Trying to find the perfect guide book to take to Rome? Try this for a change– Susan Sanders leads you on an intriguing journey through Rome with the help of Dan Brown’s best-seller, Angels & Demons.
Some Italian Museums Are Indeed Open on Mondays
Guidebook listings might lead you to
believe that there’s nothing to do on a
Monday (lunedi)
in Italy. It’s true that many
museums–particularly the national museums
run by the state–close every Monday, but
privately run museums provide ample alternatives
for Italian art lovers.
What You Don’t Know About Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
To understand Rome is to recognize that it is a city swarming with secrets – more than three millennia of mysteries. And nowhere in Rome are there more secrets than in the Vatican. That’s a quote from the new, non-fiction book The Sistine Secrets, a work sure to change the way many look at the Sistine Chapel and the great …
The Price is Right at This Rome Hotel: Villa Laetitia
Designed by a member of the Fendi family, Villa Laetitia is a little out-of-the-way but offers an affordable and design-filled stay in the Eternal City.
Quick Tip: When to Visit the Vatican Museums
Don’t Go: The last Sunday of the month when admission is free. Truly everyone and their mother will be in line with you. Do Go: Wednesday morning when other visitors will be in St. Peter’s Square for the Pope’s weekly blessing. (He blesses the crowd from his apartment window at 11 a.m.)
How to See the Pope at Christmas and Throughout the Year
When and where you need to be to see the Pope at midnight mass at Christmas and throughout the year, and how to get tickets when necessary.
Stay Up All Night in Rome
Rome will be open all night starting at 8 p.m. Friday, September 8 and ending Saturday at 8 a.m. It is the Eternal City’s annual celebration Notte Bianca (White Night), featuring hundreds of events all over the city. Dozens of theaters, art galleries and museums, including the Villa Borghese, the Victor Emmanuel Monument, the Colosseum and the Villa Medici, will …
Mussolini’s Villa Opens to Public
After $6 million of renovations to restore decades of decay, Rome’s Villa Torlonia, the home of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his family from 1925 to 1943, has opened to the public. Visitors will be able to see the the hidden bunkers and anti-gas chamber Il Duce constructed. According to the AP, “While restoring the chamber, archeologists discovered it was …
Piazzas and Prosecco: Celebrating New Year’s Eve in Italy
New York’s Times Square isn’t the only square that knows how to throw a New Year’s Eve party. Italy’s city squares offer less flashy alternatives to the raucous New York crowds.