ITALY: ROME (V)

For five days we enjoyed the fantastic sightseeings of Rome and we walked for hours through the streets of this wonderful city. 

Our fifth day in Rome begun with a long visit to the Vatican Museum, the Sistine Chapel and Saint Peter's Basilica. In the afternoon we enjoyed the fantastic views from the Aventino. In the evening we could see some of the most beatiful monuments lit at night. We spent our last day in Rome in Campo di Fiori and, finally, we threw a coin into La Fontana di Trevi.

View of St. Peter's Dome from the Aventino

Day 5 - 23th september 2010Visits of the Day

• Vatican Museums (Sistine Chapel and Raphael Rooms) *
• Saint Peter's Basilica (Revisited :)) *
• La Bocca della Verita *
• Forum Boarium
• Aventino *
• Teatro di Marcello
• Fontane delle Tartarughe *
• Campidoglio (Revisited at night) *
• Colosseo (Revisited at night) *
• Mercato di Traiano (Revisited at night)
• Piazza Venezia (Revisited at night)

* Strongly recommended

Vatican Museums

St. Peter's dome from the Vatican Museum

The Transfiguration is considered the last painting by Raphael. It was left unfinished by Raphael, and is believed to have been completed by apupil of him shortly after Raphael's death in 1520

Courtyard in Vatican Museum

Sistine Chapel








Saint Peter's Basilica

Overview of the huge Saint Peter's Square in Rome

La Bocca della Verita

Santa Maria in Cosmedin with its romanic bell tower is one of the interesting churches in Rome

Forum Boarium








Aventino










Teatro di Marcello




Fontane delle Tartarughe

The turtles of the Fontana delle Tartarughe, located in Jewish quarter of Rome, were added by Bernini

Campidoglio

One of the most spectacular night views in Rome is Piazza del Campidoglio at night

Colosseo

The view of the Colosseo lit at night with the moon in the background is really unforgettable

We took actually some pictures of Colosseo at night because it's one of the most beautiful view we saw in Rome

This picture was taken by a nice and funny american tourist

Mercato di Traiano

Mercato di Traiano at night

Piazza Venezia

Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II at night at Piazza Venezia

DAY 6 - 21 SEPT 2010

Visits of the Day

• Campo di Fiori *
• Palazzo Farnese
• Il gesú
• Fontana di Trevi (Revisited :)) *

* Strongly recommended


Campo di Fiori

Lively environment of El Campo di Fiori, one of the most important markets in Rome

Sunflowers in Campo di Fiori

Palazzo Farnese

Fountain in front of the Palazzo Farnese

Palazzo Farnese, near Campo di Fiori

Il gesú

Overview of the church Il Gesú

Dome of Il Gesú

Fontana di Trevi

Of course we threw a coin into La Fontana di Trevi :)

So we will come back to Rome

Finally, clicking on the next link you will see the most beautiful places in Rome for me and you will find links to the pictures of the other days we stayed in Rome.

You can see more pictures of the days I spent in Rome last year clicking on the next links:

• Pictures of our first day in Rome
• Pictures of our second day in Rome
• Pictures of our third day in Rome
• Pictures of our fourth day in Rome
• Pictures of our fifth and sixth day in Rome

You can see more pictures of other fantastic places I have visited in Italy clicking on the next links:

- Venezia

- Tuscany

• Florence
• San Gimignano
• Siena
• Pisa
• Lucca

- Lombardia

• Milano
• Lago di Como and Bellagio
• Bergamo

Finally, other great cities I have already visited are:

• Barcelona
• Berlin
• New York and Washington
• London
• Dublin in Irleland
• Istanbul in Turkey
• Saint Petersburg
• Paris
• Florence in Tuscany
• Lisboa in Portugal
• Madrid
• Dubrovnik in Croatia

• The Greek Islands and Athens
• Bruges, Ghent and Brussels in Belgium

• Helsinki and Lapland in Finland

• Tallinn in Estonia

• Tortuguero, Caribe, Arenal, Monteverde and San José in Costa Rica

• Marrakech in Morocco