Advantages: A lifetime of sights to see, excellent transport, amazing ice cream Disadvantages: Very busy
I visited here with two student friends in 2003, on a mission to soak up a lot of culture, have a great time and not spend much money, and we did pretty well on all counts. After sitting through years of torturous Latin lessons at school, I had high hopes for the city. We managed to find possibly the strangest hotel in Rome to stay in, the Hotel Giarda, near Stazione Termini, where they monitored our every movements through strategically placed security cameras, and the chamber maids had a good daily rifle through our luggage, but other than that it was well situated for exploring.
Here are my top Roma sights (in no particular order):
Vatican City: Even though this is slap bang in the middle of Rome, the Vatican is technically an independent state, with the Pope as sovereign, its own post office and legal system, and definitely ...
VC81 30.09.2005
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Rome (Italy)
Advantages: It's fun to write Disadvantages: I can't always think of things to write about
I read Koshkha's take on this challenge a couple of months ago and thought I'd have a crack for my 50th review. However I can't wait that long so decided to do it now to celebrate turning Red.
Let us begin with an introduction:
My name is Ian, and I'm a ciao-aholic.
1. When and why did you join Ciao?
4th August 2003, and yes that is a long time ago. Like many people I joined for the surveys with no clue about the consumer side of the site. In the early days the surveys were quite prolific and I was doing four or five a month but they soon dried up. I think I realised what Ciao was really about when I was researching buying a PDA and found various review sites, one being Ciao. After I'd bought that PDA I thought it would help others if I too wrote a review about it. This was a truly philanthropic gesture as I had no idea ...
brereton66 30.01.2007
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So, you've either joined, or are thinking of joining ciao. For anyone who's new, welcome.
Before I start with the review I apologise for the things that won't be covered. Ciao is such a large site it would be impossible to cover every aspect in detail, but I hope the information I do include will be somewhat helpful to you.One of the items I won't be including in this review is the premim
fund, because how it works is totally beyond me, but heres a link for anyone searching for more info on it http://www.ciao.co.uk/faq.php/Id/2/Idx/5#answer8
it still doesn't explain much, but it's probably better than nothing.
For anyone who's just stumbled across ciao and this review, Ciao is essentially a consumer site, where the members write down their own opinions on products or services they have used. It's a place to come and get an opinion ...
Thehonesttruth 27.11.2004 (01.12.2004)
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