Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site
Main
Page This family-friendly site celebrates Italian culture for the enjoyment of children and
adults. Site-Overview
Rome's Coliseum from space courtesy of GoogleEarth Rome's monument to Vittorio Emanuele with the Campidoglio to the
right, from space, courtesy of GoogleEarth Castel Sant'Angelo from space, courtesy of GoogleEarth The Vatican's Church of Saint Peter from space courtesy of
GoogleEarth
Isola
Tiberina. Painting
by Ettore Roesler Franz from the late 19th century.
Isola Tiberina.
Painting by Ettore Roesler Franz from the late 19th century.
Some Aerial Views of Rome, for more aerial views of Italy, see my Photo
Tours of Italy page.
An aerial view of the Trevi Fountain in Rome. An aerial view of Piazza Navona in Rome.
Visit my Coloring Pages for
images of Rome for children to color Visit my Venice Art - Canaletto
Page Visit my Florentine Costumes and Paper Dolls Page
Rome is called the
Eternal City. It is the the center of government for modern day
Italy, and was the same for the ancient Roman empire. The citizens of Rome are proud of their heritage. Other
Italians make fun of the Roman pride, and tease that the city was better
run in ancient times than it is today. Certainly the water supply
was more abundant! To help you organize your visit to Rome, stop by
Angelina's Rome Sightseeing
Website. Lots of great information. And you can get her
FREE e-book guide for those who only have a weekend in the
Eternal City. Google offers a virtual tour of ancient Rome using a Gallery layer in
their Google Earth program. Here's a YouTube video explaining it
and offering a download (free) at the end. If you've never been to Rome, or want to relive your visit, click on
the logo below to go on a virtual tour of the city. Like all large cities, Rome's neighborhoods have slightly different
characteristics reflecting their history, so when in Rome, it's a good
idea to divide your wanderings between the various districts. A
detailed, clickable map of Rome can help in your planning. Click on the map image to go to a detailed,
clickable, enlargeable map of Rome online. But for a quick
overview of Rome's monuments, this listing
is excellent. To plan a tour of the Jewish history in Rome, which boasts one of the
oldest continuous Jewish settlements in Europe and the world, click here
to view a virtual tour. This online guide is one of the classic ones for planning your
wanderings:
Fodors. They offer information on cafes, bars, restaurants, accommodation,
shops and services. The Spanish Steps in Rome, leading to the Villa
Borghese and gardens This site offers opening times and prices of all the major monuments,
churches, and museums in Rome. Click here
or on the logo to visit the
site. They link to information on other Italian cities, too. Rome is also the home of the Pope, the head of the Catholic
church,
and home to the central administration of the Catholic church, both
housed in the Vatican City. The Vatican City is considered a separate state within Italy, thus
the famous Vatican postage stamps purchased for hundreds of thousands of
tourists' postcards sent home from there every year. Inside St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. Believe it or not, the Vatican has a website. It
is very informative, especially if you're planning to visit the Vatican
museums. Click on the logo to go to the site. If you're fascinated with ancient Rome, there are the ruins, of
course, and also many museum exhibits to explain what you are seeing and
what life in ancient Rome used to be like. There is also a site
that tells you what daily life in ancient Rome was like. A view of part of the Roman Forum ruins. I've a page comparing life
in ancient Rome to life today in Italy. It has many links to
sites that can offer a background to life in ancient Rome. Check out the very easy to use Hotel
Rome listing at the Rome4u.com site. It divides the city into
districts, which is very helpful. Oh-Rome.com offers lots of
apartments and hotels in Rome to rent. The site helps you narrow
your search by letting you select all sorts of features (filters) to
find the perfect place for your Roman holiday. The prices vary
from budget to five star. And they offer many languages for you to
choose from for their site interface.
The Leon Houses site gives a
nice explanation of what they offer and why: "Why a hotel room when you can spend your holidays surrounded by the
comfort and safety of a large, comfortable and finely furnished
Holiday Apartment in Rome? A holiday apartment for rent
in Rome is a chance to combine money savings with an incomparable
location in the city centre, between Roman restaurants and astonishing
artistic beauties." I assume the beauties the are talking about are not the Romans
themselves, but I could well be wrong!
Escapio.com
offers a wide selection of boutique hotels in Italy. You
can search the selection by price, popularity, region, city, and even by
hotel type (i.e. boutique, historic, gourmet, family, design, luxury,
romantic, spa, nature and many, many more) and features (i.e. internet,
city, sea, pool, spa and many more). There is even an option to
check for those hotels offering the best discounted prices. I link
here to their Lazio Hotels.
The Roman Homes site offers
personal service with luxury apartments, and villas with pools, that they personally manage.
They also have helpful maps and lots of images to help you
see just where you'll be staying in Rome if you rent via them.
They also offer an informative, free, online
guide to Rome.
This site is interesting for their
complete listing of hotels in Rome. They link to other
pages on Florence and Milan, and offer apartment listings
too. Click on the logo to visit the site. Site visitor, Rome Rents,
offers a selection of quality, centrally located apartments on short and
long term in the historic center of Rome. All the apartments are
in central Rome close to all the main sights. The apartments are
fully furnished and bed and bath linen provided, as well as all
kitchenware. One tourist couple have put together some wonderful web
pages describing their visit to Rome. Be sure to check
out their other pages on other Italian cities, too. For other stories about Rome, click here
or on the Anecdotage site logo to
see their collection. If you'd like to read more about Rome before your trip, or
checkout the printed guidebooks, you can use this Search tool to see
what's available from Amazon.com, what people say about the
books, and what they cost. Just enter 'Books' in the 'Search' field, and
'Rome Italy' (for
example, or you could put 'Vatican' or 'Rome Italy camping'...).
Then click on the 'Go' button to see the resulting list. Here are some selections I've made of books, DVDs, CDs
and a game.
Here are two 'literary guides' to Rome, combining descriptions of Rome
and sights to visit, with writings by famous authors, for the 'literary
tourist'.
Rome,
the Vatican, Virtual Tours, Prints and Paintings...
Introduction
Virtual Tours and Real Tours
The Vatican City
Ancient Rome
Hotels, Apts, Stories
Books About Rome
