In a city so filled with icons of antiquity and the Christian faith, it’s hard to know where to go first. Of course, your own interests…
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More than 572 kilometers separate two of Italy’s most stunning places to visit: Milan and Rome. By car, that would take about six hours and 20…
Rome’s earliest known inhabitants lived on this hill above the Tiber many centuries before Roman rulers and aristocrats built their grand palaces here. Those palaces, temples,…
With all its historic and artistic attractions, most tourists don’t go to Rome for the beaches. But after a few days of sightseeing in the city’s…
From the collections of ancient sarcophagi and statuary housed in portions of an ancient Roman bath complex to wall frescoes in their original sites that span…
Today’s tourists have the ancient and modern Romans to thank for the many attractions around Rome. The nobility of ancient Rome fled the city in the…
Traveling with children is a balancing act that is both challenging and extraordinarily rewarding. On one hand, it’s a challenge to hold little people’s attention and…
The churches were, for many centuries, the goal of the majority of Rome’s visitors. The faithful from all over Europe made the long and arduous journey…
In the Sabine Hills, about 33 kilometers east of central Rome, Tivoli makes a perfect day trip from the city, especially in the summer, when its…
Pantheon in RomeThe survival of Rome’s most complete ancient structure for two millennia is largely due to its architecture. The Pantheon is so well designed–and so…