Villa Borghese Rome

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Saturday – what a wonderful day it was. We had reservations at Galleria Borghese at 0900. We were so tired from the day and night before, I honestly didn't think I was going to make it. However, I pushed myself and we hopped on the Metro. Just in time for our reservation, there were only about 10 people in front …

Woke up far too early this morning, the body clock is completely out of alignment. But we did want to hit the ground running.
We had bought tickets to go to the Galleria and the Villa Borghese. What a magnificent morning it was. If you do anything in Rome, you must visit Villa Borghese. The sculptures by Bernini took our breath away and works …

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You go in Rome and try something amazing.. The best feeling I had was when I was walking on a street near Colosseo and I stopped. I looked in front of me and there was a great view of the hills, I turn around and I could see the majesty of those amazing rests, a looked in another direction and there was something amazing again and I couldn’t …

Buon giorno (good morning) from Italy! For our first week break most of our group decided to spend our time exploring different cities in Italy. I, along with my roommate Stephanie, decided to spend 3 days in Rome, 2 days in Verona, and take a day trip out to Venice. Since this was such a long trip I've decided to split my trip into different blog …

For our first day in Rome, we decided to tackle the Vatican area and the Borghese area. Our first stop Castel Sant Angelo. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrain for himself and his family. The building was later used by the popes as a fortress and castle, and is now a museum. Next stop was St. Peter's Basilica. We entered the …

We were both so exhausted from the past few weeks that we couldn't convince ourselves to wake up any earlier than 9:00am, and by the time we got rolling, it was nearly 11:00am -- it's a good job we were there during some of the longest days of the year! One of the reasons we were so delayed in getting out of the apartment was that we were trying to …

Today is pretty hot again! We visited a Capuchin monk cemetery in which bones of monks (and some children) were used as naturalist decorative forms. We saw some mummies and multiple rooms of bones as decoration on the walls, ceiling, light fixtures, etc. We weren't allowed to take pictures, so I don't have any. It was kinda spooky and a little …

We had an early start this morning for our Vatican Tour. Luckily mum always has to be places way too early as they decided to do a snap train strike. One couple on our tour said the train they were on had just stopped at a station and said no more get off and they had to find a taxi to get to the meeting point. Luckily they made it.

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Roma día 1 Llegamos temprano a Termini, después de tomar el tren nocturno desde Venecia. Primera vez en una litera compartida con un matrimonio iraní. Desayuno (escaso) en Mac Donalds. Luego fuimos a dejar las valijas al hotel B&B Buanorroti Home. Altamente recomendable en Roma a 4 cuadras de Termini y súper limpio. Son …

... worrying too much about particular sites. Our hotel was located just inside the old city wall on the edge of Villa Borghese - Rome's version of Central Park. After checking in Saturday afternoon we took a stroll through the park and spent our afternoon ...

... these small but flavorful pizzas we were back on our way and glad we made the stop in.        GRADE: A- Villa Borghese & "Roma Biopark"- took the trip here on our final day and walked up from our hotel through the stunning gardens ...

... travelling a bit before heading home. He already had been around, so we just enjoyed each other's company. We walked up into the Villa Borghese parks and I attempted to sketch a bit - having discovered that I am able to draw a bit if I can scrounge up ...

... artists, each one having at least one drawing of Brad Pitt on display. From here I walked up the hill to Villa Borghese, a very large park in central Rome with sweeping views of the city from its western border.  I spent quite a bit of time in the ...

... a 4 person pedal carriage and pretended to be on the Amazing Race passing other unsuspecting carriage pedal pushers throughout the paths in the Park. Unfortunately Donatellos' magnificent sculptures in the Villa Borghese will have to wait another time. ...

... of the bronze and gold was stolen to be used in the Vatican. Before heading home we went to the Spanish Steps and the Villa Borghese, a beautiful park for sports, recreation and museums. It was about this time Ral was collapsing and begging to go home, ...

... tapestries and sculptures. The Vatican itself is like an Ark for Italian talent. It is awesome. Also visited the Villa Borghese and the ruins of Ancient Rome. The Pope was frail on our last day and there were crowds gathering at the Vatican as we ...

... . The noise and congestion of the city was wearing me out, so I spent the majority of my afternoon and evening in the Borghese Gardens. Also I had a reservation to see what ended up being the greatest museum I have ever seen. The Borghese Gallery.   ...

... Sistine Chapel, this would certainly be at the top of my list. I think the most fascinating work displayed in the Villa Borghese, is Bernini’s sculptures. We were standing there in absolute astonishment. I remember as a child not caring too much ...

The Birthday -  We set out for a day at the Villa Borghese.  They have a museum and grounds that are covered with gardens and a small lake.  It turned out to be a day of rest.  We were just out of steam.  We got up to the ...