Holiday Inn in Rome

Sunday, May 23rd Arrived in Rome. Left the airport at 5pm and had a taxi hired to take us to the Holiday Inn Aurelia. Got checked in, showered and cleaned up in order to recharge our personal batteries, and then took a hotel shuttle at 7pm to St. Peter's ...

... to the Hotel after midnight, feeling tired, but satisfied as well. HOLIDAY INN HOTEL We are spending 2 nights at the Holiday Inn which is in the suburbs of Rome. It is on a hill and we have a nice view from our window. The room is clean and nice, there ...

... larger of the two, so I guess it just wasn't the vicitim's day.  Nobody appeared seriously injured though. Our hotel here (the Holiday Inn Parco Dei Medici) is close to the airport, clean and nice.  The shuttle bus service was free, so it has ...

... scared the shit out of all of us at 6:30!! So after we all got ready, we headed downstairs for a good Italian breakfast in the Holiday Inn and then we took the bus downtown to go see St-Peter's!! Was it ever amazing!! I had to practice my italian quite ...

... nbsp; Prima Porta.  The campground was beautiful but what we saw of the area wasn't so pretty. Moved on to a nice Holiday Inn in the West of Rome.  Thank you priceline for a great rate at a 4 star hotel.  That was a nice treat. Trevi ...

   Our second day in Rome started like the first:  Almost hot and a bit humid.  The plan was to see Vatican City today.  We got a leisurely start and got to the Piazza St Pietro around noon.  Street salesmen tried to get us ...

... so to have the dream fulfilled is something unforgettable. We had two tours with an expert tour guide Yvonne, an archaeologist from Rome. Morning Tour – Vatican City Our first stop was none other that the place that Ann especially wanted to visit, ...

... , somewhere along the line!So after checking into the hotel, and finally getting to shower and change clothes, we decided to explore Rome, in typical South African traditions, "kyk noord....." most people know the rest of that sentence! We got onto a bus ...

... , May 24th Met the others in the hotel restaurant for breakfast at 7:45am and caught the 9:30am shuttle to the "downtown" area of Rome. We also booked our return shuttle trip for 9pm… Rome, here we come! From the shuttle drop off, we headed for ...

... . From here we jumped back on the bus and have now checked into our hotel. Tomorrow is going to be a full day of Rome, inspecting more and more historical features including the Vatican, St Peter's Church and the Sistene Chapel. Day 2 of Rome started off ...

... a fast train and we will be in Rome in just over an hour.  Susan had already bought her ticket for departure from Rome on the Leonardo Express and when she packed she packed thinking she would check some baggage at the train station and pick it ...

... at any part of the tour, for a period of 24 hours.The bus starts in Termini, which is the main train / bus / taxi station in Rome (and from now on will be called by its real name, Roma...). The first stop that we jumped off the bus, was Piazza Venezia. ...

... several things to see nearby.  We just happened to be there when there is a festival going on in honor of Rome's birthday.  Everything is free admission, but there are more crowds. Mixed blessings. We hired a tour guide. Bad ...

I arrived at Rome on 18th November 2008 noon. The flight was wonderful and the immigration went flawlessly. It took hardly 2 minute at the immigration counter and I officially entered Italy. In the Airport, I saw lots of Alitalia planes, covered with ...

So left for my Eid holiday adventure at 2 in the morning with Dan and Brenda. Arrived in the Rome (or Roma as the Italians like to call it) sick, I'm pretty sure it was the sandwich from the Alitalia airline. We decided to take a shuttle (which is really ...

... July 21, who is more concerned with wrinkles, grey hair and his new preference for quiet music and early nights. HIGHLIGHTS: Rome:  the ruins, the breathtaking art, the history you can feel. Fantastic. Marveling at Michelangelo's "David" in ...

... luggage.  Little did we know that driving through Rome would be one of the scarriest cab rides ever! Ryan took some video footage that we will share later. We arrived safe and sound at the Holiday Inn and had an amazing dinner and great night's ...

... would not take it. I got more out of staying at hostels and sleeping at the Tent than I ever would have staying at the Holiday Inn (which I saw plenty of). One of my favorite examples of the differences in our cultures is in London when we went to the ...