Other Interesting Places to Tour in Rome

An Augustinian church that holds works by several famous artists, architects and sculptors including Raphael, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Caravaggio, Pinturicchio, Andrea Bregno, Guillaume de Marcillat and Donato Bramante.

A 17th century Baroque church facing Piazza Navona has parts of her skull. To match the possession of these relics the church explodes in glory, of the Faith and the resilent and heroic faith of martyrs that followed.

Castelli Romani region is named after a group of castles and communes south-east of Rome at the foot of the Alban Hills. The volcanic area includes the crater lakes of Nemi and Albano (Castel Gondolfo), and in Frascati, the summer homes of the Rome's nobility. Close to Rome, Castelli Romani offer vineyards, local cheeses and meats, and cooking classes for those seeking culinary delights.

Many locals and tourists enjoy its outdoor cafès and restaurants. It is also home to many academic institutions, expats, artists as screen luminaries like Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, the creator and composer of Spaghetti Westerns, respectively.

Rome’s first old Rione (neighbourhood), the largest and most inhabited. Rival to Trastevere, it was another working class neighbourhood. It’s characteristic daily activities endures now in artsy bookstore/cafes, vintage clothing shops, organic and local produce, galleries where you can explore hand-made garments, leather artifacts, contemporary curiosites and extraordinary chocolates. Eccentricity and eclecticism interwine daily life – it is a wide and varied area but still Italian or as they would say Roman, being from Rome.

“All Roads Lead to Rome" and this is one of those surviving roads in all its storied and cobbled glory. Originally built in 312 BC, the road to this day still lays claim to the longest stretch of straight road in Europe.

Part of the road was used for the men's marathon in the 1960 Rome Olympics won by Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila. Many sites of interest lie along the road like mausoleums, a circus, funerary monuments and memories of its ancient and modern past.