Created by auburnjoey
13 people like this trip

Italy April 2008

A trip from April 17, 2008 to April 26, 2008, travelling to Rome, Florence, Firenze
Italy: Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan
Trip Tags:None yet!More  

Trip Tags

Added by auburnjoey
Added by others
Trip Tags
Add Tags
Custom
Cancel

Location:
Rome, Firenze...
Day:
04/17/2008 to 04/26/2008
Category:
Things to do, Restaurant...

Thu 04/17/08 (day 1) - Rome

Average Rating (7):
     
This is a new hotel, opened in 1995, in a palace designed by Rinaldi in 1887. The noble features of the building …
Hotel
Mecenate Palace Hotel
Via Carlo Alberto 3
Rome, 00185
Italy
06-4470-2024
Thu Apr 17 9:00am - Sun Apr 20 9:00am
Add to Trip
Average Rating (176):
     
Commissioned by Marcus Agrippa, restored by Domitian, and subsequently rebuilt by Hadrian (who added the dome), The …
Thing to Do
Pantheon
Piazza della Rotonda
Rome, 00186
Italy
Thu Apr 17 1:00pm - Thu Apr 17 1:30pm
Add to Trip
Average Rating (423):
     
No visit to Rome is complete without having seen its magnificent Colosseum, a vast amphitheatre with seating for 55, …
Thing to Do
Colosseo
Piazza del Colosseo
Rome, 00184
Italy
Thu Apr 17 2:00pm - Thu Apr 17 2:30pm
Add to Trip
Average Rating (44):
     
The Forum Romanum was designed to be the center of social, political and economic life in the city. The innumerable …
Thing to Do
Foro Romano (Roman Forum)
Via dei Fori Imperiali
Rome, 00186
Italy
Thu Apr 17 3:00pm - Thu Apr 17 3:30pm
Add to Trip
Average Rating (70):
     
Sophisticated and slightly retro, this well-known restaurant is the ideal place for an intimate dinner or business …
Restaurant
Via Vittorio Veneto, 150
Rome, 00187
Italy
+39 6 48 4643 / +39 6474 2103
Thu Apr 17 8:00pm - Thu Apr 17 9:00pm
Add to Trip
Average Rating (294):
     
Tradition has it that throwing a coin over your left shoulder into the fountain guarantees a swift return to the wor …
Thing to Do
Fontana di Trevi
Piazza di Trevi
Rome, 00187
Italy
Thu Apr 17 8:00pm - Fri Apr 18 8:30pm
Add to Trip

Fri 04/18/08 (day 2) - Rome

Average Rating (60):
     
The Vatican is among the most important historical sites in the world. The seat of the Holy Roman Catholic Church, T …
Thing to Do
Viale Vaticano
Rome, 00165
Italy
Fri Apr 18 9:00am - Fri Apr 18 11:00am
Add to Trip
Average Rating (77):
     
This unique art collection is exhibited in surroundings of unparalleled beauty. The magnificent Raphael Rooms are am …
Thing to Do
Musei Vaticani
Viale Vaticano
Rome, 00193
Italy
Fri Apr 18 9:00am - Fri Apr 18 11:00am
Add to Trip
People come by the millions each year to receive the Pope's blessing, traditionally given on Sundays at noon. …
Thing to Do
San Pietro
Piazza San Pietro
Rome, 00193
Italy
+39 6 48 8991 (Tourist Information)
Fri Apr 18 1:00pm - Fri Apr 18 2:30pm
Add to Trip
 
Average Rating (99):
     
An incredible, almost theatrical square with the lovely Spanish Steps leading up to the Chiesa di Trinità dei Monti …
Thing to Do
Piazza di Spagna
Piazza di Spagna
Rome, 00187
Italy
Fri Apr 18 3:15pm - Fri Apr 18 4:30pm
Add to Trip

Restaurant
Fri Apr 18 8:00pm - Fri Apr 18 9:00pm
Notes
Located in Rome near the Spanish Steps. This restaurant is highly recommended.
Add to Trip
 

Sat 04/19/08 (day 3) - Rome

Average Rating (28):
     
