Even though what we see now during our COLOSSEUM TOUR, is merely its skeleton, the Colosseum remains one of the world’s masterpieces of… Read more
Tales from Rome
All our posts about Vatican, Colosseum and Rome
Capital executions in Campo de’ Fiori
It’s summertime and in Rome the temperature is very high but we still like to tour late in the evening in the beautiful… Read more
Torches lighting up Saint Peter’s Dome
Today we talk about one of the most famous domes in the world, the one that tops the Basilica dedicated to the first… Read more
Charon: the ferryman of the underworld
During our Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Palatine Hill tour, we often dwell on the gladiators’ fight, death and victory. We always explain to… Read more
The Roman Forum
Today we talk about one of the most important archeological areas in the entire world, a site that everyone wants to visit during… Read more
The Conclave
The Sistine Chapel hosted, for 25 times, one of the most secret and mysterious rites in the world: the Conclave. Indeed, the conclaves… Read more
Emperor Nero and his Golden Palace
In the 1-century a.D. Emperor Nero built his Golden Palace, in Latin Domus Aurea, which occupied 80 hectares of the ancient city. Where… Read more
The Gladiators’ training
Everybody who visits Rome must see the Colosseum, this is taken for granted. People usually take a tour of the Colosseum, Roman Forum,… Read more
The Sistine Chapel: the Last Judgement
Today we complete our tales about the amazing frescoes of the Sistine Chapel. In the past weeks, we already mentioned the 15th-century frescoes… Read more
The Sack of Rome
Today we would like to tell you the story of the worst sack of the history of Rome, the one that took place… Read more
Gladiator’s death: thumb up or thumb down?
Every visitor coming to Rome has a dream (actually two because one is doubtless the Sistine chapel, but it’s not Rome, it’s in… Read more
The birthday of Rome
According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled… Read more