Yes Hotel Rome Travel Blog: The Rome travel guide

The most exciting experience, that will take you back in time not only to understand a very special aspect of daily life in Ancient Rome, but to feel it in a unique way. The Gladiator School in Rome run by the Gruppo Storico Romano (enthusiastic volunteers willing to tell you everything they know about Rome) provides this opportunity.

First a  history lesson: weapons, costumes and models from Ancient Rome. Then, the gladiator style warm up (dressed in a kind of toga) with belt, sandals and a wooden training sword called a ‘rudis’. The rest of the time at gladiator school is about learning different techniques of attack and defence using your wooden sword. When you’ve proved yourself with that, you’ll move on to use the ‘gladius’, the heavier sword which gave gladiators their name

The activity is good for both adults and kids (thou for children over 6 years old). The price depends on the size of the group that makes the booking. The school is located at Via Appia Antica 18, which is just a short cab ride from the Coliseum and a wonderful complement to its visit.

I came to know about it for clients that tried it and found it the most interesting and funny! ( So now  I have to try it myself,  maybe I will see you there. Why not?)

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During the 17th century the Great Gian Lorenzo Bernini (the creator of the Baroque style of sculpture) completed one of his most celebrated masterpieces: The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.

Just five minutes walking distance from our hotel, on Via XX Settembre, inside the Santa Maria della Vittoria Church.

The scene represented is the union of matter and spirit referred by Teresa of Avila, the Spanish mystic on her book ‘‘The Life of Santa Teresa of Jesus’’. In the book she describes her experience of religious ecstasy in her encounter with an angel: ‘’I saw in his hand a long spear of gold, and at the iron’s point there seemed to be a little fire. He appeared to me to be thrusting it at times into my heart’’.

But yet, as you leave the church another great masterpiece, from the same artist is waiting  just five minutes from there: The Triton Fountain.

Located in the Piazza Barberini and executed in travertine. It shows  at its centre the powerful figure of the Triton, the sea god from the Greco- Roman Mythology.  The fountain has a base of four dolphins that entwine the papal tiara (crown).

In times the idea was the most original: a sculptural fountain, like those from villa gardens, for the first time in a public urban setting. Always before public fountains in the city of Rome had been just passive basins for the reception of public water.

A short walk from Yes Hotel to find two jewels of the Baroque for your own delight. See you soon here, in this beautiful City.

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Hello music lovers! The Opera House in Rome il ‘‘Teatro della Opera’’is located near Piazza Repubblica, which is only five minutes walk from our location Eventually there are in Rome also churches where concerts take place. But for the best Acoustic the Opera House remains on top..

Undoubtedly opera and ballet in Rome is something special and carries its own magic flavour. See you very soon and enjoy it!

Here follows the season 2012-2013 program.

27 November to 11 December:  Simon Boccanegra. Opera. Music by Giuseppe Verdi

22 December to 5 January: Don Chischiotte.  Ballet. Music by Ludwig Minkus.

27 January to 3 February: Il Naso. Opera. Music by Dmitrij Šostakovi?.

9 February to 14 February: Giselle. Ballet. Music by Adolphe Adam

6 March to 16 March: I due Foscari. Opera. Music by Giuseppe Verdi

5 April to 13 April:  Samson et Dalila. Opera. Music by Camille Saint-Saëns

10 May to 18 May:  Rienzi. Opera. Music by Richard Wagner

28 May to 5 June: La Sylphide. Ballet. Music by Hermann Severin von Løvenskjold.

18 June to 25 June: Don Pasquale. Opera. Music by Gaetano Donizetti

27 June: Curlew. Opera. Music by Benjamin Britten

16 July to 23 July: Nabucodonosor. Opera. Music by Giuseppe Verdi.

28 September to 6 October: Coppélia. Ballet. Music by Léo Delibes

23 October to 31 October: Turandot. Opera. Music by Giacomo Puccini

For more info, please check: www.operaroma.it or write an email to reception@yeshotelrome.com

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Raf, or better raffaele Riefoli is one of the most famous Italian singers. The singer began his splendid career in 1983 with the track self control. In 1988 was an unforgettable year for the singer where he participated for the first time at the festival san remo with one of his most beautiful songs, “inevitabile follia”. The nineties have been a period of great success for the Italian singer recorded songs where still widely listened to by all kinds of people. The most famous are Cosa resterà degli anni Ottanta, Ti pretendo, Stai con me, Infinito,Due, Battito animale and many many others..Raf worked as well with other italian singer like Eros ramazzotti and Laura pausini.

Raf returns to perform live on the stage of the most important theaters in Italy with his “Le ragioni del cuore” that will take him on February 2 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.

The concert will again present in key electro-pop of his greatest successes as well as the new hit “Le ragioni del cuore” enclosed eponymous album.

