City Guide: Rome, Italy

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 3/11 by wtraveltogether.com — The Altare della Patria

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 4/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Sunset from our room

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 5/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Spanish Steps

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 6/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Vatican City

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 7/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Inside the Vatican City

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 8/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Piazza Venezia

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 9/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Trevi Fountain

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 10/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Colosseum

Photo of City Guide: Rome, Italy 11/11 by wtraveltogether.com — Porta Portese Market

Everything does not always go as it should and in the past it has generally been something on every trip, and this trip was no exception…

We got on the plane and arrived on time. We got out of the airport and jumped on a bus that took us into Rome. From the bus stop we took a taxi to our hotel for our stay in Rome, at least we thought so… We went inside and walked straight to the receptionist to check in, but he told us that the hotel was overbooked and that we should have been notified in advance. But we had obviously not heard anything about that at all!

They had arranged with another hotel in the same hotel chain in roughly the same area with the same standard, and they paid the taxi ride to the next hotel so we didn’t have much choice but to go to the other hotel, Hotel Pace Helvezia.

The first day (arrival day) we went to the Trevi Fountain and Pantheon. We also ate some Italian ice cream (Gelato) and real Italian pizza. We were in fact in Italy.

The next day we got up early and walked straight to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps with a hope that we could get some pictures without too many people on it.
We got our photos and then walked towards Vatican City...

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Trevi Fountain

Fun fact about the Trevi Fountain: Every night about 3,000 Euros are swept up from the bottom of the basin. The money is donated to Caritas, a catholic charity, who uses the money to provide services for needy families in Rome.

Pantheon

Spanish Steps

Vatican City

Castel Sant'Angelo

We wandered around a bit, looked and took pictures before we went back to the hotel.

Trastevere

Trastevere is a medieval area in Rome that is separated from the central city by the river Tiber. It have been said that Porta Portese Market is the mother load of Roman bazaars, with more than 1000 stalls. The market runs every Sunday, from soon after dawn until late lunchtime.

Colosseum

Fun Fact: The Colosseum in Italy only took 9 years to build using over 60,000 Jewish slaves. It is thought that over 500,000 people lost their lives and over a million wild animals were killed throughout the duration of the Colosseum hosted people vs. beast games.