Roman Forum (Foro Romano) Rome

Roma sau „orasul etern" este un loc incarcat de frumusete, contrast si viata. Este un oras eclectic: centrul mondial religios al Bisericii Catolice, fabuloasele ruine ale centrului Imperiului Roman si Roma moderna si neastamparata. Toate acestea trei par a fi in dezacord, insa convietuiesc intr-o deplina armonie. Veti observa ca Roma a fost …

Today we slept in again...we were still exhausted after yesterday. The heat here really is starting to get to us. The good thing is that there are public fountains everywhere with fresh cold water. We bring a huge water bottle with us and fill it up as much as possible. We got on the metro around one to head to the Colosseum. There was about a 45 …

Another hot day in Rome - 35oC. We had an early start as our entry tickets for the Vatican were booked for just after 8am. So onto the bus and off we went and it was so nice to be met by our guide Alessia - very pretty and very knowledgeable - and marched straight up to the head of the queue. Inside we visited the Map Gallery, the Tapestry Gallery …

March 14:


1) Since there was a strike until 1:00, Bridge and I decided to take this as a sign to slow down and enjoy a good nights rest… We were fortunate to receive a continental breakfast full of croissants and nutella (one of the many benefits of the strike), where we met a lively older …

When I arrived in Rome I asked a couple people what hotel they recommended me and they told me Grand Hotel De La Minerve was one of their favorite. I am glad I stayed in this five star hotel. I visited the Colosseum in which I got a group tour and now I understand why its one of the most frequently visited monuments in Rome. The cost was 12 euros …

Mara booked this holiday for me as a surprise for my birthday......I found out on Christmas day when I opened an xmas present, which turned out to be a Lonely Planet travel guide to Rome, and she said "Happy Birthday!" instead of 'Happy Christmas'.

Rome is amazing.We arrived after the usual Ryan Air kerfuffle.
Our Hotel was a lovely …

We arrived at Darryl and Anna's house about 8pm. The first night was very relaxed, Anna made us a delicious dinner and then we went down the road to their local Gelati bar which was packed full of people (always a good sign!)

The next morning we got up and headed into the city centre and had a stroll around before meeting Anna at 5 to go …

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A lot has happened since my last post... I have been so busy that it's hard to write everyday! We have been to a lot of tourist sites in Rome and it has been so awesome. The Roman Forum was really cool because it is basically ruins from Ancient Rome that you get to walk through. We went to the beach in Fiumcino on Sunday which was really fun! …

Bismillahi ar-Rahman ar-Rahim

Moraleja inicial: si vas a usar un despertador, que no sea el del celular que te prestaron y nunca probaste porque si no lo escuchás, perdés el tren.

Resulta que salimos corriendo a tomar un taxi a las 8 am para ir a Roma y desayunamos en la estación Napoli Centrale porque como no llegamos al primer …

... ;a suggested tourist route to take. So we then headed up to the huge Victor Emmanual monument stopping to look at the   Roman Forum , remains of the ancient government buildings and Foro Di  Trajano on the Via dei Fori Imperiali (road). So ...

... we were offered to join another tour for free. The tour went out to see the [Palatio] hill and get some information of the Roman Forum. It was a great experience, and on the hill even more than in the Colosseum, you need a guide. Otherwise it would just ...

... a very sophisticated (if brutal) society watched complexly staged events there almost 2000 years ago. And in the Roman Forum, ancient Rome's downtown, orators were orating, judges were judging and Romans were buying and selling goods and services ...

... most of our time was spent walking around this beautiful city taking in all the famous landmarks like; Colosseum, The Roman Forum, Capitol, Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and The Vatican (of course including the Vatican Museum, ...

... to my comfy sneakers the next day. I became one big walking Italian tourist cliche, visiting the Trevi fountain, the Colloseum, Roman Forum and Palatine, the mouth of truth, Trastavere, etc etc, stopping occasionally for an espresso, a slice of pizza, ...

... back to the hotel for dinner on the rooftop terrace. Day 20 - September 2nd, 2007 Spent the day walking around The Roman Forum (a densely packed area of the city littered with Roman ruins older than, a lot older than, most countries) and ...

... our best to cover all the attractions of Colosseum but felt totally drained after just an hour. We never actually made it to the Roman Forum or the Palatine Hill as the next day Inge-Marie was feeling a little under the weather as a nasty little cold ...

... pretty cool and old looking, not to mention how big and preserved it was. After a look we found ourselves overlooking the Roman Forum & Palentine Hill! This absolutely blew my mind seeing this! Looking at all of these ruins trying to imagine it in ...

... and, after pizza and cheap red wine (5 euro a bottle), we revisited the major sights of the Colloseum, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Roman Forum which gave an alternative view to that of the day. Shame I did the Vatican yesterday, for I could have joined ...

... Angels and Demons, and modern life sections and tackled parts of each. So we wandered and imagined our way through the Roman Forum, the Pantheon and Palantine Hill, including the huge new excavations of the last 5 years and pulled fighting poses inside ...