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Season 2010
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Current News
Rome Film Festival
As Rome’s foremost cinema event, the Independent Film Festival showcases more than 40 artists from some 25 countries. Screenings are in theaters at Cinema Pasquino, Cinema Roma and the Ripa Hotel.
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Recent Events
Eurochocolate
During Eurochocolate week everything revolves around the seductive sweet stuff with some 500 participating stands, a Chocobookshop, a Chocofarm and a chocolate-flavored film competition. For added flair, the famed Trinita dei Monti staircase gets plastered with 3,000 pure chocolate eggs.
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Some history
Rome driving guide tour
The Capitoline Hill or Campidoglio is the smallest
of Rome's seven hills, but it was the religious and political
center of the city since its foundation more than 2500 years ago.
Several important temples were built at the Capitoline Hill by
the Romans: the Temple of Juno Moneta, the Temple of Virtus and
the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maxims Capitolinus, the most important
temple in ancient Rome. The latter was built in 509 BC and was almost
as large as the Parthenon in Athens. Also on the hill was the Tabularium,
built in 79 BC and used as the empire's main archive. The hill, and the
temple of Jupiter in particular were the symbols of Rome as Caput Mundi,
capital of the world. During the middle ages, the site became the center
of civic government and several palaces were built on the hill. But when
Charles V planned a visit to Rome in 1536, the muddy Capitoline Hill was
is such a bad shape that Pope Paul III Farnese asked Michelangelo to design
a new square, the Piazza del Campidoglio, including a redesign of the
existing buildings surrounding the square. Michelangelo came up with an
original design for the square, including an intriguing ground pattern. He
redesigned the Palazzo Senatorio, seat of the Roman senate. Michelangelo also
made designs of a new façade for the Palazzo dei Conservatori and designed a
new building, the Palazzo Nuovo, to be built just opposite the Palazzo dei
Conservatori. Also in the plans were a monumental staircase, the Cordonata,
leading from the bottom of the hill to the new square. Construction of the
Piazza di Campidoglio started in 1546 but only the staircase at the entrance
of the Palazzo Senatorio was completed when Michelangelo died in 1564. The
project was only finished in the 17th century, but most of Michelangelo's
designs were implemented. The Trevi fountain is at the ending part of the
Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct constructed in 19 BC. It brings water all the way
from the Salone Springs (approx 20km from Rome) and supplies the fountains
in the historic center of Rome with water. In 1732, Pope Clement XII
commissioned Nicola Salvi to create a large fountain at the Trevi Square.
A previous undertaking to build the fountain after a design by Bernini was
halted a century earlier after the death of Pope Urban VIII. Salvi based his
theatrical masterpiece on this design. Construction of the monumental baroque
fountain was finally completed in 1762. The central figure of the fountain,
in front of a large niche, is Neptune, god of the sea. He is riding a chariot
in the shape of a shell, pulled by two sea horses. Each sea horse is guided by
a Triton. One of the horses is calm and obedient, the other one restive. They
symbolize the fluctuating moods of the sea. On the left hand side of Neptune
is a statue representing Abundance, the statue on the right represents Salubrity.
Above the sculptures are bas-reliefs, one of them shows Agrippa, the girl after
whom the aqueduct was named. The Piazza di Spagna or Spanish Square is connected
to a French church (Trinità dei Monti) on top of the hill via a long staircase,
known as the Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti or Spanish Steps. The idea of
connecting the church with the square below originates from the 17th century,
when the French also planned a statue of King Louis XIV of France at the top of
the staircase. Papal opposition caused the plans to be shelved until 1723, when
the monumental staircase was built without the statue. Pope Innocent XIII appointed
the Italian architect Francisco de Sanctis. He presented a design that satisfied both
the French and the papacy. The elegant staircase consists of 137 steps over twelve
different flights. It has an irregular albeit symmetric structure. It is especially
beautiful in May, when it is decorated with azaleas. The steps are usually very crowded;
it attracts tourists as well as locals who use it as a gathering place At the bottom of
the Spanish Steps is the Piazza di Spagna or Spanish square. The long, triangular square
is named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See. In the 17th century, the area around
the embassy was even considered Spanish territory. At the foot of the Spanish Steps is the
Fontana della Barcaccia, a sober fountain commissioned by Pope Urban VIII and designed by
Pietro Bernini. The design, a small boat, was inspired by the flooding of the Tevere in 1598,
when a small boat stranded here after the water subsided. On the north side the square is
dominated by the Porta del Popolo, which leads to the Via Flaminia. Since the Via Flaminia was
built in AD 220 to connect Rome with the Adriatic coast, many travellers entered the Rome via the
square. In 1562 Pope Pius IV Medici commissioned architect Nanni di Baccio Bigio to construct a
large gate, the Porta Flaminia, to impress the pelgrims who entered the city via the Via Flaminia.
