Italy 2023

Day 8 May 30, 2023 Today we decided to leave the city and head to the little town of Tivoli. It is about 20 miles away, but about an hour by the Metro. We went to the Parco Villa Gregoriana, located at the feet of the city’s acropolis, and was commissioned by Pope Gregory XVI […]

Day 7 May 29, 2023 Today we did a 6-hour tour of the Appian Way Catacombs and Roman Aqueducts EBike tour. We got to explore the Roman countryside and navigate the highlights of the area including the 2300-year-old Appian Way, the 3rd century Aurelian walls, and the Roman Aqueducts. Our guide was Francesca, and she

Day 6 May 28, 2023 Walked to the Borghese Gallery where we had a 2-hour tour of the gallery and the gardens. The gallery has a collection of world-class Baroque sculpture, including Bernini’s David and Apollo and Daphne (these sculptures were just amazing!!!) as well as many paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael, Titian, and Rubens. Two

Day 5 Saturday, May 27, 2023 Today was a “do whatever” day. We left around 9:30 and headed towards the Trastevere Neighborhood. We wove in and out among many streets through the Jewish Ghetto and we saw the Fontana D. Tartarughe (Turtle Fountain). Leaving the Jewish Ghetto, we saw the Teatro Di Marcello (an unexpected

Day 4 May 26, 2023 We woke up early and walked down to the Trevi Fountain (literally a 5-minute walk from the BNB) and was there a little after 6 am. There were some people there, but nothing like the first day we arrived. We got the selfies, tossed our coins in the fountain, and

Today was an early start with heading out the door at 7am. Took the Metro (at rush hour!) to the Ottaviano station to meet our tour guide by the Fontana delle Tiare near St. Peter’s Square. Our tour included: The tour was about 5 hours and our guide was AMAZING!!! Her name was Chiara Antonelli

Today was a “get acquainted with Rome” day so we ventured out about 7:30 am and went past the Trevi Fountain, which had quite a few people there at that time. They had part of it blocked off as they were filming some female person prancing around in front of it. Had no idea who

We arrived in London at 6:30 am London time (5 hours ahead of us). Had a 3 hour lay over and grabbed some breakfast. Flight to Rome was at 10:30 and we landed at 2:30 Rome time (6 hours ahead of us). We took the Leonardo Express from the airport to the Roma Termini and