Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Rome, Florence and Venice
    Rome, Florence and Venice
    Rome, Florence and Venice
    Ebook205 pages1 hour

    Rome, Florence and Venice

    By Enrico Massetti

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    This guide covers a visit to the major Italian destinations of Rome, Florence and Venice.

    There are extensive descriptions and color photos of the attractions.

    The three cities are covered individually with information on how to get to each one of them as well as how to go from one to the other.

    The guide is ideal for use on your smart phone or your tablet, it contain active links to the web sites of train and air travel companies, so you can with a click from the guide check the latest schedule and even buy the tickets.

    It has also listing of many reviews for the best recommended restaurants that are at walking distance from the location where lunch or dinner are planned. There are active links to the review pages, you can use them if you have an active Internet connection, but, if you don’t, you have the basic information ready: the name, address and telephone number are included in the guide together with the review.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEnrico Massetti
    Release dateMay 25, 2016
    ISBN9781311478184
    Rome, Florence and Venice
    Author

    Enrico Massetti

    Enrico Massetti nació en Milán, Italia, donde vivió durante más de 30 años, visitando innumerables destinos turísticos, desde las montañas de los Alpes hasta el mar de Sicilia. Ahora vive en Washington, Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, visita regularmente su ciudad natal y disfruta recorriendo todos los lugares de su país, especialmente aquellos a los que puede llegar en transporte público. Puede contactar con Enrico en enrico@italian-visits.com.

    Read more from Enrico Massetti

    Related to Rome, Florence and Venice

    Related ebooks

    Europe Travel For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Bologna

      Nov 4, 2021

      Bologna
      2 min read

    • Article

      Making A Point

      Nov 11, 2020

      Making A Point
      5 min read

    • Article

      Zanardelli’s Folly

      Feb 13, 2020

      Zanardelli’s Folly
      3 min read

    • Article

      Rome In Five Places

      Jun 8, 2023

      Rome In Five Places
      3 min read

    • Article

      Commentary: US Should Build A Memorial 'Plague Column' For COVID-19, But Where? Here's An Idea

      May 8, 2020

      Plague columns don't exist in the United States. The nation was founded too late, after the 17th and early 18th century European heyday of memorials built to mark the end of a blistering contagion. An epidemic's brutal cost in human lives and its myr

      5 min read

    • Article

      Rome

      Jan 31, 2024

      Rome
      2 min read

    • Article

      Paris In Five Places

      Aug 31, 2023

      Paris In Five Places
      3 min read

    • Article

      NORTHERN Lights

      Feb 13, 2020

      NORTHERN Lights
      8 min read

    • Article

      Armchair Travels

      Jul 6, 2022

      Armchair Travels
      6 min read

    • Article

      Virtual Tours

      Nov 26, 2020

      Virtual Tours
      3 min read

    • Article

      Split In Five Places

      Mar 14, 2024

      Split In Five Places
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Pantheon

      Aug 31, 2022

      The Pantheon
      3 min read

    • Article

      Roman Republic Settlements

      Jun 17, 2021

      Roman Republic Settlements
      3 min read

    • Article

      Ancient Bathhouses

      Aug 12, 2021

      Ancient Bathhouses
      3 min read

    • Article

      Historical Footprints

      Apr 6, 2022

      Historical Footprints
      5 min read

    • Article

      Bridging The Gap

      Jul 6, 2018

      Bridging The Gap
      5 min read

    • Article

      Vatican Museums

      Dec 31, 2020

      Vatican Museums
      4 min read

    • Article

      Ravenna’s Golden Moment

      Sep 21, 2022

      Ravenna’s Golden Moment
      4 min read

    • Article

      Grand Canal, Venice

      Nov 12, 2020

      Grand Canal, Venice
      2 min read

    • Article

      Historic Sites Of Poland

      Dec 29, 2022

      Historic Sites Of Poland
      4 min read

    • Article

      Meet Me At The Square

      Jul 1, 2023

      Meet Me At The Square
      3 min read

    • Article

      Visit Vigevano

      Nov 5, 2020

      Visit Vigevano
      7 min read

    • Article

      A Scandalous Fountain

      Jan 4, 2024

      A Scandalous Fountain
      3 min read

    • Article

      Gothic Architecture

      Sep 9, 2021

      Gothic Architecture
      4 min read

    • Article

      THE Culture WEEKEND

      Jun 25, 2018

      THE Culture WEEKEND
      1 min read

    • Article

      The Time Traveller

      Jul 12, 2019

      There’s a deliciously warm coastal breeze as I stand on the top of Cartagena’s castle hill, and as I look at the landmarks around me it feels as though I’ve travelled through time. There’s Concepción Castle, rebuilt by the Moors in the 13th century,

      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Rome, Florence and Venice

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Rome, Florence and Venice - Enrico Massetti

      Introduction

      Rome, Florence and Venice are the most visited tourist destinations in Italy.

      This guide covers a visit of at least four days in Rome, two to three days in Florence and two, three or more days in Venice. Shorter visit is possible, but I recommend that you take the time to properly visit the three cities.

      Moving from one city to the other is recommended with the high-speed trains, they run at 300 km/hours (186 miles per hour) and connect Rome to Florence and Venice.

      Rome in four days, tasks needed to be done

      Having precisely 4 days, you must be willing to work hard to experience as much of Rome as possible. 

      You can bypass the lines when buying your tickets:

      Through: the official seller www.coopculture.it/en/colosseo-e-shop.cfm

      At the forum or palatine hill entrance.

