When you
are in Rome, there are so many things you can see and visit. I have been to
Rome 7 times and each time I see new things. I actually think you can visit
Rome 20 times and still discover churches, museums and places you did not visit
before. But despite all the new things to discover, there are a few favorites I
visit each time, or plan to go to again.
Piazza Navona
The most
beautiful square in the whole wide world. I love the atmosphere here and every
day when I am in Rome, you can find me here during the evening. On one side of
the piazza you can see the artists selling their paintings and drawings, there
are some nice things to be found here. On the other side of the piazza you have
the ‘performing arts’, sometimes a dancegroup, a jazz-combo, an old man singing
along with a radio (very badly, but hey, he is having fun) and living statues.
In Roman
times it was a stadium, and you can still see this in the shape of the Piazza. The
fountains are designed by
In the
streets around the Piazza Navona you can find many great restaurants to have
dinner.
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Rome has
many beautiful churches, so many you cannot visit all of them even if you go to
a different one each day for a year.
The Santa
Maria sopra Minerva is a large and square church, with beautiful light inside.
The blue ceiling is particularly beautiful. The remains of Catherine of Siena
are buried here.
Trastevere
This part
of Rome is on the other side of the river Tevere, or the Tiber as it was
called. It is a lively neighborhood and there is plenty to see on the streets. The
Santa Maria in Trastevere is a beautiful church with mosaics from the 12th
century.
More impressions of Trastevere can be found HERE
More impressions of Trastevere can be found HERE
The English cemetery
Not really
English, but a cemetery for all the people who were not Catholic. Poets Shelley
and Keats are buried here for example. It is lovely to walk around this quiet
haven in a busy city and look at the gravestones and tombes.
Therme di Caracalla
This
bathhouse built by emperor Caracalle in 212 AD was not just a bathhouse, it
also had restaurants, a library and gardens. About 1600 people could be here at
the same time.
Today, it
is a ruins, but still very impressive. Well worth a visit!
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