Quick intro to Rome. Airport departure, bus into Rome from the airport, quick summary of 2,000 years of Roman history.
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Arrive
at the Hotel Tiziano, lunch at Teatro di Pompeo, Piazza Navona, with its picture-postcard perfect St. Agnese Church by Borromini, and Fountain of Four Rivers. travel video
Arrival,
Campo dei Fiori outdoor veggie market; walk in the little lanes to Piazza Navona, Colosseum, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva; dinner at La Rampa; comments. travel video
Rome: Piazza Navona, Fountain of Four Rivers, Pantheon, SM Minerva, St Ignazio, Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Spagna, Giolitti, SM Madalena. travel video
Rome: Campo dei Fiori at dawn, breakfast at Tiziano, Vatican Museum, St Peter’s Basilica, S Andrea della Valle, lunch at Ditirambo. travel video
Rome: street markets, Ghetto, Teatro Marcello, Roman Forum, Colosseum, Trajans Market, Chiesa Nuova, Ponte St Angelo, V.d. Coronari, evening walk in lanes. travel video
St. Ignazio, with its illusionistic ceiling mural painted during the 17th century; Trevi Fountain, St. Andrea delle Fratte, with two angels by Bernini. travel video
Trastevere: a stroll across the Tiber in the early evening brings you to one of Rome’s favorite spots--quiet cobbled lanes lined with restaurants, Piazza Santa Maria. travel video
Campo dei Fiori outdoor produce market; Vatican Museum, with thousands of artistic treasures, Sistine Chapel; St. Peter's Basilica. travel video
Colosseum: home of the gladiators and largest building constructed by those ancient masters -- a model for our modern sports arenas. Operational for 300 years. travel video
il Gesu; Ghetto, Portico of Octavia; Capitoline Hill, travel video, statue of Marcus Aurelius, Capitoline Museum; Roman Forum; Colosseum.
Via Giulia, Ponte St. Angelo, Via dei Coronari: a delightful series of narrow pedestrian lanes for wandering through, another charming slice of Roman life. travel video
Piazza Navona, Ponte St. Angelo, Pantheon, Piazza di Pireta, Via del Corso, Via della Croce, Piazza di Spagna, Trevi Fountain, Via Giubanari, Campo dei Fiori.
Santa Maria Maggiore, Via Nazionale, Piazza della Republica, S.M. Degli Angeli, S.M. della Vittoria, Bernini’s Theresa, San Carlo ai Quatro Fontane, San Crispino gelatto, Spagna.
St Peters 1: tour inside the basilica: a noble space with 500 statues, 45 altars, crypts, Michelangelo’s dome, Pieta, Bernini’s Baladacchino, angels galore. travel video
St Peters 2: continuing our tour of the basilica and piazza. St. Peters is the most spectacular room ever built! You could easily spend an hour discovering the details.
Outdoor lunch, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Trevi Fountain, Campo dei Fiori, Ponte St Angelo, Via dei Coronari, Piazza Navona. Rome, Europe's most historic city. travel video
Pantheon: detailed look. This perfect structure is still standing with its great dome intact after one thousand nine hundred years - largest dome in the world until this century.
Hotel Tiziano tour with owner, Giuseppe Molinari. This family-operated four-star hotel is in the historic center just a few blocks from the Pantheon and Campo dei Fiori. Our favorite.
Summary: Pantheon, St. Ivo, Trevi, St Peter's, Campo dei Fiori, walk with local guide Judy to Portico Octavia, Capitoline, Forum, Colosseum; Hadrian's Villa and Tivoli. travel video
Piazza di Spagna, Via Condoti, Via del Corso, Giolitti for some of the best gelato; walking small lanes at night is totally safge and wonderful - shops open, restaurants busy. travel video
Rome: tour with Oriana Geraci: Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Forum, Colosseum, Trastevere, Campo dei Fiori, Ponte St. Angelo, Corso. travel video
Rome travel video: Pantheon, Giolittis, Trevi, Ala Rampa, night walk, breakfast at Tiziano, Piazza Farnese, St Andrea della Valle, Teatro Marcello, Forum, metro
night and morning Piazza delle Coppelle, night lanes, Piazza Navona, Chiesa Nuova, Ponte Sant’ Angelo, SM della Pace, v.d. Corso, Piazza di Spagna, v.d. Giubbonari.
Trastevere, Villa Farnesina, pizzeria, Piazza Trilussa, Piazza SM d Trastevere, rock ‘n roll, church parade, jazz in Campo dei Fiori at night. Rome travel movie
Campo dei Fiori, detailed visit. This veggie market in the heart of town is always wonderful to see, as we show here with yet another look at this favorite Roman site.
Churches: Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Theresa in SM d Vittoria, Baths of Diocletina in SM degli Angeli, with wedding, departure by train. Part of our extensive Italy travel video collection.
Piazzas: upon arrival head right to Campo dei Fiori; pasta lunch, walk with local guide Judy Reeves to Piazza Navona, into San Luigi dei Francesci,il Gesu, SM Minerva and more Rome travel.
Rome breakfast at Hotel Tiziano; Capitoline Museum, metro to Diocletian Baths, S Andrea della Valle, Chiesa Nuova, Ponte St Angelo, Vatican Museum; St. Peter’s.
Rome highlights we talk about the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, Roman Forum, Camp dei Fiori, and more in this travel video summary of our visit.
Departure by train: taxi from Hotel Tiziano to the Termini train station - train to Florence, rolling through lovely farmland scenery along the way. travel video