... to the Trevi Fountain
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 01:47 AM
From the river Tiber we continued our meandering tour through the city, taking in the sites - Castel Sant'Angelo, Campo de' Fiori, Piazza Farnese, Palazzo Spada and the Trevi Fountain.
The Roman Forum
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 12:52 AM
Day two was reserved for the ancient city. We took a taxi to the Piazza Venezia (overshadowed by the immense Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II), and made our way to the Roman Forum via Piazza del Campidoglio.
The Palatino and Colosseum
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 01:47 AM
The Palatino rises above the Forum to the south. More remarkable 2000 year-old survivors and a bit of peace and quiet.
San Clemente and San Giovanni in Laterano
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 01:50 AM
San Clemente, a quarter of a mile from the Colosseum, is an incredible opportunity to walk through history ... working your way down from the 12th-century church through a 5th-century church to a 2nd-century Mithraic temple.
Rome by night
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 01:49 AM
On our second evening we headed back to the Campo de' Fiori for a meal and retraced our steps back to the Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps and the Piazza del Popolo.
The Vatican Museums
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 12:51 AM
Day three was for Vatican City. The queue for the Vatican Museums must have been a mile long - no exageration! Amazingly, it took less than an hour to get to the entrance.
St Peter's Basilica
Posted by Richard on Tuesday 24th July 2007 at 01:51 AM
Last stop on our whistle-stop tour was St. Peter's Basilica and the Piazza.
