Enjoy 3 hours walking tour in the heart of Rome.

 

 

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 If you want wish to visit the set of the Dolce Vita we can start the tour from  the famous Via Veneto.

Via Veneto is, the street that acted as a principal setting for Federico Fellini's classic 1960 film La Dolce Vita. Fellini and friends made this urbane avenue, with its abundance of tony outdoor cafés, famous in the 1950s and '60s. Today it is home to some of Rome's fanciest hotels. As we proceed down the Veneto, we will pass the imposing American Embassy. At the base of Via Veneto is Piazza Barberini. Just before we arrive at Piazza Barberini, at Via Vittorio Veneto 27, is the  Capuchin Church of the Immaculate Conception, notable for its macabre collection of human bones. Dating to 1528, the church's six-room crypt houses the bones of more than 4,000 monks. Many of the bones have been artfully adapted to create chandeliers, archways, and wall decorations. No entrance fee, but small donations are expected.

 

 Highlights of the Tour:

PIAZZA DI SPAGNA - TREVI FOUNTAIN - PANTHEON & PIAZZA NAVONA

 

None of the statues in the fountain is Anita Ekberg, but  at least a bust of her should have been put there. Would the Trevi Fountain been known at all if it wasn´t for the scene in the movie "La Dolce Vita" with Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in the water? Well, anyway, the fountain was constructed in 1762 by Nicola Salvi. The project had already been started before by Bernini, who made the bassin.  From the water rocks with different water beings are climbing the wall behind and the background is designed as a triumph arch. As you have noticed the theme of the whole fountain is Water and the man in the middle is Okeanos himself.

Piazza di Trevi is always packed with tourists and vendors, which actually ruins the impression a bit. But it must also be said that the fountain is magnificient and it must be seen. Do not forget to throw a coin over your shoulder into the fountain, which will asure you eternal luck (including a return to Rome).  

 

 PIAZZA DI SPAGNA - SPANISH STEPS

 

 The Spanish Steps are in good competition with Fontana di Trevi to be the most famous sight in Rome after Colosseum. But in reality, the steps are not called the Spanish Steps but Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti, since they are leading up to the church Trinità dei Monti. The steps are situated by Piazza di Spagna, where Via Condotti is ending. The construction of  Piazza di Spagna (1725) and the Spanish Steps was financed by money from France, but the square was named(the Square of Spain) after the Spanish Embassy that is situated near by. The steps were built so that the wealthy people living on the hill above could easily get down to the square, which served as a meeting point for the noble Romans. The tradition to sit on the steps looking at each other derives from the gatherings here on the 18th century, when artists were looking for Roman beauties to depict. In April there are often fashion shows on the Spanish Steps and during the spring they are adorned with a sea of flowers. Fontana della Barcaccia, the fountain just in front of the steps is the last work by Pietro Bernini, the father of Giaovanni Bernini, the sculptor that has design many of the most famous fountain, sculptures and buildings in Rome. If you walk the steps all the way up and take left on Viale Trinità dei Monti you will reach Pincio, from where you have a nice view over the Roman roofs. 

 PANTHEON

 

 

The Pantheon is one of the great spiritual buildings of the world. It was built as a Roman temple and later consecrated as a Catholic Church. Its monumental porch originally faced a rectangular colonnaded temple courtyard and now enfronts the smaller Piazza della Rotonda. Through great bronze doors, one enters one great circular room. The interior volume is a cylinder above which rises the hemispherical dome. Opposite the door is a recessed semicircular apse, and on each side are three additional recesses, alternately rectangular and semicircular, separated from the space under the dome by paired monolithic columns. The only natural light enters through an unglazed oculus at the center of the dome and through the bronze doors to the portico. As the sun moves, striking patterns of light illuminate the walls and floors of porphyry, granite and yellow marbles.

PIAZZA NAVONA

  

While Rome has many wonderful areas, perhaps the heart of the historical center is here, Piazza Navona. Night life until 2-3 in the morning - mimes, artists, beggers, restaurants, bars, famous ice cream, wonderful shops, musicians, a gorgeous church, and three fabulous fountains! Yes, maybe the food and drinks are overpriced - but sitting in the piazza watching the world go by is so lovely, how can you complain?