Yes Hotel Rome Travel Blog: The Rome travel guide

I started my evening walk from Ottaviano metro station. (Line A, direction battistini).  I wanted to see the city in a evening time with a beautiful lights around the buildings.

It took about 10 minutes walking from metro station to San Pietro. San Pietro is very beautiful in the evening time. Every traveller must  see it! And in the evening time it’s not too crowded there. You can see all the statues and be amazed by the beauty of  the Vatican.

After San Pietro I headed to the Gianicolo. It takes about 30minutes to walk from San Pietro to Gianicolo. I was walking down a street called Viale delle mura aurelie: a very nice  green area with  little gardens and plantings. Finaly I arrived to the Gianicolo which is located up  in a hill, where you can see almost the whole city. It is one of the best locations in Rome for a breathtaking view of the innumerable domes and bell towers that pierce the skyline of the multi-hued architectural museum that is the Eternal City. I stood there for a while, enjoying the view and then I felt very hungry so I decided to go eat something.

There’s no better place for dinner than Trastevere! After 10 minutes walk from Gianicolo I arrived to Trastevere.  The neighbourhood is easily recognizable by its narrow cobbled streets lined by medieval houses. At night, both natives and tourists alike flock to its many pubs and restaurants. I found a nice restaurant next to the Piazza Santa Maria. My first course was Bruschetta with olive oil and tomatoes,  a traditional italian antipasto. It consists of roasted bread with several choices of garnish. Molto buono! My second dish was pepper steak with cream sauce, potatoes and salad. So delicious! My stomach was full! Instead of dessert I ordered Limoncello. Limoncello is traditionally served chilled as an after-dinner digestivo.  Very good for your stomach after dinner!

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The PLACEBO, Brian Molko (vocals, guitar), Stefan Olsdal (bass) and Steve Forrest (drums), the trio’s recent history of British rock, arrives at “Rock in Rome” at the Hippodrome Capannelle to give a unique and sensational live alternative rock.

The band is known for his diverse musical style: Brian and friends ranging from post-grunge to Britpop, and punk rock to get to the electronic contamination (which can be seen especially in the last album).

With fifteen years of history behind it, six studio albums released and 11 millions copies sold worldwide, PLACEBO have achieved global success that makes them come right in rock history. The trio is always productive and continues to churn out new ideas and brilliant with this year in the studio to record their seventh album.

With their sixth studio album, “Battle For The Sun, the  group had reached the top of the European Billboard chart placing in position 1 ^ in 10 countries and over 20 in the Top 5. On the 02 of August the band will perform at their concert here in Rome. The price for the ticket is €40,25 at Ippodromo delle capannelle.

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No matter how traditional Rome may look like, it is yet full of surprises…And if I tell about a nice dinner with candles you could say, that’s good but I want something different. Well you’ve got it.!

Suppose we forget the candles and so you have your nice dinner in COMPLETE DARKNESS.

Scary? Oh no, mysterious most of all .. and totally magical for sure.

In Rome there is a place where you can have this fascinating and unique experience. For certain days (I give you the schedule below) there is the CENA AL BUIO (dinner in the dark).

By this, your senses will make you enjoy in a very special way, for not only taste but fragrance and sound will offer new SENSATIONS.

Romantic, sensual and memorable because you deserve it, because Rome is full surprises you will discover..

Here are the dates:

Dinner in the dark Tuesday, 17/4/2012 Experience – at 20.30.
Sunday, 29/4/2012 Dinner in the dark Fragrance – at 20.30.
Sunday, 13/5/2012 Dinner in the dark Touch – at 20.30.
Dinner in the dark Sunday, 20/5/2012 Sound – at 20.30.
Dinner in the dark Sunday, 3/6/2012 Fragrance – at 20.30.
Sunday, 17/6/2012 Dinner in the dark Touch – at 20.30.
Dinner in the dark Sunday, 1/7/2012 Sound – at 20.30.
Sunday, 15/7/2012 Dinner in the dark Fragrance – at 20.30

I was there and I like it very much!

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See you soon In Rome (and may the fork be with you)…

                                                                                                                      MARCELO

A couple of weeks ago I was looking for karaoke pubs in Rome. I found on the internet an Irish pub called Scholars Lounge. It looked very inviting so I went there with my friend.

There’s a karaoke on every Sunday and Tuesday from 10.30 P.M.

I love singing so I was very exited to get there.

It has a good location in the centre of Rome just around the corner from Piazza Venezia.

We went there around ten o’clock and it was already full of Irish people and also people from another countries. The atmosphere was nice and cozy. I saw only happy people around me.

