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Tourists In Rome Back To 2007 Peaks. City Plans 2nd District To Target New Travelers
Financial meltdown, economic slump, subprime crisis? All of these words seem to belong to the past for the tourism industry in Rome. The number of tourists visiting Italy’s capital in August grew by 11,5%, Vicemayor Mauro Cutrufo said on October 6, citing figures from a study of the Ente Bilaterale del Turismo del Lazio – [...]
New Luxury Hotel Near Termini Station To Open Soon
Another luxury hotel will be inaugurated in the next few months. It is Palazzo Montemartini, the former headquarters of ATAC, the local transport company, conveniently located near the railway station, Termini. The mansion’s 18th century building has undergone a restyling, it has become a hotel that unites the classic elements of marble, stucco works and its antique facade with [...]
The Best View On Piazza Navona? Museo di Roma’s Brascafè
A lifted platform where you can savour Italian coffee, offering a unique view of one of Rome’s most beautiful squares (if not the best), Piazza Navona. This is Brascafè, the newly inaugurated bar of Museo di Roma. But after you have comfortably sipped your drink at your coffeetable, while admiring the square and the nice [...]
Rome And Milan Malpensa Airport Now Connected By A Direct Train!
Do you want to visit Rome but could only find a good airfare for Milan Malpensa (MXP)? You’ve now got a direct train from this airport to Italy’s capital that will get you here every day of the week in just 4 hours and 24 minutes! It leaves the Intercontinental hub of Milan at 12:21 pm [...]
Lang Lang To Enchant You Soon For Three Nights
After the memorable performance of U2, Rome will offer another world-class music event in October: three piano concerts by the incredibly young Chinese talent Lang Lang. Unfortunately, we didn’t write about the Irish band concert because tickets were sold out many weeks before the start of this blog but there is still plenty of room [...]
The Best Chestnuts And Ceps Of The Year? This Weekend, In Bellegra And In Tuscia
Although Autumn has shorter days, it boasts of great tasting products! Around Rome, this is the perfect season for two of our favorite delicacies: ceps and chestnuts. This weekend, October 16 and 17, in Bellegra, you can have a whole porcini mushroom-based meal for just 12€ at their Ceps Fair. The meal includes Bruschetta, tacchie (a local kind [...]
Futurspectives, Photography’s New Frontiers, On Show In Rome Festival
Can photography interpret the future, can it provide Futurspectives? This is the underlying question that the Photography Festival of Rome, on display until October 24, will try to address. Bumpy ride, Maps and Legends, Unpublished-Unknown are the three main sections of the Festival, complemented by the work of Tod Papageorge on the city of Rome, Giuliano Matteucci’s pictures of Africa, and a preview [...]
Help Haiti And Work Out On Sunday Oct. 17 At Rome’s Run For Food 2010
A five kilometre ‘fun run’ (or walk) or the ten-kilometer competitive race through the historic centre of Rome? The 5th Edition of the Run for Food race will start and end at the Stadium Terme di Caracalla, just outside FAO headquarters, in via delle Terme di Caracalla on Sunday October 17. Organized by the Athletic [...]
Where Can You Find The Best 21st Century Art? At MAXXI, In Rome
Cultural innovation, overlapping languages, artistic experimentation, MAXXI is this and much more in its ambitious attempt to become Italy’s best contemporary art museum. Characterised by centuries of primacy in the artistic and architectural sectors, Italy now seriously wants to promote its best current creative expressions, thus developing a sense of continuity, projecting it towards the future. [...]
More Than 70 Galleries & Collectors Selling Antiques At Rome’s International Biennale
Palazzo Venezia will host until October 10 the seventh edition of the International Antiques Biennale of Rome. Well known selected antique dealers and collectors of the national and international scene will display and sell their antiques in the newly renovated 15th century rooms of one of Rome’s most important buildings. This year’s event also boasts a growing number of participating foreign galleries, [...]
Comics, Animation And Games Are Invading Rome At Romics!
A four-day, non-stop Festival bursting at the seam with events, ROMICS is the international comics, animation and games fair that will take place at Fiera di Roma (Rome’s main Trade Centre) from September 30 to October 3. The 2009 edition was attended by more than 75.000 visitors in 4 days. Every year the most important [...]
Free Museums And Monuments On September 25-26
All state museums will be free this week end in Rome . Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 are the European Heritage Days, the yearly initiative which sees citizens in 50 countries celebrate Europe’s cultural heritage with new cultural assets on view and the opening up of historical buildings normally closed to the public. A list of museums and monuments in [...]
