Hotel Specials

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Bettoja Massimo D Azeglio

$196.00/night
Starts: Aug 5, 08
Ends: Sep 9, 08

Melia Roma Aurelia Antica Hotel

$90.00/night
Starts: Aug 5, 08
Ends: Sep 9, 08

Bettoja Hotel Mediterraneo

$204.00/night
Starts: Aug 5, 08
Ends: Sep 9, 08

Grand Hotel Olympic- Aurum Hotel

$149.00/night
Starts: Aug 5, 08
Ends: Sep 9, 08

Welcome to Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region, as well as the country's largest and most populous comune. The historical city centre is dominated by the traditional "Seven hills of Rome": the Capitoline, Palatine, Viminal, Quirinal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine hills. The Tiber flows south through Rome, with the city centre located where the midstream Tiber Island facilitated crossing. Large parts of the ancient city walls remain. The Servian Wall was built twelve years after Gauls' sack of the city in 390 BC; it contained most of the Esquiline and Caelian hills, as well as the whole of the other five. The city of Rome surrounds the Vatican city, the enclave of the Holy See, which is a separate sovereign state. It hosts Saint Peter's Square with the Saint Peter's Basilica. One of the symbols of Rome is the Colosseum, the largest amphitheatre ever built in the Roman Empire. Originally capable of seating 50,000 spectators, it was used for gladiatorial combat. It was built in the 70s and completed in 80. The great complex of the Imperial Forums consist of a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and half centuries, between 46 BC and 113.

The forums were the heart of the late Roman Republic and of the Roman Empire. The list of the very important monuments of ancient Rome includes the Roman Forum, the Domus Aurea, the Pantheon, the Trajan's Column, the Trajan's Market, the Catacombs of Rome, the Circus Maximus, the Baths of Caracalla, the Arch of Constantine, the Pyramid of Cestius, the Bocca della Verità. Moreover, the archeological site of Ostia preserves intact a whole ancient Roman town. The list of most important museums and galleries of Rome includes: the National Museum of Rome, the Museum of Roman Civilization, the Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum, the Capitoline Museums, the Borghese Gallery, the Museum of Castel Sant'Angelo, the National Gallery of Modern Art.

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