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VT member (and Rome guru) Ciambella is right. All of us who love Rome should have the following sentence at the beginning our our Rome pages. "There is nothing wrong with the area around Termini."
Termini is Roma Termini, the central train station in Rome. No, it's not elegant, yes a bit scruffy like most train station neighborhoods, but there are many reasonably priced hotels nearby. You don't need to be afraid. I have stayed in the Termini neighborhood myself many times. (There are a couple of streets with some really run-down hotels that I wouldn't recommend, on the far south-west side of Termini, on Via Giolitti, just past the car rental area.)
Of course, you should pay attention as you would in any other major city. There are pickpockets about at many tourist areas as well as the train station and airport.
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Back from another trip, and I still can't get enough. I've been lucky enough to visit Rome more than a dozen times over the past few years, and still have so much more to see, and so much I want to see again.
I tell my friends that the wine, cheese, coffee and bread alone are worth the price of a plane ticket!
My favorite time to go is winter (mid November to mid March) because the weather is often delightful (sunny, with high temperatures in the 50's F, 11-15C) and the prices are low. Flights from the US are less than half the cost in the summer. Most hotels are anywhere from 25 to 50% less than high season. For example, we stayed in a nice three star hotel for only 71 euros per night for a double (with breakfast) in Feb. 2006. And Christmas is especially wonderful - truly a festive atmosphere, decorations, eleborate nativity scenes in every church, special concerts, the Christmas market at Piazza Navona, etc.
But the best part of the winter season is you can actually see what you came for! Imagine being the only person in a museum room in front of one of the great works of art. I have been in St. Peter's in front of the Pieta' with no one else within 100 feet of me! This can happen in January and February. This sure beats trying to look over the heads of 20 or 30 rows of tired, cranky, hot tourists in July.
Welcome to my Rome page! I keep updating it as often as my day job will allow. And please write if you have any questions. I'm delighted to be able to help anyone see and learn more about this incredible place.
- Pros:More history, art, archeology, architecture, culture, music and better food and wine than can be absorbed in a hundred visits. The cradle of Western Civilization - - Welcome Home!
- Cons:Pickpockets and the occasional aggressive beggar.
- In a nutshell:There's no city I'd rather be in than Rome!
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Great pages. Will be travelling to Rome next week/Lotta
I got the wrong Ristorante La Fontanella and was very disappointed. I was heavily overcharged.
Bravo!!! Perfectly descriptive and concise (something with which I struggle). I must return to Rome soon. Your tips should be published by other travel sources. I love the excitement in your writing voice.
4 May 2009: We're arriving in Rome for 23 days in early June. Do you know whether Santa Cristina is still operating?
now who told rick steves about the enoteca
So now I don't feel bad about missing the pasta museum!
Ciao Cristina- one last trip to roma (for now) this weekend before a move to japan next month! love your page on it. Hope all is well- jon & the girls.
Great hotel tips! We've stayed in 2 different hotels around Termini and had no problems--best values and convenient to train.
Your page was helpful for our trip to Rome this winter. Thanks!
I have just read your post on the old crippled lady in Rome. I remember to have seen one and then another a few blocks from there. Like a deja vu.
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