Tag Archives: Ancient City Of Rome

Walking Between The Trevi Fountain And Piazza Navona via The Pantheon

The main purpose of this blog post is the video clip at the bottom of this article. The main write-up is on the main web-site, the web page Trevi Fountain To Self Guided Walk Piazza Navona via The Pantheon gives directions, describes milestones and what you will see on the way. Both text and video are [...]

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Piazza Navona – What To Expect

Piazza Navone is one of the most famous of Rome’s many squares. The large  and lively square features no less than three  fountains and the baroque church  of Sant’Agnese in Agone. The central and largest fountain is the Fountain of the four rivers commissioned to Borromini, but it was ultimately handed to his rival Bernini. The aim of [...]

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Walking Between The Trevi Fountain And Spanish Steps In Rome

This post is a supplemental blog to the page on the main web site that describes the logistics of walking between the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain a classic walk in Rome. The web page Spanish Steps To Trevi Fountain Self Guided Walk gives directions, describes milestones and what you will see on the way. [...]

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The Spanish Steps – What To Expect

The Spanish Steps are at the eastern end of the ancient city of Rome, next to Spagna Metro station. The steps themselves are 138 steps climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinita dei Monti, dominated by the Trinita dei Monti church at the top. There isn’t any [...]

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The Pantheon – What To Expect

The Pantheon is tucked way in the ancient city of Rome. One moment you are strolling along a narrow cobbled lane, the next the imposing building that is the Pantheon dominates your view. Its a very impressive building even without factoring its age (built between A.D 118 and 125 during Roman times long before the [...]

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Trevi Fountain – What To Expect

Ok, there’s not much point in droning on here in words when I’ve taken a video recording that says it all below. The practical stuff and some background is in the link page below the video clip. The Trevi Fountain is a bit like the Spanish Steps, its the kind of place that most cities [...]

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The Via Dei Condotti – Rome’s High Class Fashion Street

The Via Dei Condotti is Rome’s high class fashion street, if you’re into fashion labels you might well spend more time here than at the Spanish Steps at one end of the street, one of the classic tourist hangout in the centre of Rome. If you were an Italian B Celebrity this is maybe the [...]

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