      Buy the romapass.

      All three of the above options will allow you to bypass the lines into the Coliseum.

      To bypass the lines to the Vatican museums you can pre-purchase the tickets directly through the Vatican website: biglietteriamusei.vatican.va/musei/tickets/do?weblang=en.

      You should also make hotel reservations in advance.

      If you plan to take the bus from Fiumicino Airport to the Termini Station, make advance reservations to guarantee a seat.

      Rome in 4 days – Day 1.

      100000000000014100000158102A930B.jpg

      Morning

      Ancient Rome:

      A - Colosseum,

      B - Roman Forum,

      C - Piazza del Campidoglio,

      D - Pantheon.

      Afternoon

      Walk through the historical centre:

      E - Piazza Navona,

      F - Trevi Fountain,

      G - Piazza di Spagna.

      Suggestion: The late afternoon could be the right time to go on a scenic drive on the double-decker buses of the Atac 110 line that make several stops in the center. 

      A – Colosseum

      100000000000025800000160749BB6AD.jpg

      Colosseum in Rome

      The Coliseum owes its name to a colossal bronze statue, representing Emperor Nero, more than 35 m tall, that used to stand in this area. A symbol of Rome worldwide, the Coliseum was built by the emperors of the Flavian dynasty between 72-80 AD, on the site once occupied by an artificial lake belonging to the magnificent Domus Aurea, a compound of buildings and gardens built by Nero now in ruins but with beautiful decorations which inspired Renaissance painters. 

      As much as 100,000 cubic meters of travertine from the Tivoli quarries were used to build this amphitheater, the largest ever made during the Roman Empire.

      1000000000000280000001ABE9B736AE.jpg

      Colosseum with hypogeum

      The Coliseum could hold more than 70,000 spectators who could watch the fights between gladiators, the hunting of animals and, at the very beginning, the naumachias: naval battles that took place in the arena that was flooded.

      The architect who designed the Coliseum is said to have been thrown alive to the wild beasts as a reward for his own work, thus inaugurating the long story of blood and cruelties of the building he had conceived.

      In the Middle Ages, the Coliseum was transformed into a fortress. Later on, stripped of its structures, it became, in turn, a quarry for building materials and finally the seat of hospitals, fraternities, and craft guilds. It was only towards the middle of the 18th-century that Pope Benedict XIV had it decreed a sacred site, and the plunder and devastation were stopped.

      The Coliseum today.

      The Coliseum today is now a major tourist attraction in Rome with thousands of tourists each year paying to view the interior arena, though entrance for citizens of the European Union (EU) is partially subsidized, and the access is free for EU citizens under eighteen or over sixty-five years of age.

      There is now a museum dedicated to Eros located in the upper floor of the outer wall of the building. Part of the arena floor has been re-floored.

      Beneath the Coliseum, a network of subterranean passageways, once used to transport wild animals, and gladiators to the arena opened, to the public in summer 2010.

      Suggestion: to avoid the long lines, it is possible to purchase tickets at the entrance to Palatine in Via di San Gregorio and by the Arch of Titus. 

      B – The Roman Forum

      The Roman Forum, the most important archaeological area in Rome, extends from the Capitol Hill to the Palatine. As far back as the 7th-century BC, the Forum was the center of political, commercial and religious life: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs.

      Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.

      Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million sightseers yearly.

      Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum. The Roman kingdom's earliest shrines and temples were found on the southeastern edge. These included the old former royal residence, the Regia (8th-century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th-century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome.

      The Imperial Forum

      1000000000000280000001DF36F9AA4A.jpg

      Imperial Forum

      Later on, to the original Roman Forum were added the Imperial Forums: Foro di Cesare, Foro di Augusto, Foro di Nerva, Foro di Vespasiano and the most imposing one, the Foro di Traiano, of which one can still admire the massive Column of the Markets.

      Over time the archaic Comitium was replaced by the larger adjacent Forum, and the focus of legal activity moved to the new Basilica Aemilia (179 BC). Some 130 years later, Julius Caesar built the Basilica Julia, along with the late Curia Julia, refocusing both the judicial offices and the Senate itself. In what proved to be its final form this new Forum then served as a revitalized city square where the people of Rome could gather for religious, commercial, political, and judicial pursuits in ever more significant numbers.

      1000000000000280000001E042290F38.jpg

      Basilica of Maxentius

      Eventually much economic and judicial business would transfer away from the Forum Romanum to the larger and more extravagant structures (Trajan's Forum and the Basilica Ulpia) to the north. The reign of Constantine the Great, during which the Empire was divided into its Eastern and Western halves, saw the construction of the last significant expansion of the Forum complex, the Basilica of Maxentius (312 AD). This returned the political center to the Forum until the fall of the Western Roman Empire almost two centuries later. 

      C – Piazza del Campidoglio

      100000000000028000000107F83D80BA.jpg

      The Capitol square

      Since its origins, the Capitol Hill has been the seat of the city's government and the adequate place for solemn public celebrations.

      Piazza del Campidoglio, designed by Michelangelo, is surrounded by three noble palaces: the central one, Palazzo Senatorio, is the seat of the Municipality whereas the two on the sides, Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, host the treasures of the Capitoline Museums.

      1000000000000280000001E12893DAC0.jpg

      Musei Capitolini - Stanza Orazi e Curiazi

      The Capitoline Picture Gallery contains over 200 paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries by extraordinary painters such as Tiziano, Pietro Da Cortona, Caravaggio, Guercino, Rubens and many more.

      The square

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1