During the live Raf resurface some of his most famous hits new arrangements synthetic clothes and electronic equipment. This back to the future, starting from the sounds of the 80s to the present.

Where: Auditorium parco della Musica, Viale Pietro de Coubertin

When: 02 February2013 21.00PM

For ticket info call 06/8024128

Check our best price in www.yeshotelrome.com or www.hoteldesartistes.com

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The Capitoline Museums hold an exhibition aimed to deepen the knowledge of a historical period of great artistic splendor and great political balance, 98 -180 AD. This is the period of eighty years of the golden days, The Age of Balance, which covers the rule of the Emperors: Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius and Antonio Pio.

The years of the Mediterranean peace, the unification of the currency area, the spread of Roman legal system the diffusion of urban living, the end of the conquest and the violence that make possible the political stability, economical growth and artistic flowering.

The exhibition has six sections: “The characters”, “The artistic language “” Villas and houses “” The historical decorations “”Winners and Losers” and “Tombs” to show how this four emperors, chosen “for adoption” that is, by virtue of their personal qualities and not by right of birth, brought the general development in all aspects of human life.
EXHIBITION: THE AGE OF BALANCE (L’età dell’equilibrio)

WHERE: MUSEI CAPITOLINI (CAPITOLINE MUSEUMS) , PIAZZA DEL CAMPIDOGLIO, ROME

WHEN: FROM 04/10/2012  UNTIL 05/05/2013

GET MORE INFO AT: http://www.museicapitolini.org/mostre_ed_eventi/mostre/l_eta_dell_equilibrio

or info@yeshotelrome.com

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If designer clothing is what you look for but want to have a have a discounted price from the retail price, there are plenty of outlet shops located in the vicinity of Rome. Shopping in outlets not only give you the same quality pieces that you normally find in boutiques but you can find them in a very discounted price. These pieces are last season ago or some are a couple of seasons ago so you might not be able to find here the latest trends in the fashions magazines, but then again, fashion comes and goes and then comes back again. And if you find a very classic piece that can last for a couple of years.

The closest designer outlet shop, located just half-hour car ride from Rome is Castel Romano Designer Outlet. This outlet carries high-end brands like Burberry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino and Roberto Cavalli, just to name a few. There are other shops that are middle ranged and sport clothing like Nike and Puma, so the choices for different shoppers are endless.

Other outlets shops are located a bit further from Rome, some 2-3 hour car ride to the direction for Florence. One of the most celebrated outlet in Italy is the biggest Prada outlet which carries the exquisite Prada pieces from accessories to Ready-to-wear with discount from 30-70%. Another outlet located about half hour car ride is The Mall. This outlet carries top designer shops like Gucci, Fendi, Dior, Balenciaga, Tod’s and Bottega Veneta, to name a few. Discounts ranges from 30-70% off the retail price from the boutiques. During sale seasons in January and August, further reductions from the outlet prices are applied. Some shops even put up last item bins or racks that has really impressive discount prices!!

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Over 60 million records sold for a band which creative force gave birth to authentic immortal masterpieces of rock.

Their unique style combined elements of classical music, jazz, hard rock, folk and art rock  Live performance added to sound vibration the magic spell of an amazing theatrical atmosphere.

Jethro Tull and their charismatic leader, Ian Anderson, has proved  along 40 years to be one of the greatest icons in the rock and roll scene.

The Anderson’s stage personae, an incarnation of God Pan, with his intense and playful nature provided much more than simple entertainment but inspiration to generations of rock lovers.

From their beginning as an experimental blues band Jethro Tull developed a powerful and delicious way of expressing music.

As part of the 2012 Tour ‘’Tick as a Brick’’, next December the 3^rd at 21.15 Jethro Tull  will perform at Gran Teatro of Rome at Via Tor di Quinto (info@ilgranteatro.it)

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The Piazza Navona  provides an incredible and exciting artistic atmosphere. Not only because at its very center you find the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, the masterpiece of Bernini (one of the greatest genius of the baroque period). Street artists of different expressions like painters, musicians and actors make the place unique with a vibrant energy that reaches even the most indifferent heart.

In front of the square there is another magnificent expression of the baroque creative movement: the church of St. Agnes in Agony, built in the seventeenth century, a legacy from the architect Borromini (in competition with Bernini at that times) which is considered a jewel of baroque architecture.

During September (20 and 27), October (4, 11, 18, 25), November (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) and December (6, 13, 20, 27) at 18.30,  a great opportunity for visiting this church with a guided tour! Enjoy the architecture, sculptures, frescoes and a fascinating concert of baroque music in the midst of a perfect atmosphere that will take back in time with the wings of sound, color, fantasy and beauty.

Price for the ticket: 30 euros, with Roma Pass 27.00 euros

More info: 06/06/08

Enjoy it!

MARCELO