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Your Guide to Rome © mp3cityguides 2014 YOUR GUIDE TO ~ ROME www.mp3cityguides.com 1 © mp3cityguides 2014 CONTENTS 1.0 – WECOME YOUR AUDIO GUIDE YOUR PRINTED GUIDE 2.0 – MAP 3.0 – GETTING AROUND 4.0 – THE HIT LIST MUSEUMS, ART GALLERIES, PALACES 5.0 – EATING, DRINKING & SHOPPING 6.0 – USEFUL WEBSITES www.mp3cityguides.com 2 © mp3cityguides 2014 1.0 – WELCOME Your audio guide: Thanks very much for choosing this mp3cityguides guide to Romes. If you've already done any of our other walks, you'll know how it works but if not, I'll tell you now. As you've probably already noticed, each of these sections of the walk that you've downloaded on to your machine has a name - this first one is the ‘The Spanish Steps’ in our guide to Rome’s centre or ‘St Peters’ in our guide to the Vatican, the Via Giulia and Trastevere. Just consider each of these walks as individual tracks on an 'album' which is the complete tour of Rome. You'll hear directions about where to go next at the end of each section but the route and the stopping points are also marked on your maps which are on pages four and five of this Printed Guide. When you get to a stopping point find somewhere to stand or sit which is out of the way of people and traffic and then play the relevant section of the walk. The map has been especially produced to help you find your way while you're listening to the audio guide which means that it's not drawn exactly to scale. Top tip: when you print out this Printed Guide or, at least, the map, set your printer to high quality or fine print so that the map is as clear as possible and easy to read. Please take care when you're using the audio guide: Rome is a relatively safe city but do keep an eye out for pick pockets and watch out when you're crossing the road. When we arrive at a monument, church or a museum, after I've described it you might want to go in or you might want to buy a ticket for later if it looks crowded. Or you might just want to carry on and come back and visit it afterwards now that you know where it is. Top tip: Play a few sections of the tour on your mp3 player or iPod before you go just to check that they've downloaded OK. Your printed guide: This printed guide complements your audio guide. We know that exploring a city can take more than one visit - and possibly even a life time so we've pared our guide down to what we think are the essential things to see and do. They're included in section four, the Hit List. We've done our best to get it right and, because we're an Internet based guide rather than a conventional guidebook, we can update our information very quickly. That said, all kinds of places inevitably change their opening times at short notice so please accept our apologies if you arrive somewhere and, despite what we've said, you find it's shut. As with your Audio Guide, if you find that a museum, gallery, church, bar or restaurant is not as we've described it then please do let us know by contacting us at [email protected] www.mp3cityguides.com 3 © mp3cityguides 2014 2.0 – MAP – Spanish Steps and Rome Centre www.mp3cityguides.com 4 © mp3cityguides 2014 2.0 – MAP – Vatican, Via Giulia and Trastevere www.mp3cityguides.com 5 © mp3cityguides 2014 3.0 – GETTING AROUND From Fiumicino (FCO) airport: There are trains every 30 minutes to Rome's main Termini station from 6.37am until 11.37pm. Express trains take about 30 minutes and cost €9.50 for a single ticket. Other services stop at Trastevere amongst other places. When you get to Termini station you'll have quite a walk to the front. But you need to take the taxis from here as the taxi the rank half way down works on a different system and can be very expensive. From Ciampino (CIA) airport: If you're travelling by easyjet take the Terravision airport bus which is an easyJet partner. It leaves about every 30 minutes from outside the terminal building and takes about 40 minutes. It stops outside the Termini station. You can book your bus ticket online at www.easyjet.co.uk Buses go regularly from Ciampino to Anagnina metro station on Line A and take about 30 minutes from there it's about another 20 minutes into town. The easiest option, though, is a taxi which takes about 20 to 30 minutes costs about €40 - 50. For more information visit: www.cotralspa.it and www.sitbusshuttle.it Getting around: Bus, tram and Underground: Tickets are valid on the bus, tram and underground system. The underground isn't very useful as it really serves the suburbs but buses and trams are pretty reliable. Tickets for all three are sold