cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, and added to by other members and from collections of Pope Clement XII and his nephew. In 1883, this palace and its contents were sold to the state, and the collection is displayed in its original location. The collection encompasses the breadth of mainly Italian art from early-Renaissance to late-18th century. It has both religious and historical works, as well as landscapes and genre paintings.
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Palazzo Corsini, Rome
10 Via della Lungara
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The majority of the major works in the Corsini Gallery collection were donated by the Corsini family, and initially were gathered by the avid 17th century collector, the cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, and added to by other members and from collections of Pope Clement XII and his nephew. In 1883, this palace and its contents were sold to the state, and the collection is displayed in its original location. The collection encompasses the breadth of mainly Italian art from early-Renaissance to late-18th century. It has both religious and historical works, as well as landscapes and genre paintings.
The Galleria Spada is a museum in Rome, which is housed in the Palazzo Spada of the same name, located in the Piazza Capo di Ferro. The palazzo is also famous for its façade and for the forced perspective gallery by Francesco Borromini. The gallery exhibits paintings from the 16th and 17th century.
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Galerie Spada
13 Piazza Capo di Ferro
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The Galleria Spada is a museum in Rome, which is housed in the Palazzo Spada of the same name, located in the Piazza Capo di Ferro. The palazzo is also famous for its façade and for the forced perspective gallery by Francesco Borromini. The gallery exhibits paintings from the 16th and 17th century.
The museum displays about 1100 paintings and sculptures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, of which it has the largest collection in Italy. Among the Italian artists represented are Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Alberto Burri, Antonio Canova, Giorgio de Chirico, Giovanni Fattori, Lucio Fontana, Amedeo Modigliani, Giacomo Manzù and Giorgio Morandi. The museum also holds some works by foreign artists, among them Braque, Calder, Cézanne, Degas, Duchamp, Giacometti, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Monet, Jackson Pollock, Rodin, and Van Gogh.
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Galerie nationale d'art moderne et contemporain
131 Viale delle Belle Arti
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The museum displays about 1100 paintings and sculptures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, of which it has the largest collection in Italy. Among the Italian artists represented are Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Alberto Burri, Antonio Canova, Giorgio de Chirico, Giovanni Fattori, Lucio Fontana, Amedeo Modigliani, Giacomo Manzù and Giorgio Morandi. The museum also holds some works by foreign artists, among them Braque, Calder, Cézanne, Degas, Duchamp, Giacometti, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Monet, Jackson Pollock, Rodin, and Van Gogh.

