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- Rome
- Capital
- Euro (EUR)
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- 57,679,825
- Population
- IT
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Travel Blogs from Rome, Italy
Pope wrecked Rome, Linda shoots Pope
Okay, now that I have your attention...Our next port was Civitavecchia, Italy. We left the ship and quickly purchased tickets for the Cristian Line of Hop on Hop Off Bus, as well as the "fast train to Rome. First, their definition of fast, and ...
Arrivederci Roma
... Fountain (about 100m away from 'home') for ice cream and we ate the best pizza and drank the best coffee in Italy. Unfortunately a promised tour of the Vatican with one of the Pope's bodyguards couldn't be arranged quickly enough, but the catacombes ...
The Vatican
... of Constantine. Then I came to the room of maps. The Vatican has a forty-foot long hall of maps, of all the maps of Italy that it controlled, in great detail. Finally, right in the heart of the Vatican Museum, were the crown jewels of the Vatican Museum: ...
A day at the beach!
Today was awesome...we slept in and had a nice relaxing day at the beach. It was so nice to finally breathe some fresh air! Living in the city you breathe nothing but smog and smoke. I swear every Italian here smokes. Anyways, we just basically laid ...
4 nights in Rome
... visited: Colosseum The ruins of the Roman Forum & Palentine Hill 4D movie theatre playing the history of Rome (Time Elevator was the name- a fun way for the kids to pick up some knowledge) Trevi Fountain (of course, we ...
The First Few Days
... is asking a lot of people. My business prof hasn't showed up yet so class is cancelled for tm. Haha. Its so much fun being a new place every night. This weekend I am going to really explore Rome, and then next weekend I think go somewhere else in ...
Fire Fire!
... breakfast at the hotel though. Just kidding--I don't mind, but Melanie is downright mad. She looks forward to her morning muesli. As for now, we have not yet decided where we are going to go--either Sicily or central Italy. We will keep you ...
Musei de Vaticano y Gelatto in la Fontana di Trevi
Bismil-lahi ar-Rahman ar-Rahim Hoy, nuestro último día de paseo en Roma, decidimos lavar la ropa para que esté todo limpio antes de salir para la Costa Azul de Francia y España. Elegmos un lugar que quedaba a 10 locales de nuestro hostel por Via ...
Final Notes - The Trip
... ; Favorite (cycling) countries: Greece, Slovenia, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, France Worst cycling countries: Italy, Albania Best encounters with locals: Greece, Albania, Poland, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France Best ...
Campioni nel cuore
Ciao! Last night was the Championship match against Luiss. Luiss is an all Italian school in Rome, known for their athletic programs. Fans and all, we met at our Tiber campus and took a Coach bus to the field. The field was different from any other ...
Che Cose Belle
... Maria said, “I had the phone number; I just forgot the last two digits.” I think the excitement of coming to Italy is similar to an imagination after having a couple beers… I met them after my final and we went to the Vatican. We ...
Rome on the cheap
... again as last Sunday of the month is free so we didnt pay any entrance fee. Afterwards walked around the many, many sights of Rome before getting to the Coloseum 4pm. Again we got in free because of celebration. We then went and had a drink sitting on ...
When in Roma.....
... sea to Sicily and then on to Naples and the Amalfi Coast. It means that we've still got a fairly long 'wish list' for Italy, but we're sure that no-one leaves this country without good intention to return. Our Alitalia flight landed after dark, which ...
Only in ITALY
Ciao Ragazzi!!! I wanted to share a list my roommates and I have started about our daily encounters in Roma, Italia. ONLY IN ITALY... 1. does my Italian teacher call the front office to speak to a student in my class and ask her to share with the class ...
Roma
Ciao, Never have I been so surrounded by ancient history as I was today. The ruins of the ancient city which we explored today are expansive and in varying states of decay, but enough remains to conjure up visions of enormous marble ...
First Morning in Rome
... a bit with a guy I met here at the hostel from Phoenix who had just finished a year of cooking school in the south of Italy and was travelling a bit before heading home. He already had been around, so we just enjoyed each other's company. We walked up ...
Rome Day 2
... ) and sat down for some drinks. It's safe to say we had managed to come to the most expensive and least populated bar in Rome, so we each spent the rest of our budgets on the most alcoholic drinks they had on offer. Nick and Tom were feeling tired, so ...
Do you need a bath?
... are going to the ruins of the Caraculla Roman Baths. The Baths of Caracalla, the second largest baths complex in ancient Rome, were built between 212 and 219 A.D. by the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by his nickname Caracalla. The ...
From Rome with Love
After a quick stop in Dusseldorf for a night I flew off to Rome on Ryannair, a low cost Irish carrier. They had the smallest seats I have ever been in and my knees were cramped right up against the seat in front of me. My head stood a good ...
Barcelona and Rome!
Hello again everyone! We are now in Beautiful Rome in Italy where it is absolutely roasting and I, of course, am tanned! Okay, so not so much tanned as sunburnt but still exciting! I spent 3 nights in Barcelona which was really nice. The hostel was in a ...
Rome in a Day
... , and finally down to the Pantheon. The Pantheon was by far the most impressive. It's the last great building left from ancient Rome, built in 27 B.C. There's a huge dome inside, with an opening to the sky 27 feet in diameter...my travel book said that ...
When in Rome... Eat Gelato and Pizza...
... ... We also slipped into many churches and cathedrals... always coming face to face with Mary... she is a powerful figure in Rome... and Italy for that matter... Mary has Jesus beat out at least 10 to 1 throughout the streets of Rome... for every ...
Rome in 1 day
... the most important places of Rome in one day, we did it... Since I was a child I had seen lots of pics from Rome, the Colosseum, Vatican City, Trevi Fountain, the Forums, Pantheon... but I never thought it was so incredible, everything is bigger than you ...
When in Rome...
Although Italy is a different country to the Netharlands, we didn't quite comprehend what it ment to be in Europe. Because we landed in Amsterdam we had already arrived in Europe, but we were very careful to leave Rome's Fiumicino Airport without getting ...
Marble Columns
Hey, I just wanted to share a little gem with everybody. Every time me and Monica see a columns, which is quite frequently since we are in Rome, we say this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZcba7CUaCE Enjoy! ...
No Sleep in Rome
Wie bereits auf Hostelworld.com beschrieben, war unsere Unterkunft mehr Bar als Hostel. Bisher hatten wir noch nicht ausgiebig gefeiert, weshalb uns das Party-Hostel gerade recht kam. Der Abend begann mit einer netten Runde Uno, bei der jede Karte ohne ...
All good things must come to an end...
... the Trevi Fountain. Legend has it that if you toss two coins over your shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, you not only get a wish but also assure yourself a return to Rome. John and I tossed our coins and made our wishes. What a way to end this ...
Rome 2 - Walk through the city
... 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 park listening to people ...
A day to reenergize
... cappachino... and planning out one anothers futures. I am currently seperate from the group and planning to visit the National Museum of Rome and then we are meeting up for dinner! Hope you are all well and that your current location is a bit cooler ...