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Rome Ciampino Reseguide

Rome

Flygplats Information

Rome CIAMPINO "G. B. Pastine" is located approximately 15 Km outside of Rome. There are coach services available with tickets costing €4 single. Journey time is approximately 40 minutes. There are also taxis from outside international arrivals costing on average €35 taking 40 minutes to get to the city.

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Attractions

Situated inside the Vatican City in Rome, the marble-floored St Peter's Basilica is amongst the largest churches (with the largest brick dome) ever constructed. It features the works of some of the greatest Renaissance artists, including Bernini and Giotto.

Restaurants

Understated decor in muted colours allows the inspired food to shine at Il Pagliaccio. This gourmet restaurant, near Piazza Navona in central Rome, brings Eastern influences to Italian food - and creates exciting flavours in the process. Try dishes such as sirloin steak with spicy broth, or venison with ceps, chestnuts and quince.

Shopping

This designer emporium, near the Spanish Steps, contains everything from fashion to flowers, all lavishly displayed. The TAD Concept Store has decor and lighting worthy of a nightclub. Fashion-savvy shoppers browse and pose against the glamorous backdrop.

Nightlife

Freni e Frizioni means 'brakes and clutches'. This former garage on the riverside in Trastevere has become a vibrant bar. The eclectic interior, with chandeliers and contemporary prints, attracts a young crowd, who tuck into mojitos and abundant aperitivo snacks.

Activities

Rome's Villa d'Este is one of the most beautiful gardens in Italy. Its spectacular hilltop position and extravagant Pathway of 100 Fountains make it a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance Mannerist style and a source of inspiration to many artists.

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Sightseeing

Rome wasn't built in a day - so imagine how much there is to see!! Feast your eyes on amazing Renaissance frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and then head to St Peter's, housing Michelangelo's Pieta. A hot tip - entrance to Vatican Museums is free on the last Sunday of each month!

The Colosseum

Built roughly 1920 years ago, the Colosseum is today still considered an architectural and engineering wonder - it remains standing proof of both the grandeur and the cruelty of the Roman world. This amphitheatre accommodated 50,000 spectators around a central elliptical arena and below the wooden arena floor lay a complex set of rooms and passageways for wild beasts and other provisions for staging the spectacles. The most popular games were chariot races, a staged hunt of wild animals, the execution of condemned criminals and the reproduction of mythological tales.

Trevi Fountain

This is without doubt the most famous fountain in Rome. The imaginative concept, theatrical composition and imposing beauty of the marble figures make it a true masterpiece, both of sculpture and of architecture. Pietro da Cortona and Bernini both had a part to play in this work of art. The fountain is highly symbolic with intellectual connotations and a tall Arch of Triumph (the palace of Neptune) dominates the scene from on high.

Roman Forum

The Roman Forum was not simply the core of an ancient city; for many it was the centre of the universe. From the birth of the empire under Augustus in 31 B.C., and for nearly five hundred years thereafter, Rome ruled most of what we call the civilized world. From Scotland to the Sahara, the Roman Empire was in control. Moreover, Rome was the handmaiden of our alphabet, a bellwether of urban organization and its legal institutions, and the creator of startling new horizons in architecture. The forum was the cornerstone for all empire decisions.

The Catacombs

Go deep underground into the catacombs to discover the burial place of Christians and pagans alike. The catacombs are subterranean systems of rock-cut hallways and niches, for those who could not afford a flashy tomb above the ground. Although few bodies remain in the catacombs, the sense of death is ever-present among the hollow maze-like tombs. Frescos can still be seen depicting religious scenes and statues mark the spot where some of our present-day saints were buried. Scholars are divided as to whether the catacombs also served as secret meeting-places in the period when Christianity was outlawed.