This collection is housed in a building constructed in 1613 for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, one of Bernini's greates …
Thing to Do
Galleria Borghese
5 Piazzale Scipione Borghese
Rome, 00197
Italy
Sat Apr 19 9:00am - Sat Apr 19 11:00am
Add to Trip
 
Average Rating (12):
     
Said to have been 25 times larger than the Colosseum at the height of Nero's reign, it took 15 years of restoration …
Thing to Do
Via della Domus Aurea
Rome, 00184
Italy
Sat Apr 19 1:00pm - Sat Apr 19 3:00pm
Add to Trip
Average Rating (37):
     
It is strange to think that this area of Rome was originally built to be a city port where storehouses held goods at …
Thing to Do
Trastevere
Viale di Trastevere
Rome, 00153
Italy
Sat Apr 19 3:00pm - Sat Apr 19 5:00pm
Add to Trip

Sun 04/20/08 (day 4) - Florence, Firenze

Average Rating (6):
     
The Hotel Calzaiuoli is situated within the pedestrian precinct of central Florence in Via Calzaiuoli one of the …
Hotel
Calzaiuoli Hotel
Via Calzaiuoli, 6
Florence, 50123
Italy
055-212456
Sun Apr 20 9:00am - Tue Apr 22 11:00am
Add to Trip
Average Rating (41):
     
The Medici family reserved rooms for their prestigious collection during use of the gallery as magistrate's court in …
Thing to Do
Galleria degli Uffizi
6 Piazzale degli Uffizi
Firenze, 50122
Italy
Sun Apr 20 12:00pm - Mon Apr 21 2:00pm
Add to Trip
 
Average Rating (8):
     
Halfway through the 15th century Luca Pitti entrusted Brunelleschi with a large building project in the Boboli hills …
Thing to Do
Palazzo Pitti
1 Piazza Pitti
Firenze, 50125
Italy
Sun Apr 20 1:00pm - Sun Apr 20 2:30pm
Add to Trip
 
Average Rating (15):
     
Inside this garden lies the Buontalenti grotto (1583-1593). Decorated with Mannerist-style scenes from Greek and Rom …
Thing to Do
Giardino di Boboli
1 Piazza Pitti
Firenze, 50125
Italy
Sun Apr 20 2:30pm - Sun Apr 20 4:00pm
Add to Trip
 
To escape the crowds and late summer heat on the Florentine tourist trail, head south of the river Arno to the …
Thing to Do
Boboli Gardens
Piazza de` Pitti
Florence, 50125
Italy
Sun Apr 20 3:00pm - Sun Apr 20 4:00pm
Add to Trip
Recommended Restaurant Borgo Ognissanti, 93/R. 50123 Firenze (FI), Italy +39 055 212265
Restaurant
Sun Apr 20 8:00pm - Sun Apr 20 10:00pm
Add to Trip
 

Mon 04/21/08 (day 5) - Florence, Firenze

The building of Santa Croce basilica began in 1294. Giotto's frescoes in the chapels at the head of the transept …
Thing to Do
Santa Croce
Piazza Santa Croce
Florence, 50122
Italy
Mon Apr 21 9:30am - Mon Apr 21 11:00am
Add to Trip
 
Average Rating (76):
     
Best known of all Florence's treasures, this glorious bridge was the only one of six spared by the retreating German …
Thing to Do
Ponte Vecchio
Ponte Vecchio
Firenze, 50125
Italy
Mon Apr 21 12:00pm - Mon Apr 21 1:00pm
Add to Trip
Average Rating (46):
     
Piazza del Duomo is one of the most-visited landmarks in Florence. Various events including the Cornetto Music Festi …
Thing to Do
Piazza del Duomo
1 Via della Canonica
Firenze, 50122
Italy
Mon Apr 21 4:00pm - Mon Apr 21 4:45pm
Add to Trip
 
Showing items 1-23 out of 44 total
 
1 of 2
 
Add to Trip:
No trips found! Why not create one?
 
Talk about this trip


 

Get Driving Directions

Select starting point from your items list or enter address below
Select starting point from your items list or enter address below