Carriage Hotel Rome

... and eat healthy food where you can (although I know sometimes it's hard on tour) and maybe take some vitamins. You're often having so much fun that you don't think about getting sick. COSTS: 7E- Rome bag 2.50E- Pizza 10E- horse and carriage ...

... so many memories. We have been on airplanes, trains, trams, subways, buses, chair lifts, taxis, a boat and a horse drawn carriage. We have walked next to French Army personnel carrying uzis under the Eiffel Tower and policemen carrying machine guns in ...

... under construction that weekend and closed early at 9pm. But at that point all we knew was that we were on the other side of Rome from our hotel at 11:15 at night. At the bottom of the steps there was an active cab stand, and even some horse and ...

... feast unfit for a king! At least we got full cups of coffee. We took the metro to the Vatican, again sharing our carriage with commuting Italians. Italian train drivers are the same people who ride Vespas through the crowded streets; they can stop on a ...

... You just jump on the train, store your bags near your seat and off you go.  Unfortunately this morning we were in a carriage full of noisy and energetic 15 to 16 year old Italian students also travelling to Rome. They were accompanied by a couple of ...

... train so it only took us an hour and a half to arrive in Rome we managed to get our luggage at the end of the carriage this time, which was great because not all trains have luggage racks and our backpacks dont fit above our heads easily. We arrived in ...

... that this ride is making her want her own horse as a pet even more. Riding leisurely around Rome in the late afternoon sunlight in a horse-drawn carriage is truly one of life’s great pleasures.  We really enjoyed looking around.  We ...

... to the train station.  The train ride to Rome was probably our most interesting one so far. A middle-age Italian man in our carriage thought it would be nice to let some fresh air in. Putting down lots of windows on a high speed train is not a good ...

... can blame anything on it. As the French say vive la difference. Perhaps the most perplexing character we have seen in Rome is a tramp who lives outside the hotel we were staying in. This was no ordinary tramp as his domain was not a cardboard box nor a ...

... at the Cinque Terre looked even rougher and the sky cloudier today but we were in for a big train ride to Rome today.  Our hotel host, Andreas bid us farewell with some Olive Pate from his Olive groves and some must eat at restaurants in Rome.  ...

... but was late to leave.  Went slowly for a while, then made several unscheduled stops.  Power died in the whole carriage and the conductor tried in vain to shepherd us all into other carriages by torchlight.  Eventually arrived an hour late ...

... it was a tie between St. Peters (the basilica itself) and the garage housing all the Pope Mobiles from the days of the carriage to modern day Range Rover with bullet proof glass. In Rome you can wander endlessly and never be bored and never get ...

11 July 2004 The train journey from Pisa to Rome took 3 hours, carriage style seats again... but this time the reservation fee cost us 11.40Euro each because this train was supposed to be faster? So far the trains in Italy haven't been as good as ...

... $ 8.00 each over the slow train at US$ 3.00. The train is packed, with nowhere to sit except a first class carriage at the front. We enter and blatantly seat ourselves. Other foreign tourists are intimidated, and beat a hasty retreat back to second ...

... so you kind of slipped down the bed into the corner... it was 15 hours of HELL!  I ended up walking along the carriage at 4am! Monday - checked into hostel, got showered and went to Santa Maria Maggiore which was a really pretty church not far ...

... a halt. It was a very rapid emergency type of stop as everyone was thrown forward and I had trouble standing in the carriage passageway. Within seconds there were uniformed rail people everywhere. They were passing me and heading towards my compartment. I ...

... museum, stuff actually happened there.  That night after dinner at a restaurant run by the grumpiest man in Rome, Millie and I went out to a bar near our hotel to watch the world cup final. Having spent time in both Spain and Holland so far this ...

... of Italian people.  Otherwise the train ride to Rome from Florence was pleasant and quick. I was in my hotel by noon. It's so hot in Rome! I was literally drenched in sweat after 10 minutes walking around the town. The metro system of Rome is quite ...

There are all sorts of ways to see Rome. Walking tours, open top buses, coach trips, taxis, bikes and horse-drawn carriage are all available. But they're far too straightforward. We need excitement and danger in our sightseeing goals! So when our friend ...

... second class instead and never again!!! The best thing about the day was that at around 5pm we arrived in Rome!! YAY!!!!  We found the hotel in walking distance from the train station, there was a cute and helpful guy on the reception desk (Matteo) ...