CELEBRATING IN ROME!

Tuessday, August 16

Rome Day 1

 On Tuesday, August 16 we were up at 5:00 am and hailed a cab at 5:30 to the Athens airport.  It was a two hour flight to Rome!

The room was not ready at the Autograph Collection Marriott Pantheon so we walked a block to see the Pantheon.  We had a pasta lunch near the Pantheon and then walked to Trevi Fountain.  On the way we went in St. Ignatius, a beautiful church.  

The Pantheon

St Ignatius Church

Trevi Fountain

Gelato!

We enjoyed dinner at the hotel's rooftop restaurant.  We walked to Plaza Novona and the Pantheon for an evening view.

Dinner view from rooftop restaurant

Piazza Novona

Our Marriott Hotel

The Pantheon Hotel

Wednesday, August 17

Rome Day 2:  Walking Tour of Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Colosseum

Dinner at Piazza Novona

Thursday, August 18

Rome Day 3: Day on our own - the Pantheon,  Spanish Step and Trevi Fountain

                                                The Pantheon

The Church of Mary Magdalene

                                           The Spanish Steps

The Church of Trinita dei Monti

                                        Trevi Fountain

                                                 Dinner - Afredo

                                                                  Place of the original Fettucine Alfredo 

          

Friday, August 19

Rome Day 4:  Walking tour of the Vatican - Highlights with St. Peter's Dome Climb

We took a taxi from the hotel to the Vatican.  We visited St. Peter's basilica first.  We took an elevator up to the rotunda to see the frescoes and look down into the church.  Then walked 320 steps to the top of the rotunda.  Back down the steps on the level with the statues.  Then visited the main church area of St. Peter's.

                                        St. Peter's 

                                                            

                                Vatican Museum Highlights

Sistine Chapel - no pictures allowed

We walked back to our hotel by the way of Castle d'Angelo and Piazza Novona.

Dinner was an eight minute walk to iLCorallo where we had steak and roast potatoes.

Saturday, August 20

Rome Day 5

We got to sleep in until 8:30!  We had a leisurely breakfast at our hotel's rooftop restaurant.  

We took a taxi to San Pietro in Vincoli a church which has  Michelangelo's Moses and St. Peter's chains.

Walked to another church - Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the oldest churches in Rome, 440 AD.  It has Cappella Sistine Chapel.

We then took a taxi to Castel Sant d'Angelo and walked the famous bridge and toured the castle.  We had a delicious pasta lunch near the castle. 

We walked back to the hotel through Piazza Novona and visited the church there.

Dinner at Piazza Novona - pizza.

A very fun five days in ROME!