| Organizing a dream vacation to Italy? The capital city | | | | definitely was a celebration of Olympic history. The |
| will keep you busy enough; there are numerous | | | | earliest Olympic games happened in the ancient |
| important and gorgeous places to see in Rome. As a | | | | coliseum in Rome. While you are busy trying to find all |
| city more than 2 and a half thousand years old, there | | | | the places to see in Rome on your list, keep an eye |
| are historical places to see in Rome, including marks of | | | | open for the ring-road, or otherwise called the Grande |
| the beginning of western civilization and the ancient | | | | Raccordo Anulare. This road circles the main middle of |
| Roman empire, early stages and HQ of the Catholic | | | | the city by about six miles. The holiday maker maps |
| church, and Renaissance period architecture. Modern | | | | might refer to this road as the official name, A90, but |
| places to see in Rome include the govt. Classic and | | | | regionally and on many street signs it will be called |
| modern musical, melodramatic, inventive and production | | | | GRA, or the Raccordo. |
| shows and museums give a rich culture across the | | | | The town from before it being called Rome had walls |
| town. | | | | built around it. This was respected by the people as all |
| Even though the best places to see are available all | | | | businesses and homes were within the walls. The wall |
| year around, the best times to visit are in the spring or | | | | was not well looked after and city population grew |
| fall. August is so hot and uncomfortable, that | | | | outside the walls, but were considered rural. It was a |
| traditionally many locals take the month of August as | | | | defensive wall built by the Roman armed forces of |
| vacation and go somewhere else. In planning your | | | | concrete, stone, mortar, and even some existing |
| vacation, and if you can help it, it'd be best for your | | | | buildings. Some pieces have been revived for historical |
| plans and company if you follow the local example and | | | | value. Where the walls once divided urban residents, |
| not be there in Aug. On the other hand, Romans take | | | | now the citizens likewise use the GRA as an outlining |
| pride in their pleasing October weather that is warm | | | | line. |
| and sunny. | | | | Driving to all the places in Rome to see will be tough, |
| On top of all the humanities and history, there are | | | | and a truly native experience. The age and expansion |
| arenas and international sports places to see in Rome. | | | | of the city gives less than efficient roadways for all |
| Football is the most popular sport in Italy. Rugby is | | | | the traffic. There is an underground metro, as well as |
| small, but growing quickly. The games were held in the | | | | an above ground bus system that has more than |
| Olympic Stadium, built for the 1960 Summer Olympics. | | | | 8000 stops along its routes. |
| When the Olympic Games were held here in 1960, it | | | | |