The Vatican Museums are one of the most famous collection of art in the world. They display works from the immense collection amassed by Popes throughout the centuries. Who hasn’t heard of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo?
Continue readingFrom May 23rd Rome’s Circus Maximus joins Baths of Caracalla and the Domus Aurea in the project of a 4D virtual tour, offering visitors to actually see how the sites originally looked like.
Continue readingThe Pope is always very busy during Easter time, and there are many occasions to take part at the most moving and exciting events of the Catholic calendar.
Continue readingNew and more days of free admission at Italian museums and monuments!
Continue readingLocated in the Trevi district in Rome, the Trevi Fountain is one of the most beautiful and famous fountains in the city and in the world. The fountain, made for the most part of Travertino stone, was designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini, after the death of the first designer. It was inaugurated in 1762 by Pope Clement XIII.
No trip to Rome would be complete without a visit to the iconic Trevi Fountain. Learn some interesting facts about the fountain before going to admire it!
Great celebrations in Rome for the feast of the patron saints, with performances, shows, exibitions, fanfare, and fireworks in musical sync, called Girandola (pinwheel), originally created by Michelangelo and reworked by Bernini. This is a liturgical feast in Rome, and offices and shops are closed. Civic museums and Vatican Museums are closed for the solemnity. Statal Museums and Archeological sites (as the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Castel Sant’Angelo, Galleria Borghese) are regularly open. Continue reading
Michelangelo Buonarroti is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. He was a sculptor, a painter, an architect and a poet of the High Renaissance, and undoubtedly a great genius. His contemporaries admired him so much for his style and his temper, that they often called him “il Divino” (the divine one). Continue reading
From April to June there are many feast days in Italy, and particularly in Rome. During these days schools, offices, banks, shops, and some restaurants are closed. Some museums and archeological sites are closed too. If you are in Rome in this period, check in advance if the particular touristic site you want to visit is open!
During Easter period some of the greatest and most suggestive events take place in Saint Peter’s Square and Basilica, officiated by the Pope.
This year Easter is Sunday, April 1st, but Easter period begins with Lent, at the end of Carnival time, on Ash Wednesday (February 14th in 2018), and the first Catholic Mass with Pope Francis is on Palm Sunday, at the beginning of the Holy Week. Continue reading
Carnevale is one of Italy’s biggest winter festival, celebrated in every town from the end of January. All over Italy you can found masquerade balls, costume parties and parades along the streets and in the squares. Masks, sweets and having fun are the most important things during Carnival: it’s a chance to be happy and cheerful, to dress up in costumes, even if you are not a child anymore! Continue reading
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A 4-hour car and driving tour with certified guide to the discovery of art, history and religion of the smallest state in the world.
This excursion is designed to enjoy the highlights of Rome and its Monuments after the sun has set.
Explore thousands of years of Roman history as you pass the city’s ancient landmarks.
Our authorised private guide will lead you through these underground tunnels, rich in early Christian symbolism.
Full-day driving tour with walking guide on request in the natural and artistic beauty of the small medieval villages outside Rome.
Discover the Roman Villa Adriana and the Renaissance Villa D’Este, two splendid villas from two different ages.
Driving along the Sorrentina and Amalfi coasts, directed at SW of Mt. Vesuvius not far from the gulf of Naples
Guided Tour in the Roman town known throughout the world for its tragic destruction, spectacular view of the Gulf of Naples
A splendid excursion through the picturesque Tuscan countryside towards the beauties of Pisa and Florence.
The embodiment of a medieval city, built around the Piazza del Campo, Siena was devised as a work of art that blends into the surrounding landscape.
A full-day driving and waling tour in the medieval town, fortress and museums of San Gimignano.
Chianti, Montalcino, Montepulciano... Discover of the most famous wines produced in this wonderful region.
