One visit to Rome Italy and you'll see right away how it earned the nickname "The Eternal City". This is one place truly outside of time. From the ruins of the Forum and the Colosseum to the green fields on one of history's most famous roads, Via Appia, Rome is a city of spectacular grandeur and sleepy antiquity. But it is also a fun-filled city, spread about the seven famous hills where Romulus, the shepherd boy raised by a wolf, decided to build his city. With 3,4 million people, it is the bustling, energized capital of Italy, home to the Vatican - the world's smallest country and seat of the Catholic Church - and some of the most eye-popping wonders of the ancient world. Fly in on one of many cheap flights to Rome with airBalticTravel.com and discover a city worthy to be called the Capital of the World.
Language
This is Italy, where the late unification of the country (1870) has the still frustrating effect of multiple dialects in full-force across the country. Rome is no exception to this rule and the people there speak a brand of Italian known as Romanesco. English is spoken widely enough in the tourist spots, and so it's not uncommon to be addressed immediately in English from the guy wearing the gladiator costume under the Arch of Constantine, just for example.
See and do
Rome wasn't built in a day and thus it takes more than a day to see all the sights in this famous city. So, you got cheap tickets to Rome and somehow found a cheap hotel in Rome, what next? Head to the Colosseum! Imagine the roar of 55,000 cheering on a bloody battle to the death, walk beneath the awe-inspiring Arch of Constantine and settle down for a picnic on the grassy site of the Circus Maximus (no more chariot races there, unfortunately). Don't miss the Forum, where there are so many still standing columns of otherwise disappeared temples and churches, the past can appear however you please to imagine it. Pass by the colourfully costumed Swiss Guards with their austere expressions and visit the column-enclosed square before St. Peter's Basilica (it's the largest church in the world and home to Michelangelo's Pieta). And then there are the Vatican Museums, where you'll see the famous finger-to-finger fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. But there are many more museums to find and explore, all throughout the city. Rent a car in Rome to truly and easily (if you don't mind the hectic pace) get around the city, although public transportation is quite extensive and efficient.
