Holidays in Rome

Rome recently beat out Venice for the chance to be Italy’s candidate city for the 2020 Olympics. On Wednesday, the announcement was released by the Italian Olympic Committee. The decision did not come as a complete surprise since Venice was viewed as having very little chance of actually winning the vote. The CONI will assign [...]

An exhibition, spotlighting  the rising and decline of Villa Adriana, the 2nd-century palace constructed by the Emperor Hadrian, has started in the rests of the building complex east of Rome.Tons of artifacts earlier from the villa and now disjointed in collections around the world, have brought back to the site for the event at Tivoli, [...]

The Caravaggio exhibition getting the Renaissance master’s top works to Rome will extend its weekend opening hours as demand rises. The exhibition, which features Michelangelo Merisi’s, alias Caravaggio, 24 attested masterpieces, has been collecting record bunches since it opened up last month and is awaited to attract even more, as  organiser Emmanuele Francesco Maria Emanuele [...]

‘Easy Rome’ is the name of a fresh travel guide written in five languages that will be diffused free of charge to travelers and holidaymakers at tourism information points and hotels. The aim of this guide is to help tourists with useful advice avoiding scams and unwelcome situations during their Holidays in Rome. [...]

The Six Nations was founded in 1883 and is the premier international Rugby football tournament. Each year, teams from England, Scotland, France, Wales and Italy play against each other to secure this title. The country’s team who wins the most games in the season wins the title and is crowned the best European Rugby team [...]

The following is a weekly updated list of some of Rome’s art exhibitions taking place in the next days: -Musei Capitolini: The Age of Conquest: The Lure of Greek Art in Rome; masterpieces looted from Greece between the third and first centuries BC; until September 5. -Palazzo Venezia: Renaissance Sculpture. Donatello, Bregno and Michelangelo in 15th century [...]

After the first appearance in the heart of Rome,the Tourist Angels are landed at the Leonardo da Vinci airport. The boys riding chariot-shaped Segways with the colors and emblem of the City of Rome, provide in six languages (Italian, English, Spanish, German, Chinese and Japanese) information on cabs rates or on places of interest [...]

A couple of American tourists have returned a stone from the Colosseum they swiped 25 years ago as a souvenir. The little piece of travertine, small enough to fit into a pocket, arrived in Rome in a courier package from Greensboro, North Carolina. We should have done much earlier, but we apologize and return what we [...]

Rome, Italy has long been considered one of the most beautiful and romantic destinations. Traveling to Rome, Italy can bring about many feelings of anticipation. From the historical sights to the scrumptious Italian eateries, a dream holiday to Rome can be filled with wonderful things to see and do. Finding charming  Rome hotel is not [...]

When visiting Rome for the first time, guests may be overwhelmed by the various ancient structures of the Roman Forum and Colosseum, or the by the winding halls and staircases of the Vatican Museum. This is not to worry though, because the people at Angel Tours Rome provide excellent guided tours throughout these areas at [...]