Rome rewards the prepared traveller. The Eternal City draws millions of visitors each year, and like any great global capital, it demands a measure of awareness. Pickpockets work the crowded metro and the queues outside the Colosseum. Selfie sticks and backpacks can become weapons in packed piazzas where space is at a premium. The sun […]
Categories: Cities, Italy, Rome, Sights, Travelling Tips
High in the Italian Alps, surrounded by some of Europe’s tallest peaks, lies a city that began as a Roman military camp. Aosta is often called the Rome of the Alps, and the comparison is justified. The Arch of Augustus still stands proudly at the edge of the old town. The Roman Theatre remains an […]
Categories: Cities, Italy, Mountains, Nature, Rome, Sights, Sights
Twenty minutes from the Colosseum lies a Roman city frozen in its final day. Ostia Antica was the harbour of ancient Rome, a bustling port where grain from Egypt and wine from Gaul entered the empire. Today you can walk its streets and step inside taverns, apartments, baths, and temples that still stand with their […]
The Spanish Steps cascade down the Pincian Hill in a waterfall of travertine and blooming azaleas, each landing filled with Romans and travellers alike sitting shoulder to shoulder in the late afternoon sun. At the foot, the Fontana della Barca sinks into the piazza, a boat half submerged in clear water, a reminder that the […]
Categories: Cities, Italy, Rome, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel, Wellness, Relax & Sports
Few churches in Rome hide their masterpiece quite so unassumingly. San Pietro in Vincoli sits on the Esquiline Hill, its simple brick facade giving no hint of the artistic treasure waiting inside. Visitors come for one thing: Michelangelo’s Moses, carved from a single block of Carrara marble. The prophet sits with horns on his head, […]
Categories: Cities, Italy, Religious Monuments, Rome, Sights, Sights, Virtual Travel
