Via dei Crociferi is just another name of yet another narrow street in the city center of Rome… Until you look it up on a map to realize where this alley is. Crociferi 15, the newest addition to our portfolio, is just seconds – that’s right, seconds! – from the Trevi Fountain, in the kind […]
Well, actually, make that two! But first things first… If you have visited Rome in the past, you will undoubtedly remember walking through the streets of the center, passing by the Via del Corso and wondering why certain palazzos, looking very much like attractions, were off-limits to visitors. Case in point: Palazzo Sciarra Colonna, roughly […]
by C. P.
Throughout history, an overwhelming amount of masterpieces has been looted and taken away from Italy only to reappear in foreign countries. In ancient times, this used to happen as an aftermath of wars, and treaties and discussion is ongoing today whether these artworks should be given back to the nations they were taken from. More […]
With the easing of restrictions in the Lazio region (and other areas of Italy as well) the good news is that museums in Rome and its surroundings can finally re-open, after three months of closure. This post is not intended to give you advice on the most important museums in the city: guidebooks are filled […]
by C. P.
We had mentioned it here on this blog earlier last summer, here, that the Mausoleum of Augustus was about to reopen. There is finally an opening date announced: the long lost landmark is to be unveiled on March 1st. Previously, the announcement had mentioned a big event on April 21st, so as to have the […]
by C. P.
This past month of May, as soon as the lockdown ended all over Italy, we told you about the new scheme to allow museums to re-open safely to their visitors (both locals and foreign ones!). Because Rome is the home to museums belonging to the city itself, to the Italian government and even to private […]
Museums all over Italy have reopened to the public on May 18, more than two months after the start of the government-sanctioned lockdown from the last month of March: a much needed good news, and one that brings us closer, at least emotionally, to the end of the Coronavirus pandemic. Rome, of course, will be […]
In spite of being walking distance from Piazza Navona, Campo de’ Fiori or even the Jewish Ghetto (as well as being across the river from Piazza Trilussa in Trastevere), Galleria Spada is a museum that gets little to no love from international tourists. Can it be because of the police and soldiers guarding its entrance? […]
by C. P.
As with each new winter, the 6 Nations is back: the most important tournament in the world of rugby has kicked off over the weekend and sees Italy compete against Scotland, England, France Wales and Ireland. Ticket holders wanting to see their favorite team in Rome now have one more reason to get to the […]