In 1655, on the occasion of Queen Christina of Sweden's arrival in Rome, the inside of the gate
was decorated by Bernini on Pope Alexander VII Chigi's request. The gate was later renamed Porta
del Popolo. In 1589, Pope Sixtus V had an Egyptian obelisk moved from the Circus Maximus to the
center of the square. The 23,2m/73ft high obelisk was originally built in 1300 BC and was taken
from the Sun Temple in Heliopolis in 10 BC by the Roman Emperor Augustus. The obelisk was erected
at the Circus Maximus to commemorate the conquest of Egypt. In 1815 to 1816 Giuseppe Valadier
redesigned the square by adding the walls around the square, giving the square its current oval
shape. He also added the central fountain and the four Egyptian lions around the obelisk. The Villa
Borghese is the largest public park in Rome. It features a lake, temples, fountains, statues and
several museums. The park is located north of the Spanish Steps. Main entrances are at the Piazza
del Popolo and the Porta Pinciana at the end of the Via Veneto. The Borghese park is a pleasant
refuge from the hectic streets in Rome. The area started as a vineyard in the 16th century. In 1605
cardinal Scipione Borghese, a nephew of pope Paul V, turned the vineyard into a park.The landscaper
Domenico Savino da Montepulciano designed a very formal park with geometric shapes, the first such
park in Rome. A villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio after a sketch from the cardinal
himself. The park was later laid out in a more natural way. At the end of the 18th century an
artificial lake was created in the middle of the park. On the island in the lake, an small Ionic
temple was built. It is dedicated to Aesculapius, the God of healing. In 1903 the city of Rome
obtained the Villa Borghese from the Borghese family and the park was opened to the public. The
80 hectare/148 acres large park now featured wide shady lanes, several temples, beautiful fountains
and many statues. The Museo e Galleria Borghese is housed in the Villa Borghese. One part of the museum,
the Museo Borghese, has a collection of sculptures with some important works by Canova and Bernini,
including the latter's abduction of Proserpina by Pluto. The Galleria Borghese comprises a collection
of paintings from several masters including Titian, Rubens and Raphael.
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Rome tour
Driving guide tour
basic tour of rome 4hrs : Usually we meet our clients at their address or hotel,and we try together them to figure it out what they really want to see.Every private tour is a different situation,sometime they already have been to Rome,or maybe they had other private tour of Rome,so we try to give them what they need to visit. Rome is an amazing city,and for sure you can't see deeply all the beauties that it offers in few hours,but with our private tour is possible enjoy the highlights of Rome and know the most important information that a professional driver guide is going to tell you.
Rates
rate for a private tour 4 hrs:
180.00 € party up to 4 people
240.00 € party up to 7 people
rate for a private tour 8 hrs:
320.00 € party up to 4 people
400.00 € party up to 7 people
Rome by night
rate for a private tour Rome by night:
110.00 € party up to 4 people (2 hrs)
140.00 € party up to 7 people (2 hrs)
Sights
Colosseum,Roman forum,Capital hill,Palatine hill,Pantheon,Circus Maximus,Trevi fontain,Navona square,St Peter in Vatican,Aventino hill St Peter in chains(Michelangelo's Mose),Trajan market,Gianicolo hill and many other sites not very known by the usual touristic routes. Hire a private tour with us,and you will be sure to keep on your mind an unforgettable memory of Rome,the eternal city.
book this shore excursion
Rome shore excursion
Rome shore excursion from Civitavecchia dock,the itineraries are the same of a classic Rome tour 9 hours full day
Rate for party up to 2 people:€ 390.00
Rate for party up to 4 people:€ 470.00
Rate for party up to 7 people:€ 550.00
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