Sant Angelo Hotel Rome

... the time of A.D. 139. Then the name was changed after Pope Gregory 'saw the Archangel Michael' - then it was renamed Castel Sant'Angelo and got a new statue on top. It is really an interesting building. The bridge is decorated with beautiful Bernini ...

... of the worst traffic here so far (and that's saying a lot). Once leaving this area, we head towards the Castel Sant' Angelo. Naturally, accidentally circumnavigating the castle before discovering the entrance. Not that, that was a big deal cause the moat ...

... our city guide, who was female and could actually speak English this time! From there she took the bus past the Castel Sant'Angelo, Piazza Venezia, the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II, and that place where Julius Caesar was murdered and now hundreds of ...

... of the night and the huge meal we decide to cross the Tiber river and walk around the markets by Castel Sant'Angelo before bed. Last day in Rome we are dead...we get a reservation to see Galleria Borghese, stroll through Borghese Park, get an early ...

... got hit by a piece of mysterious stone... Tired we decided to go home, maybe quickly past one of the sights. We headed towards the Castel Sant'Angelo, stopped off in De Spar on the way (at 19:00), got lots of shopping because we didn't know where the next ...

... of the other tourist attractions on the map which included, eating more gelato, this time I had apricot, seeing the Patheon, Castle Sant' Angelo, Piazza Venezia, Piazza Novona, and a bunch of other sites that come up on our tourist map. Leith had told us ...

... assumed by Mary MacKillop. After finishing a little shopping it was nice to take some time to appreciate the nereby Castel Sant' Angelo which was a Julio-Claudian mausoleum from the second century and later used as a Medieval papal fortress (crowned by ...

... Hadrian did a lot of building, invading and fighting in Italy, around Europe and in England! He was a very significant character! Castel Sant Angelo was where we set our sights which was not far from St. Peters Basilica We had lunch in front of St. ...

... guide book had said to come after 12:30pm on busy days, so we opted to walk around the souvenir shops and over to Castel Sant'Angelo.  The museum itself is closed on Mondays, but the grounds, the angel sculptures, and the view of the Vatican from the ...

... tickets in advance from their site, Vatican,and go around 10:00 in the morning, so you won't wait in the line. Castel Sant' Angelo, near the Vatican and just across the Tiber river.  You'll have spactacular views from the Castel and you can drink ...

... this up since I am being called to dance (there is a piano player in the lobby), we continued our walk to the Castel Sant' Angelo and on to the Vatican.  We were completely amazed by the sculptures in the Basilica San Pietro.  The paintings and ...

... he was working it was friggin hilarious. Now day one we are off to the fountains and piazzas and to the Castel Sant' Angelo. Unreal how much history in Rome. The next day we hit up the Coliseum, my favorite of the trip so far. Next to it was ...

... sights we took in were the Spanish steps, and we also took a walk along the banks of the Tevere and saw Castel Sant' Angelo, the Pelazzo di Giustizia before heading into the Vatican City. Again, we thought it was amazing, especially inside St Peters ...

... sky in the background. It is a lucky thing then that there are strict limitations on building heights in Rome, capped at around 25 metres. - Castel Sant Angelo is best known as the papal fortress of old. Starting life as a mausoleum, it was rebuilt by ...

... the 19th century. The walk in this area took us by artisan workshops, framers, and bookshops, the ruins of the Chiesa di Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, a medieval fish market, a 19th century synagogue and the Jewish museum, reminding us what it might have once ...

... as a papal residence and finally as a barracks and military prison. It is currently a national museum.   The Castel Sant'Angelo was originally built by Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum. Construction started in 123 A.D. and was finished in ...

... the Tiber River at Pont Sant Angelo, a bridge lined on both sides with statues of angels.  Behind us is Castle Sant Angelo which served as a prison and part of the Vatican’s defensive wall.  This fortress was originally the mausoleum of ...

... The Castel Sant Angelo was a nice backdrop for these bridges.  Ate lunch at an outdoor cafe overlooking the bridges and Castel Sant Angelo.  I decided to cross the river and go inside Castel Sant Angelo for a cost of 8.5 euros.  The ...

... the Castel Sant' Angelo, originally Hadrian's Tomb, but converted later into a fortress, and across the Roman Ponte Sant' Angelo. We now enter medieval Rome by the narrow Via Coronari, Rome 's antique row. At the end we reach Piazza Navona. Although ...

... But so much fun. We went to Sant' Angelo around 11:30am. Our tour guide spoke softly and mumbled a bit, so I'm not entirely sure what Sant' Angelo was all about. I just know it was used as a tomb for some time. Then we went to St. Peter Church and the ...