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 Rome is known as the "Eternal City". It has an uninterrupted history having been a metropolis of power for over two millennia. It is an excellent holiday destination so
revel in its pleasures.
This delightful, vibrant capital has unique appeal as the city is an enormous indoor and outdoor museum. In every quarter there
are ancient monuments, timeless architecture and art treasures in ruins, galleries and churches. Rome is home to the tiniest city, the Vatican. So it has religion at its
heart and history as its soul. It is a city that inspires the holiday goer again and again.
The Vatican City is of course home to the Pope, the world's greatest museum, biggest church and the most amazing work of art ever created, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
The Pantheon is the best preserved ancient temple ever, a sheer architectural delight. The Roman Forum was once a bustling heart of ancient commercial, political and judicial power. Moreover, the Galleria Borghese is a stunning palace. Its Papal nephew filled it with Graeco-Roman, Renaissance and Baroque works of art by the greatest masters including Bernini, Caravaggio and Titian.
The Roman Forum lies at the heart of this great holiday favourite. It lay as the centre of the once-bustling commercial, political and judicial power. There is no an evocative emptiness there, punctuated by great arches, single columns and carved rubble.
The Colosseum impressively lies in central Rome. The backbreaking work to build the greatest of amphitheatres was undertaken by Jewish slaves, brought to Rome after the suppression of their revolt in Judaea. The structure has been the archetype for the world's sports stadiums since.
Nero's Golden House epitomises the mad emperor's self-indulgence. It is the biggest, most sumptuous palace Rome ever saw, yet it was for mere amusement. The Forum of Julius Caesar for the first of Rome's Imperial Forums. Caesar's line, the Julians, traced their ancestry back to Venus herself, so he erected the Temple of Venus Genetrix (46BC) and placed three statues of himself and Cleopatra, his great love.
When to Go
The main holiday season begins at Easter till October, with the peak periods being in spring and autumn, the time tourist busloads pour in. There are countless outdoor festivals and outdoor concerts. The Romans themselves desert this grand city for the mountains and beaches
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