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Favorite Thing: Make sure you visit the Colosseum! It is just amazing to walk up from the underground station and as soon as you get to the top of the stairs you find this fantastic old thing standing in front of you...wow! I almost fell over backwards! We even had our photos taken with 'real' gladiators out the front...but make sure you don't pay the price they want, if you haggle a bit they WILL drop the price! The Colosseum was built in 72AD. It once held 80,000 people while they watched gladiator combat games and wild animal shows. It is hard to believe that now though since it is fairly ruined on the inside. We thought it would be much bigger too (from the Gladiator movie) but it was still fantastic to see!! It costed us L10,000 for entry into the Colosseum but it is well worth a look... Especially when you can follow along a tour and listen in to their information. Opening times for the Colosseum are: Summer Monday, Tuesday, Thursday to Saturday 9 am to 7 pm, Wednesday and Sunday 9 am to 2 pm. Winter it closes 1 hour before sunset. To get there, take the metro to Colosseo.
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General Tips: Palazzo Senatorio...
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Favorite Thing: This is Palazzo Senatorio and one of the statues of the Dioscuri... We came across so many huge buildings like this...some just caught my eye more than others...
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Favorite Thing: We didn't get to go inside but this unusual castle caught my eye... Castel Sant' Angelo was finished around 138 AD and has been used as a fortress, prison and palace. It now contains a museum of artillery and arms. I'm told the view from the palace are worth the visit though! It is open in Summer Tuesday to Friday 9 am to 10 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 8 pm; Winter Tuesday to Sunday 9 am to 2 pm.
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Favorite Thing: The Spanish Steps was a busy place when we were there...mostly abuzz with tourists... We managed to snap a photo when everyone was out of the way though...my speciality... ;)
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Colosseum: Inside the Colosseum
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Favorite Thing: This is one of the many hallways you find inside the Colosseum... It's like a maze in there...once you start walking around you could get a little lost... ;)
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Favorite Thing: This is a view of the Colosseum and Forum from Palatine Hill... Admission to the Forum is free but we paid L12,000 to visit Palatine Hill... We were happy we did though because it was amazing to look around...
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Favorite Thing: A photo of us taken inside the Colesseum... We spent so much time looking around in here, although there doesn't look like much to 'see' it is all very interesting...
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Favorite Thing: If you get the chance then wander around the Forum... We were lucky enough to catch a free tour at the entrance to the Forum...it went for ages but it was great!! The tour was fun and informative, better than some we had to pay for during our trip...
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Favorite Thing: We thought the Spanish Steps would be a great place to stop and eat our breakfast so we sat down on the steps and got our food ready...a minute later a Policeman started blowing his whistle and yelling at us (in Italian of course so we couldn't understand him)...apparantely there is no eating on the steps ...haha! We found a sign telling us so as we left...
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Rome is truly great and amazing, so far that is my favorite place in the world :) | uglyscot Wed Aug 3, 2005 14:23 UTC
Agree with you about your main photo, it's brilliant. I've been to Rome so many times now, but there's always something new to see. | tini58de Sun Feb 29, 2004 21:51 UTC
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