at tabacchi, news stands, cafés, hotels, vending machines at bus terminals and metro stations. Stamp your ticket in the machine when you get on a bus or tram or at the barrier for trains. There are various different kinds of ticket: BIT (Integrated Single Ticket) - Valid 75 minutes from being stamped for buses and only one trip on metro and urban trains. Cost €1.00 BIG (Integrated Daily Ticket) - Valid till midnight on the day of validation for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost €4.00 BTI (Integrated Tourist Ticket) - Valid for three days for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost €11.00 CIS (Integrated Weekly Pass) - Valid seven days, for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost €16.00 BIRG (Daily Regional Integrated Ticket) - Valid till midnight on the day its stamped for an unlimited number of journeys on buses and metro in Rome, but www.mp3cityguides.com 6 © mp3cityguides 2014 also on urban and regional trains. Cost varies between €2.50 and €10.50 according to the number of areas you cross. For further information visit www.atac.roma.it The best routes for tourists are: Number 64: Termini station - Piazza Venezia - St Peters Number 110 (normally open top): Termini station - Quirinale - Colosseum - Piazza Venezia - Piazza Navona - St Peters - Augustus' Mausoleum - Trevi Fountain. Taxis: They're reasonably cheap and plentiful. It's easiest to get them at ranks around the city centre. There is one at the Piazza Venezia. 5.0 THE HIT LIST Please note that opening times can change at very short notice. EU citizens aged under 18 and over 65 usually get in free and those aged between 18 and 25 get a reduction. 4.0 – THE HIT LIST Getting to know Rome – or any big city – can take a lifetime but if you’ve only got a weekend then here is what we recommend you see in descending order of priority. * = covered on our Spanish Steps and Central Rome audio guide † = covered on our Vatican, Via Giulia and Trastevere audio guide † Vatican Museums One of the largest and most beautiful art galleries in the world. Almost overwhelming, guided tours are probably the best way to pace your visit. The Sistine Chapel are the Raphael Rooms are the highlights but there are works by Renaissance artists as well as Roman and Greek antiquities. For more information visit the tourist office in St Peter's Square, to the left as you look at St Peter's Basilica. Open: times vary greatly and can change without notice but normally the museums are open Monday to Saturday 8.45am - 3.20pm. Closed Sunday except the last Sunday of the month when they open 8.45am - 12.20pm and free. 1 Viale Vaticano mv.vatican.va/3_EN/pages/MV_Home.html Capitoline Museums The oldest art collection in the world with pieces by Titian, Bellini and Caravaggio amongst others. Open: Tuesday to Sunday 9am - 8pm. 1 Piazza del Campidoglio www.museicapitolini.org Galleria Borghese Set in the beautiful grounds of the Villa Borghese, this recently restored gallery has a huge collection of paintings and sculptures and is a must see. Sculptures by Bernini and paintings by Caravaggio and Titian amongst others are www.mp3cityguides.com 7 © mp3cityguides 2014 the highlights. It gets very busy especially during August and so booking by phone or online is advisable. See website below. Open: Tuesday to Saturday 9am - 7pm and occasionally Mondays during the summer. Piazzale del Museo Borghese www.galleriaborghese.it Palazzo Barberini Grand former home of the Barberini family. There are galleries with works by Titian, Tintoretto and Canaletto amongst others and a fine painting of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein. Currently some areas are undergoing restoration. Open: Tuesday to Sunday 8.30am - 7.30pm 18 Via Barberini www.galleriaborghese.it/barberini * Galleria Doria Pamphilj The former home of the great Pamphilj family. There are private apartments filled with works by Titian, Bernini and Velasquez amongst others. Open: Friday to Wednesday 10am - 5pm 2 Piazza de Collegio Romano www.doriapamphilj.it † Galleria Spada Elegant palace with some works by Titian and Gentileschi and an interesting painting with a clever false perspective by Borromini. Open: Tuesday to Sunday 8.30am - 7.30pm Via Capo di Ferro Palazzo Massimo Elegant, spacious recently refurbished museum which is dedicated to Roman and Greek antiquities. The sculptures are beautiful and the Roman mosaics are particularly striking and amazingly well preserved. Open: Thursday to Saturday, 9am - 10pm and 9am to 8pm Sunday.
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