The bar is separated in two parts. In the first part, there are many televisions showing some sport programs, like football. In another part there’s the karaoke. There’s a nice small stage for singers. The lightning and the sound is good so even there’s a lot of noise you can hear everything what you sing because of the good sound!

So, then I had to choose a song. The song list  was very thick! There are songs for everybody no matter what age you are. It’s for everybody. You can find songs from different categories like pop, jazz, blues, rock etc…  I decided to sing Led Zeppelins “Whole lotta love”. The karaoke started and the karaoke host sang few songs first. Very impressive, I have to say. He had a good charisma and voice. After him it was my turn. I went to the stage and first I felt a little bit shy, but in a few seconds this feeling was gone, because the audience was so nice and friendly. After my song was finished I got a big big applause! It was so amazing!

No matter what’s your singing level, the audience treats everybody in the same way.

C’è chi si prender solo vacanze: tempo per riposarsi e magari conoscere un nuovo posto, ma ci sono anche quelli che vogliono non solo conoscere un posto, ma anche viverlo e cogliere l’opportunità di fare qualcosa di diverso che gli aiuti a capire non soltanto il posto ma anche le persone che ci abitano.

La Divina Comedia is considered a masterpiece of world literature and a milestone of culture in Italy. It is divided into three parts: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.

Its author,  Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is known as the Supreme Poet and is also called the Father of the Italian language.

From this epic poem was born the Dante Live Project, a multimedia concert for piano played by two performers. The musical performance includes reading recited passages from the work and images of some famous artists  like Delacroix and Doré.

The event is under the Honorary presidence of Maestro Ennio Moricone (composer of some of the most wonderful film music, theatre and radio).The show will be performed at St Andrew’s Church located  about half way between Piazza della Republica and Palazzo dell Quirinale, near Hotel Des Artistes and Yes Hotel.

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WHERE: St Andrew’s Church in Via XX Settembre, 7 Rome (Barberini Metro station)

WHEN: Saturday 24th March  at 6.30 pm

TICKET PRICE: 10 euros

Our blogger: Daniel

Have you seen this man in Rome?

The great Jacopo Robusti ALIAS Tintoretto (his father, Giovanni known as a dyer and so taking the name meaning little dyer for this) ALIAS Il Furioso (powerful and colourful style inspiring life itself).

Tintoretto is accused of painting great masterpieces in the Venetian interpretation of the renaissance style. Tintoretto has also created huge canvas, one of them with a record (the largest one in history) named The Paradise.

He can be seen from 24^th February 2012 until the 10^th June 2012 at the Scuderia del Quirinale in Rome. There you can check works like:

The Deposition (1594) from the Monastry of San Giorgio Maggiore, the Miracle of the Slave painted in 1548 for the Scuola Grande di San Marco, Madonna of the Treasurers and the Stealing of the Dead Body of St. Mark, both from the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Jesus Among the Doctors (1542) lent by the Milan Cathedral’s Diocesan Museum, the St Mary of Egypt and the St Mary Magdalen from the Scuola Grande di San Rocco and the Last Supper from the Venetian church of San Trovaso with another version of the same subject, from the church of San Polo.

If you see Tintoretto in Rome, report it to your friends (we are sure they will be delighted)… 

Marcelo

WHERE: SCUDERIE DEL QUIRINALE in  Via 24 Maggio, 16 Rome.  06 39967500

WHEN: From 24^th February 2012 until the 10^th June 2012

Ticket Price: 10 euros

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Incubus were formed by vocalist and founder Brandon Boyd, undisputed charismatic leader training, Mike Einziger from the acrobatic, imaginative and innovative guitarist, Ben Kenney, who took over in 2003 to previous bassist Dirk Lance, drummer Jose Pasillas and co-founder and Chris Killmore

The band announce their upcoming European tour which will see them back in Italy on the 25^th of june at Rock in Rome. Few bands know how to renew itself from album to album like Incubus, as evidenced by the last “If not now … when?”, The sixth studio work for Brandon Boyd and his companions. Their first album “enjoy incubus”, was a pure bundle of energy, perfected a few months later with the masterpiece funky / crossover, entitled “SCIENCE”, where Incubus were distinguished by the freshness of sound, great technical skills and extraordinary talent as composer.

With the tracks “Make Yourself” and “Morning View” Incubus lead in contact with sounds more accessible, consecrating their success around the world.

The single “Drive” and “Wish You Were Here” became international hits and the band Incubus pass from the status of alternatives to the trend setters of American rock.

Here’s the detail of the concert:

Ippodromo le capannelle-rome

Ticket price €36-opening time 18.00-concert start 21.30

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