While Rome is pushing forward with its long-awaited Metro Line C — a new subway line whose construction keeps turning up unexpected archaeological finds right under the city center — the monument we’re featuring here owes nothing to those excavations. It has always been there, within arm’s reach, but like so many Roman sites, quietly […]
by C. P.
As you surely know if you’ve been reading the news about Rome, as of July 1, the Pantheon is no longer free to visit: travelers will have to pay a 5 EUR ticket to enter the famous temple-turned-church. This new regulation essentially makes this old blog post obsolete: the website that could be used to […]
by C. P.
In a long-awaited move, Italy’s newly appointed Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, recently announced two major developments in the country’s cultural landscape. First, on July 16, a new Trenitalia train service will begin taking visitors directly from Rome to the excavations of Pompeii. The train will also be equipped with a video presenting the history […]
by C. P.
Have you ever searched for vacation rentals right in the center of the destination you wanted to visit, only to discover that the location was not exactly that advertised, or the description was, for lack of a better word, creative? As travelers, we know this all too well. Fortunately, when you book through From Home […]
