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Hotel in Rome - Which district(s)?
Planning a week trip to Rome in April. Am interested in opinions on
the district or area of Rome that would be the most practical and / or efficient for sight seeing, relaxing, getting around (foot, bus, metro) and eating. For example, which side of the river - Vatican side or Colosseum side? Thanks in advance. |
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We spent two weeks (August this year) in the apartment below. Brilliant
area, right on a bus route, walking distance to just about everything. It'd be hard to beat! Personally I'd recommend the area around the Pantheon; Piazza Navona, Campo de Fiori. .......................apartment located in the core of Rome a few minute walking from the famous piazza Navona and just behind the caracteristic piazza Farnese and Campo de' Fiori. A real unique chance to combine money saving with an uncomparable location, between typical restaurants and astonishing artistic beauties. Check it out, ask for availability, make a reservation and ask me any question on my web site: www.renthomeinrome.com "Dawggss" wrote in message om... Planning a week trip to Rome in April. Am interested in opinions on the district or area of Rome that would be the most practical and / or efficient for sight seeing, relaxing, getting around (foot, bus, metro) and eating. For example, which side of the river - Vatican side or Colosseum side? Thanks in advance. |
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No disrespect but I think you may have contradicted yourself on your post.
On one hand you claim that the Vatican "isn't very central" and on the other you claim that all those other places are "within walking distance of most tourist sites, including the Vatican." So if those other locations are within walking distance of the Vatican, the Vatican is within walking distance of those locations. I have stayed in the Vatican area and it is a mere 10 or 15 minute walk to Piazza Navona going through Castel Santangelo, not a bad walk if you ask me. I just don't see the logic of being across the street from restaurants unless you plan to eat more than 3 times a day. I personally think the Vatican area is fine. I stayed at the Olympic Hotel in the Vatican area once and had no complaints. It was quiet since it was not close to the noise and din of central locations and it was somewhat cheaper than centrally located hotels. Beside waking up in the morning, walking a few blocks and seeing St Peters Square is quite nice. Besides there are buses that can take you anywhere you want to go within minutes. "B Vaughan" wrote in message ... On 30 Nov 2003 21:34:36 -0800, (Dawggss) wrote: Planning a week trip to Rome in April. Am interested in opinions on the district or area of Rome that would be the most practical and / or efficient for sight seeing, relaxing, getting around (foot, bus, metro) and eating. For example, which side of the river - Vatican side or Colosseum side? Thanks in advance. I would not suggest the Vatican area for two reasons. It isn't very central and it has a very poor selection of restaurants. The "Colosseum side", as you say, is much larger in area. I would suggest the Centro Storico, specifically the areas of Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, the former Jewish ghetto, and Campo de'Fiori. This area is very central and within walking distance of most tourist sites, including the Vatican. The Colosseum itself is already a bit off to one side. ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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Dawggss typed: Planning a week trip to Rome in April. Am interested in opinions on the district or area of Rome that would be the most practical and / or efficient for sight seeing, relaxing, getting around (foot, bus, metro) and eating. For example, which side of the river - Vatican side or Colosseum side? Thanks in advance. In my view, the Colosseum side is by far the better choice. With the exception of the Vatican and the Castel Sant'Angelo, almost everything that a tourist wants to see and do is on the Colosseum side. I recommend the areas around the Campo de' Fiori and the Piazza Navona. On our most recent trip to Rome (we got back two weeks ago), we stayed for four weeks in an apartment three short blocks west of the Piazza Navona, and I thought it was almost ideally located for everything. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Hotel in Rome - Which district(s)?
Jenn muttered....
In article , (Dawggss) wrote: Planning a week trip to Rome in April. Am interested in opinions on the district or area of Rome that would be the most practical and / or efficient for sight seeing, relaxing, getting around (foot, bus, metro) and eating. For example, which side of the river - Vatican side or Colosseum side? Thanks in advance. for a first timer, I would definately go with Piazza Navonna area -- good base -- easy walk almost anywhere you want to go .....depending on your rate range, November, 130Eu, we recently statyed at the Regno, on the Corso, easy walk to Piazza Navona or the Campo Fiori, convenient busses to Vatican, not a bad (and certainly great window shopping) stroll to the Spanish Steps, plenty of security due to the proximity of government buildings, but inconvenient/impoossible for cars. I can say nothing but good about the hotel, both physically and in the attitude or the staff. The Regno has a similar sister hotel, close to the upper end of the Via Veneto and not as convenient (except for parking a rental car). TMO |
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"cb" wrote: No disrespect but I think you may have contradicted yourself on your post. On one hand you claim that the Vatican "isn't very central" and on the other you claim that all those other places are "within walking distance of most tourist sites, including the Vatican." So if those other locations are within walking distance of the Vatican, the Vatican is within walking distance of those locations. I have stayed in the Vatican area and it is a mere 10 or 15 minute walk to Piazza Navona going through Castel Santangelo, not a bad walk if you ask me. I just don't see the logic of being across the street from restaurants unless you plan to eat more than 3 times a day. I personally think the Vatican area is fine. I stayed at the Olympic Hotel in the Vatican area once and had no complaints. It was quiet since it was not close to the noise and din of central locations and it was somewhat cheaper than centrally located hotels. Beside waking up in the morning, walking a few blocks and seeing St Peters Square is quite nice. Besides there are buses that can take you anywhere you want to go within minutes. while the Vatican is within walking distance of the main historic areas, many of us like to have a hotel more central where we can drop stuff off, rest, prepare a snack etc many times during the day. The Vatican is a fairly stiff hike for most people from the historic center -- |
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Hotel in Rome - Which district(s)?
Dawggss schrieb: Planning a week trip to Rome in April. Am interested in opinions on the district or area of Rome that would be the most practical and / or efficient for sight seeing, relaxing, getting around (foot, bus, metro) and eating. For example, which side of the river - Vatican side or Colosseum side? Thanks in advance. We stayed in the Aventino area- very pleasant residential area, big villas, quiet leafy streets. So who needs to be central, you can walk all over Rome. T. |
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On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:37:55 GMT, "cb" wrote:
No disrespect but I think you may have contradicted yourself on your post. On one hand you claim that the Vatican "isn't very central" and on the other you claim that all those other places are "within walking distance of most tourist sites, including the Vatican." So if those other locations are within walking distance of the Vatican, the Vatican is within walking distance of those locations. I have stayed in the Vatican area and it is a mere 10 or 15 minute walk to Piazza Navona going through Castel Santangelo, not a bad walk if you ask me. There is no contradiction in what I said. The Piazza Navona is in the center of an area. The Vatican is about a 20 minute walk to the west of the Piazza Navona and the Roman Forum (and the Colosseum) is about a 20 minute walk in the other direction from the Piazza Navona. However, the Roman Forum would be a 40 minute walk from the Vatican. It's simple geometry. ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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