The following is a list of some itineraries and some interesting links that provide useful information on the capital’s museums and principal attractions:
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Rome Tour:
You can reach the heart of the city centre from our B&Bs… you can get to the center and visit the Colosseum, Piazza Venezia, the Imperial Forum, St. Peter’s Basilica, Via del Corso, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, as well as San Giovanni square, home to the customary May Day concert.
Piazza Navona has colorful stalls you can browse and portrait artists who will whip up your likeness or that of a celebrity in a matter of minutes, or you eat an excellent home made ice-cream to the sound of Bernini’s fountain that dominates the square.
The famous Testaccio district is a short trip away, with its trattorias serving fine Roman cuisine. The Trastevere district with its picturesque alleyways and Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere will revive your summer evenings with the book shops and jugglers, stilt walkers and fire eaters…
…Piazza Santa Maria has become a place of music and song, as well as a meeting place for students from all over the world (Rome’s American John Cabot University is nearby).
Trastevere is also the area where Rome’s summer festival is held, the Festa De’ Noantri, a bustling fair with candy stalls and children’s rides, as well as the Sunday Porta Portese market where a range of goods can be found at low prices, including the likes of T-shirts, CDs and antique furniture, all recalled in song by the popular Roman musician Claudio Baglioni…
The beautiful Roman castles are within easy reach of our B&Bs, favoured destinations for out-of-town excursions to local fetes with the typical array of flowers, wine tasting and local dishes. Frascati, Genzano, Castel Gandolfo lake and Ariccia, famous for its “porchetta”(roast pork on a spit) are among these destinations.
No visitor in Rome can escape being carried away by the charm and beauty of this ancient city. Many have written in praise of the art, heritage and culture of this city that can claim to be a true “center of the world” and of Christianity.
The city contains a variety of different centuries and civilizations in its heritage, and is unique for the overwhelming perfection of its monuments and the sheer wealth and richness of its artistic patrimony.
As one of UNESCO’s most important world heritage locations, Rome is still a patron of great artistic and cultural events of all kinds, and magnet to people from every corner of the Earth.
Paradoxically, it is both easy and impossible to propose a comprehensive itinerary in the eternal city, so vast is the historical patrimony in Rome. The city offers us art, works of human genius and excellence and the utmost in creativity and preserves ancient giants in cultural heritage.
It is a truly unique experience to walk far and wide through the streets, piazzas, parks and monuments of the historic city centre, splendid and welcoming in all its varied spaces. Its special and romantic atmosphere cannot fail to captivate. What could be more pleasant than to walk in Piazza Navona, pause at Bernini’s 17th century fountain and move along to the Pantheon, where an upward look is rewarded by displays of the most magnificent sights?
Rome has a modern public transport system, including the underground “metropolitana” that makes it easy to get around the historic center. A trip to see the supreme renaissance architecture of St. Peter’s Basilica must be regarded as mandatory, with its great square partly enclosed within the imposing arms of Bernini’s colonnade, as if offering its embrace to all humanity. Inside we find the truly great masterpieces of the likes of Rafael, Michelangelo and many many others.
Such spectacular sights as the Imperial Forum and the Colosseum are also necessary discoveries. You can make your way from S.Giovanni in Laterano to the Colosseum and from there along the Via del Corso to Piazza del Popolo, take a stroll along via Condotti and via Veneto and sit on the Spanish Steps in front at the Barcaccia fountain. From the top of the steps you are treated to a wonderful city view before moving on to S. Luigi dei francesi and its wonderful paintings by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Long walks along the river Tevere and its numerous bridges are also a must. These are just a few of the sights, taken more or less at random, that make Rome a truly unforgettable city.
Our B&Bs will be very happy to welcome you and ensure you have a memorable experience of Rome.