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Do You Know the Way to Pompeii?

Do You Know the Way to Pompeii?

by Melanie on 23. Mar, 2009 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Campania, Daytrips, Destinations, Lazio, Out and About, Pompeii, Rome

About a year ago, I posted some information about going to Pompeii from Rome on a day trip. Just a few days ago, I was alerted of a new way to get there. When in Rome Tours has private and semi-private minibus tours to Pompeii. They’ll pick you up in Rome, drive to Pompeii via [...]

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Rome’s New Archeology Czar

Rome’s New Archeology Czar

by Melanie on 19. Mar, 2009 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Destinations, Italy News, Lazio, Rome

News outlets are reporting that the Italian government has appointed Guido Bertolaso, of Naples garbage crisis fame, to head a new effort to address the poor state of Rome’s archeological treasures. According to the International Herald Tribune, Bertolaso will be in charge of whipping into shape some of Rome’s most famous – but crumbling -  [...]

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Aerial Views of Ancient Rome

Aerial Views of Ancient Rome

by Melanie on 13. Nov, 2008 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Destinations, Fun Stuff, Lazio, Rome

Leave it to Google to continue to make geography cool and engaging. Yesterday, Google revealed the new Ancient Rome 3D layer, which allows viewers to “fly” over the city as it was during the heyday of the Forum and Colosseum. With this new layer, Google is also encouraging educators to use Ancient Rome 3D in [...]

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Pompeii By Night

Pompeii By Night

by Melanie on 09. Jun, 2008 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Campania, City Walks, Destinations, Out and About, Pompeii

Question: What’s eerier than surveying the ruins of Pompeii? Answer: Visiting them at night. According to the ansa.it news service, Pompeii will once again offer its popular “Sound-and-Light” tour, a one-hour look at the ancient Roman city complete with ambient music, flood-lit ruins, and a video simulation of the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the [...]

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Day Trip to Pompeii from Rome

Day Trip to Pompeii from Rome

by Melanie on 11. Mar, 2008 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Campania, Daytrips, Destinations, Featured Articles, Lazio, Out and About, Pompeii, Rome

My friend Tom recently asked me if I knew of any good day trips to Pompeii from Rome. When I last visited Pompeii, I did it myself: taking the morning train to Naples then Pompeii and doing the reverse in the evening. My tour of Pompeii was solo and without a guide; quite frankly, being [...]

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Roman Forum: No Longer Free

Roman Forum: No Longer Free

by Melanie on 29. Feb, 2008 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Destinations, Lazio, Rome

Well, it was fun while it lasted. According to the folks at Dream of Italy and Tony Polzer from 3 Milennia Tours, the Roman Forum will begin to charge admission as of March 9th. Tony lays out the facts, including admission and access, on the Slow Travel forum. We have not been able to independently confirm [...]

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What’s Old Is New Again: Rome’s Via Appia Antica

What’s Old Is New Again: Rome’s Via Appia Antica

by Melanie on 07. Feb, 2008 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Destinations, Featured Articles, Lazio, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Rome, Travel Articles

Now that we’ve entered the Holy Season, tourism to Rome is going to start heating up again quite quickly. Of course, you can follow the pilgrimage throngs around the Lenten Station circuit. Or, you can travel outside the city walls to check out the Via Appia Antica. David Farley’s one-day itinerary along the ancient road [...]

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Et tu, Brute?

Et tu, Brute?

by Melanie on 05. Dec, 2007 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Fun Stuff

Friends, Romans, countrymen…I’ve been wanting to study Latin for a very long time, but keep shifting it down on my list of priorities. This NY Times editorial from Harry Mount titled “A Vote for Latin” is a good argument for learning more about the classics and the language that spawned Italian. Now, does anyone know [...]

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Ancient Romulus Cave Found

Ancient Romulus Cave Found

by Melanie on 21. Nov, 2007 in Ancient History, Destinations, Italy News, Lazio, Rome

If you believe the legend that Rome was founded more than 2,000 years ago by the twins Romulus and Remus (who are seen suckling a she-wolf in Rome’s famous “logo”), then word that scientists have found the Lupercale will astonish you. According to Reuters, archeologists restoring the ancient Palace of Augustus on the Palatine hill [...]

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2,000 Years of Style in Rome

2,000 Years of Style in Rome

by Melanie on 06. Jul, 2007 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Destinations, Lazio, Museums and Exhibits, Rome, Shopping

  Way back in 1999, I remember walking up to the pile of rubble and marble that was the Ara Pacis and feeling amazed that such an ancient monument had been left so lonesome on the banks of the Tiber to weather the elements. Most of the rest of Rome’s monuments were under scaffolding at [...]

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