Advantages: It's Bella Roma. Lots to do, great food, fantastic weather. Disadvantages: Tons of tourists, the loos everywhere and the money "problems"
, because the ?guided tours? come in the form of CDs, and you really need one to understand the displays.
<> The Trevi Fountain ? throw in a coin, make a wish and you?re bound to come back to Rome one day, whether to not you want to?. This is one area that seemed really spoilt by the other people there, and for once it wasn?t the flocks of tourists that I wanted to slap. Nope it was those friggin? street vendors wandering around selling those mouldable faces made from flour filled balloons. After an unfortunate incident in 1994 I never want to see one of those again but even my glariest glares couldn?t stop them shoving one under my nose every few moments.
<> The Vatican City ? a whole other country, with its own postal system and everything. Go here to send you post cards, and they?ll get there months before any sent from Rome. While you ...
zoe_page 13.02.2003 (26.03.2005)
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Advantages: Location, space, staff are friendly, air con Disadvantages: None
hop off the bus and walk a short distance to your hotel. I've stayed elsewhere in Rome and am in the habit of wearing unsuitable footwear and I can safely say that the Emmaus' location was a lifesaver! Also you can pop back to the hotel for a rest as we did on one occassion. Ordinary busses run from the end of the street facing the Vatican, these are frequent and less expensive.
As I've said it's very close to the Vatican, but other sights are accessable easily. For example you can walk to the river and cross the bridge to get access to tourist spots. It's probably a bit too far for most sights on this side of the river. However you can walk, with ease, to the Sistene Chapel and from there to the Spanish Steps, Piazza Cavour, Piazza Popolo and Hadrians mausoleum. Once you've walked to that part it's then minutes down to Trevi Fountain ...
Ottavia 29.08.2008 (26.08.2008)
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Advantages: A lifetime of sights to see, excellent transport, amazing ice cream Disadvantages: Very busy
Virgin Mary worthy of Father Ted, to a huge range of serious religious books, and icons. I bought a St. Christopher pendent for just 20p.
After leaving the museum, we were in desparate need of ice cream. Aspying a small stall opposite the exit, packed with nuns, who are a good indicator of quality gelati, we headed over to discover the best ice-cream in Rome. We picked a £1.50 cone and the vendor kept piling on flavours of our choice, until we were wielding huge clubs of the stuff, and it was delicious.
Night time ice cream by the Trevi Fountain: Ice cream featured heavily in my holiday, and generally revolved around this beautiful square after dinner where there are several parlours to chose from. The tiny square is packed at night, but not just by tourists. The Italians eat, drink and sleep late, and everyone seems to congregate ...
VC81 30.09.2005
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