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Rome's Cathedral

Advantages: Beautiful church, important historically.
Disadvantages: You have to pay to get into the cloisters and you can't see the 10 year old italian children struggling up the holy steps on their knees!

San Giovanni isn't necessarily top of the tourist trail in Rome. This is probably because of it's location. It isn't as central as most of the other attractions and is certainly the reason I didn't venture out to San Giovanni until my fourth or fifth visi ...

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Review of S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome

Heart of a Neighbourhood

Advantages: Mosaics, district
Disadvantages: a bit further out of the centre.

Santa Maria in Trastevere is one of the oldest churches in Rome, which is, in itself, quite an impressive credential, in a city where churches spring up with almost alarming regularity. So what makes it different? Well, most of the Roman, indeed, Ital ...

womble 08.03.2001 · Read full review
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Review of S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome

S. Maria Maggiore - Huge!

Advantages: Beautiful!
Disadvantages: Crowds

A beautiful Church which is huge and full of visitors. Not my favourite sight in Rome but still quite stunning. When I visited there were many people entering and watching services. It is quite large and impersonal, but still quite a beautiful place. ...

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Review of S. Maria Maggiore, Rome

Venturing outside the walls

Advantages: interesting more modern-styled church, less tourists so it feels a little more 'discovered'
Disadvantages: not in the central area of Rome, a bit underwhelming after St Peters and San Giovanni

St Paolo fuori le Mura, means literally, St Pauls outside the walls, the walls in question being the city walls of Rome. That might imply it is a bit out of the way, and to be honest, it probably doesn't feature on the standard 'doing Rome in a long weeke ...

womble 28.08.2001 · Read full review
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Review of S. Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome

Shopping in Rome

Advantages: Godd variety, Excellent leather and fashion goods
Disadvantages: Can be expensive

Rome, the eternal city is famed for the magnificence of its monuments and fountains, its historical and cultural traditions, and the wealth of its architectural history. Visitors descending on the Italian capital also discover to their delight that Rome i ...

ashford 07.10.2000 · Read full review
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Review of Shopping Centres - General, Rome