Rome Stories and Tips

Quote: Overall I found the public transport system in Rome was extremely good. Our accommodation was just outside of the city centre, so it was necessary to get a bus and then the metro into the centre. The buses ran reasonably regularly, approximately one…

Quote: Rome was never a place I was dying to go to. However, when looking at holidays for this year, Rome was cheap for when my boyfriend and I wanted to go and was easy to get to from East Midlands Airport as I live in…

Quote: I didn't feel I could begin a review of the different components of my trip to Rome and how they rates without first giving an overview of my general experience of Rome itself. In my experience it's a highly underrated city (for all it's…

Quote: Mad Jack’s—we went here on our arrival evening. We were hungry and went to the first restaurant we saw. It was ok, but nothing special—I wouldn’t recommend it. I had margarita pizza and my husband had pasta with walnut cream sauce.…

Quote: I had been to Rome a few times before, but my husband had never been. We spent most of our time visiting the most popular, must see tourist sites. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, because I realized how much…

Quote: Remember that the cruise itinerary is a 13-Day Holy Land Cruise which includes 4 Sea Days. This is the first of four of them and it is also the first formal night. The cruise was uneventful. We simply relaxed on-board to get…

Quote: The cruise was uneventful. We simply relaxed on-board to get prepared for the sites that we are about to see the next couple of weeks. DRINK PACKAGES – I normally purchase a standard soda package since my wife and I like diet sodas…

Quote: Again, the port city name of where the ship will depart is Civitavecchia (pronounced Chi-tah-ve-kia) just in case you can't pronounce it and you get lost, you'll know how to pronounce it in Italian.After our panoramic tour of Rome, my wife and I were taken…

Quote: The port which the ship leaves in is called Civitavecchia (pronounced Chi-tah-ve-kia) just in case you can't pronounce it and you get lost, you'll know how to pronounce it in Italian. We decided to purchase the Celebrity transfer because we didn’t want to get…

Quote: You may have to do some research and Googling but PRIVATE TOURS – My opinion is that it is the BEST way to go. You combine the flexibility of independent traveling with a guaranteed itinerary with the comfort of personal service. Private tours…