A frequent question we get from our guests is how to visit the football stadium in Rome when no sports or entertainment events are on. The Olympic Stadium is north of the city center, sitting at the base of the Monte Mario hill (Rome’s eighth hill!) and can be easily reached by a combination of […]
If you’re traveling to Rome with your children, you may be wondering whether the Eternal City is going to be a good fit for your little ones. We are aware that there are steps almost everywhere, and some cobblestoned-lined streets can be hard to walk on if you’re pushing a stroller, but Rome is indeed […]
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This year, at From Home to Rome we thought long and hard about meaningful ways to lift our past, present and future guests’ spirits. A way to show appreciation and to gently remind those who know of our work (and those who don’t!) that these uncertain times will come to an end, and that beauty […]
Our virtual orientation tour of central Rome has been a great success! Over the weekend, everyone at From Home to Rome has enjoyed immensely meeting online with dozens of readers and tourists who are currently stuck at home, social distancing but still dreaming of the Eternal City! We had fun, we got moved, we learned […]
by C. P.
Some of our former destinations for suggested daytrips are internationally known for sitting atop a tuff plateau – the delicate, eroding Civita di Bagnoregio, or Orvieto. However, there are many other similar towns with the same peculiar shape in the area north of Rome, close to the borders between the Lazio region and Tuscany, or […]
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Whether you’ve been preparing your trip to Rome for a while or you’re in the early stages of doing so, you will surely have read on multiple guides that you don’t need tickets for any of the churches in Rome: they’re free of charge. Said free entrance includes the main areas – the nave, the […]
Over the weekend of May 11 & 12, Rome residents as well as tourists and visitors will be able to visit hundreds of sites where access is usually limited – for free! The event, called “Open House Roma“, includes a stunning list of ancient libraries, foreign academies, art galleries and studios or private palaces and […]
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For those visiting Rome who think they have seen all there is to see in the Urbs Aeterna, may we suggest a different kind of activity? If you’re into art, and particularly that of the contemporary kind, you might be amenable to taking an open-air tour to enjoy the fascinating works by some of the […]
To most visitors, Rome’s Baths of Caracalla are but the very scenic setting to the Teatro dell’Opera’s summer season. Actually, these majestic thermae (called “Terme di Caracalla” in Italian) are one of Rome’s most fascinating attractions, and some that have inspired other important monuments, among them the Baths of Diocletian by the Termini train-bus hub […]