Sightseeing

The Palace of Justice, the seat of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Judicial Public Library, is located here.
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P.za Cavour station
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The Palace of Justice, the seat of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the Judicial Public Library, is located here.
Shopping!
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Via Cola di Rienzo
Via Cola di Rienzo
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Shopping!
Via del Corso, is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is remarkable for being absolutely straight in an area characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Today, the Corso is a popular place for the "passeggiata", the evening stroll for the people to be seen and to see others. It is also an important shopping street for tourists and locals alike.
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Via del Corso
Via del Corso
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Via del Corso, is a main street in the historical centre of Rome. It is remarkable for being absolutely straight in an area characterized by narrow meandering alleys and small piazzas. Today, the Corso is a popular place for the "passeggiata", the evening stroll for the people to be seen and to see others. It is also an important shopping street for tourists and locals alike.
Castel Sant'Angelo was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle for when Vatican City was under attack, and is now a museum. The Castle was once the tallest building in Rome.
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Château Saint-Ange
50 Lungotevere Castello
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Castel Sant'Angelo was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle for when Vatican City was under attack, and is now a museum. The Castle was once the tallest building in Rome.
Translation is "Square of the People". This famous square was once the entrance into the city of Rome and was the first thing travelers saw in the distance upon arriving.
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Place du Peuple
Piazza del Popolo
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Translation is "Square of the People". This famous square was once the entrance into the city of Rome and was the first thing travelers saw in the distance upon arriving.
A lot of resturaunts and cafes!
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Piazza Del Risorgimento
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A lot of resturaunts and cafes!
A square with resturaunts and the local art scene pops up here during the daytime as well as musical street performers.
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Place Navone
Piazza Navona
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A square with resturaunts and the local art scene pops up here during the daytime as well as musical street performers.
One of the oldest historical neighborhoods in Rome is making a comeback with new hip and trendy bars, stores, and resturaunts opening every month. With tiny narrow streets and tons of palazzos this neighborhood is exactly what you think Rome should look like.
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Trastevere
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One of the oldest historical neighborhoods in Rome is making a comeback with new hip and trendy bars, stores, and resturaunts opening every month. With tiny narrow streets and tons of palazzos this neighborhood is exactly what you think Rome should look like.
The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere is a titular minor basilica, and one of the oldest churches of Rome!
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Basilique de Notre-Dame de Trastevere
Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere
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The Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere is a titular minor basilica, and one of the oldest churches of Rome!
The Spanish Steps are a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. Please note this area is known to have a lot of people. Please watch your belongings very closy here!
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Escalier de la Place d'Espagne
Piazza di Spagna
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The Spanish Steps are a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. Please note this area is known to have a lot of people. Please watch your belongings very closy here!
The Pantheon meaning "temple of every god" is a building, on the site of an earlier building commissioned by Marcus Agrippa. The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD and it is one of the best-preserved of all Ancient Roman buildings.
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Panthéon
Piazza della Rotonda
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The Pantheon meaning "temple of every god" is a building, on the site of an earlier building commissioned by Marcus Agrippa. The present building was completed by the emperor Hadrian and probably dedicated about 126 AD and it is one of the best-preserved of all Ancient Roman buildings.
It is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain has appeared in several notable films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita. The fountain is at the junction of three roads and marks the point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some 13 km (8.1 mi) from the city. This Aqua Virgo led the water into the Baths of Agrippa. It served Rome for more than 400 years.
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Fontaine de Trevi
Piazza di Trevi
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It is the largest Baroque fountain in the city and one of the most famous fountains in the world. The fountain has appeared in several notable films, including Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita. The fountain is at the junction of three roads and marks the point of the "modern" Acqua Vergine, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome. In 19 BC, supposedly with the help of a virgin, Roman technicians located a source of pure water some 13 km (8.1 mi) from the city. This Aqua Virgo led the water into the Baths of Agrippa. It served Rome for more than 400 years.
It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.
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Forum Romain
5/6 Via della Salara Vecchia
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It was for centuries the center of Roman public life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.
Built of concrete and sand, it is the largest amphitheatre ever built. The Colosseum could hold, it is estimated, between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, having an average audience of some 65,000 and it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions!
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Colosseo station
Piazza del Colosseo
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Built of concrete and sand, it is the largest amphitheatre ever built. The Colosseum could hold, it is estimated, between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, having an average audience of some 65,000 and it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions!
The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312.
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Arc de Constantin
Via di San Gregorio
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The Arch of Constantine is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected by the Roman Senate to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge in 312.
An old neighborhood that has become extremely popular with the young generation of Romans. With great boutiques, bars, cafes, small winding streets you can find most of the younger generation drinking here at the fountain every night.
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Rione Monti
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An old neighborhood that has become extremely popular with the young generation of Romans. With great boutiques, bars, cafes, small winding streets you can find most of the younger generation drinking here at the fountain every night.
Rome's semi-secret peephole with a view of Rome is perfectly contained in the keyhole of a non-descript looking door on the Aventine Hill, placing the dome of St. Peter's right in the center. Just look for the strange ling infront of a closed door and wait for your chance to look through the keyhole that lines up perfectly with the garden, centered on the Vatican in the distance. No one seems to be able to say with certainty whether this was a beautifully planned peepshow, or just a lucky coincidence.
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Trou de serrure de l'Aventin
