When you arrive at Aeroporto di Fiumicino or the Roma Termini get ready to merge onto the freeway of Italian culture at 75 mph. Be prepared, look to your left, look to you right and look over your shoulder. If you are looking for relaxation, go to Maui. If you want a 'smoke free' environment, go to San Francisco. If you are looking for Sofia Loren, you may see her here! You will not be ready for Rome because no guidebook, photograph or description will prepare you for her elegance, energy and grandeur. They say that the first time you visit Rome go to see the sights, the second time you go to live like an Italian.

There isn't city in Europe more passionate, friendly or eternal. Rome wasn't built in a day and cannot be seen in a day. As the mother of Western Civilization, Rome is packed with two millennia of art, architecture and culture. Where else can you find the automation of the telephone in a monument which was built 500 years before Christ? Allow plenty of time to see the top sights but don't forget, "Quando a Roma fare come Roma", "when in Rome do as Rome does". Sip a Campari and Soda in a cafe on the Piazza Navona, have a late dinner in the Trastevere or stroll through the streets around the Pantheon while enjoying gelato from Giolitti. You will never experience Rome all in one visit so relax, throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain and begin planning your next trip.

 

 

 

 

xxxxxx SINCE MAY 2000