Hotel Farnese

... , the Pilotta Palace (a warehouse for arms, food and the duke's employees) that today houses the Galleria Nazionale, the Farnese Theater, Parma's Archaeological Museum and the Institute of Art.  The Farnese period also saw completion of many of the ...

... walk through some of the buildings in Palatine. I also got to show Cory some of the fun little drinking fountains near the Farnese Gardens. You place your thumb over where the water comes out and the water shoots up through a small hole in the pipe ...

... filled with mosaic and fresco works and the most elaborate sculptures and fountains.  We would see one of these fountains - the Farnese bull - at the archeological museum in Naples, as the Baths were systematically robbed of all of it's treasures over ...

... of high bridges and the compulsory mountain walled cities and castles. We arrive in Rome about 5.30pm and our Hotel Cassa Valdese in Via Alessandro Farnese, in the Prati district, close to Vatican City. This one is more hotel but classed as a Christian ...

... ! After leaving Bagnaia and encountering a detour, followed by a couple of wrong turns, we made our way to Caprarola and the Palazzo Farnese. While the sun had disappeared by the time we made it here, the views were still spectacular. We got a tour of the ...

... amazing, Isy enjoyed it loads, as Rob knew quite a lot before we went, but still really liked it. It had some Farnese family treasures from Pompeii and Hercalaneum, and it had loads of amazing marble statues (some where the willy was cut off...) and ...

... noted above, some converted to public use like the American Embassy in Palazzo Margherita and the French Embassy in Palazzo Farnese.  The Barberini Palace is a masterwork of the Renaissance by Bernini and Borromini who were pitted against each other ...

... we were to meet a tour of the Palatine Hill at 15.00h. The Palatine has a lovely aspect, and the gardens of the Farnese family are quite nice. Most of the buildings from the Imperial age are in ruins - and the villas built by Renaissance families were ...

... at the right stop and found the museum okay. We bought our 10 euro tickets (each), and excitedly hurried off down the Farnese Gallery, which is filled with famous statues from Greek and Roman antiquity. In this collection is the Farnese Hercules and the ...

... to look at the Palazzo Farnese since the Via Giulia gives the best view of it.  We then continued through the Piazza Farnese into the Campo dei Fiori which was full of life, per usual.  We ate dinner at a great little restaurant, Ditirambo, ...

... ! The convent, Casa di Bragita, was about a 10 minute walk from the Vatican, which is what we wanted.  It was located on Plaza Farnese and if we had driven into town we would have had to find a place to park the car and drag our stuff to the convent; ...

... is a tourist attraction for its restaurants and bars. Here, we ate at a quiet but popular joint in the middle of Piazza Farnese called Ostaria de Giovanni ar Galletto where I had veal and potatos and Sofia had soup and penne with spicy tomato sauce. The ...

... parts of the trip. Here we saw the most famous mosaics, frescoes, and statuary of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as the Farnese statue and cameo collections. I finished up the first side of my camera's memory card--128 MB in all--and a few more on the ...

... in 49bc.  Goodness that is old.  After exploring the ruins, we climbed up the Palatino for a bit and looked at the Farnese Gardens, laid out back in the 16th century!  Then we made our way to the Colosseum.  On the way, we ran into a ...

... to get away with such an act.  The first stop of the day was Caprarola, where we visited Palazzo Farnese, a magnificent Renaissance palace with breathtaking rooms.  Every single room in the palace is painted with stunning murals of religious ...

... who weren't interested in the customers, but filled with the most amazing things you could every hope to see. I loved the Farnese Hercules. Favorite artwork or sculpture- This is hard. I will pick something from a museum but there is something to be ...