4 Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
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Rome's semi-secret peephole with a view of Rome is perfectly contained in the keyhole of a non-descript looking door on the Aventine Hill, placing the dome of St. Peter's right in the center. Just look for the strange ling infront of a closed door and wait for your chance to look through the keyhole that lines up perfectly with the garden, centered on the Vatican in the distance. No one seems to be able to say with certainty whether this was a beautifully planned peepshow, or just a lucky coincidence.
The superstitious and untruthful face a severe fate between the jaws of the Bocca della Verità, or Mouth of Fate, an ancient carving which is said to bite the hands off of liars. The original purpose of the large medallion has been theorized as everything from a ceremonial well cover, to a piece of fountain decoration, to a manhole cover. In recent times it has been used as a whimsical lie detector in a number of movies and video games, most famously in the 1953 romance, Roman Holiday, in which the carving was a major plot device.
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Bocca Della Verita' station
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The superstitious and untruthful face a severe fate between the jaws of the Bocca della Verità, or Mouth of Fate, an ancient carving which is said to bite the hands off of liars. The original purpose of the large medallion has been theorized as everything from a ceremonial well cover, to a piece of fountain decoration, to a manhole cover. In recent times it has been used as a whimsical lie detector in a number of movies and video games, most famously in the 1953 romance, Roman Holiday, in which the carving was a major plot device.
In Rome there are thousands of churches, old buildings, villas, and each one has an incredibly ornate, decorative design be it churches with images of Jesus Christ and the saints or famous paintings of the Renaissance. But perhaps the most unusual, hilarious, and quirky building is Zuccari Palace, AKA The Monster House. This palace was built by the famous Baroque artist Federico Zuccari in 1590 as a studio for himself and his children. This Monster House is called such because of the front facade of the building which features large monster faces with their mouths gaping wide, in the process of swallowing the doors and windows.
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Palazzo Zuccari
28 Via Gregoriana
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In Rome there are thousands of churches, old buildings, villas, and each one has an incredibly ornate, decorative design be it churches with images of Jesus Christ and the saints or famous paintings of the Renaissance. But perhaps the most unusual, hilarious, and quirky building is Zuccari Palace, AKA The Monster House. This palace was built by the famous Baroque artist Federico Zuccari in 1590 as a studio for himself and his children. This Monster House is called such because of the front facade of the building which features large monster faces with their mouths gaping wide, in the process of swallowing the doors and windows.
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus. Egyptomania gripped Rome in the wake of the conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. Both original artifacts and inspired copies cropped up all over the city, but only two actual pyramids were known to have been built, and only one remains. The Pyramid of Cestius was most likely built between 18 and 12 BC. The 36 meter (about 120 feet) high pyramid was built as a tomb for a wealthy Roman, but little is known about him.
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Pyramide de Cestius
Via Raffaele Persichetti
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The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus. Egyptomania gripped Rome in the wake of the conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. Both original artifacts and inspired copies cropped up all over the city, but only two actual pyramids were known to have been built, and only one remains. The Pyramid of Cestius was most likely built between 18 and 12 BC. The 36 meter (about 120 feet) high pyramid was built as a tomb for a wealthy Roman, but little is known about him.
While this "magic door" is famous to Romans, it is barely noticed by tourists visiting Rome. But the remains of an old villa reveal a Magic or Alchemist Door, a portal into the real and secretive world of 1600s alchemy. It is the only remaining of five gate doors to the Marquis Palombara's villa. According to legend, the Marquis met an alchemist at a dinner party who told him he could use a certain herb to turn metals to gold. In the morning the alchemist (said to be Giuseppe Francesco Borri, a sort of alchemical zelig) was gone but had left behind some gold flakes, evidence apparently of his successful transformations, and an indecipherable sheet, the "recipe" for the transformation. Because the Marquis was unable to read it he inscribed the recipe on his doors in the hope that someone who could understand it would see it and come knocking.
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Porta Alchemica
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
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While this "magic door" is famous to Romans, it is barely noticed by tourists visiting Rome. But the remains of an old villa reveal a Magic or Alchemist Door, a portal into the real and secretive world of 1600s alchemy. It is the only remaining of five gate doors to the Marquis Palombara's villa. According to legend, the Marquis met an alchemist at a dinner party who told him he could use a certain herb to turn metals to gold. In the morning the alchemist (said to be Giuseppe Francesco Borri, a sort of alchemical zelig) was gone but had left behind some gold flakes, evidence apparently of his successful transformations, and an indecipherable sheet, the "recipe" for the transformation. Because the Marquis was unable to read it he inscribed the recipe on his doors in the hope that someone who could understand it would see it and come knocking.
The Jesuit church of Saint Ignazio was supposed to have a glorious dome, but when the money ran out in 1642, the plans were scrapped. Instead of foregoing the dome entirely, painter and Jesuit brother Andrea Pozzo proposed that he paint a life-sized illusion of a dome that would fool the eyes of visitors (as long as they looked up from the proper angle). His masterpiece still fools the eye today. Painted between 1685 and 1694, it is a remarkable piece of perspective work.
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Église Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola
8a Via del Caravita
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The Jesuit church of Saint Ignazio was supposed to have a glorious dome, but when the money ran out in 1642, the plans were scrapped. Instead of foregoing the dome entirely, painter and Jesuit brother Andrea Pozzo proposed that he paint a life-sized illusion of a dome that would fool the eyes of visitors (as long as they looked up from the proper angle). His masterpiece still fools the eye today. Painted between 1685 and 1694, it is a remarkable piece of perspective work.

Parks & Nature

One of the biggest parks in the city of Rome. With a Lookout with stunning views of Rome, Resturaunts/Bars, A Dog Park, and a Zoo.
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Villa Borghese
Piazzale Napoleone I
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One of the biggest parks in the city of Rome. With a Lookout with stunning views of Rome, Resturaunts/Bars, A Dog Park, and a Zoo.
Large public park featuring ancient monuments including Trajan's baths & the ruins of Nero's house.
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Parc du Colisée
Viale del Monte Oppio
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Large public park featuring ancient monuments including Trajan's baths & the ruins of Nero's house.

Shopping

Small boutique with interesting fashionable clothing brands for men and women.
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1 Via Virgilio
Small boutique with interesting fashionable clothing brands for men and women.
Huge department store with everything from Home, Accesories, Clothing, and Beauty sections.
101 recommandé par les habitants
Coin Excelsior
173 Via Cola di Rienzo
101 recommandé par les habitants
Huge department store with everything from Home, Accesories, Clothing, and Beauty sections.
Small boutique with interesting fashionable clothing brands for men and women.
9 recommandé par les habitants
Paris in Trastevere
7a Piazza di San Calisto
9 recommandé par les habitants
Small boutique with interesting fashionable clothing brands for men and women.