The best seasons of the year to visit Rome are Spring and Autumn. There is a lot of sun, and the temperature is warm, but not to hot like during the summer months.
Spring
Easter marks the beginning of the tourists season in Rome. Pilgrims from all over the world go to St.Peter’s Square to listen to [...]
The emperor Hadrian took a decision of constructing a mausoleum for himself, for his family and for his successors around 130 AD. The place that was chosen was a part of so called Domitia’s Gardens that lied in the neighborhood of Campo Vaticano, on the right bank of the Tiber river, in front of Campo [...]
Pantheon (also known as Santa Maria della Rotonda) is the best preserved building from the ancient period that survived to our times almost untouched.
The first known temple constructed in one part of Campo Marzio was projected and founded by Marcus Agrippa between 27 and 25 BC. Its shape was rectangular and it was surrounded by [...]
Arguably the most spectacular fountain in Rome , Trevi Fountain is without any doubts the most profitable one, as around three thousand Euro in dropped coins are collected by the city authorities.
According to the tradition tossing the coin over the shoulder while standing back to the fountain guarantees future return to Rome.
The fountain that attracts [...]
This huge amphitheatre was built by the Jewish prisoners on the spot among three hills – Palatino, Celio and Esquilino, exactly where some years earlier there had been a pond adjacent to the famous Domus Aurea belonging to Nero.
Trinita’ dei Monti is a famous church in Rome, well known because of its location just above the Spanish Steps that descend into the Piazza di Spagna.
The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the full name of the church is ‘Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio’.
The first chapel has been built here at [...]
Piazza di Spagna, with the Trinità dei Monti, is one of the most famous squares of Rome.
This monumental stairway that consists of 135 steps was inaugurated by Pope Benedict XIII on the occasion of the Jubilee of 1725. It was realized thanks to funding of the French between 1721-1725. In those times it was linking [...]
Villa Borghese with its 80 hectares is the third largest public park in Rome after Villa Doria Pamphili and Villa Ada.
It is mainly situated in district Pinciano with a small part on the Campo Marzio quarter divided by the Aurelian Walls.
The popular Italian saying ‘in Bocca al Lupo’ is used instead of wishing good luck.
It means ‘into the mouth of the wolf’. And yet, in the middle of Rome there is more powerful mouth – ‘La Bocca della Verita’ The Mouth of the Truth.
