From http://www.santagnese.org/
Catacombe di Sant’Agnese/ Catacombs of St. Agnes
Via Nomentana, 349
00162 Roma, Italy
Telephone +39 06 861 08 40
Website http://www.santagnese.org/
Closed on Sunday mornings and on Monday afternoons
Hours: 9.00 – 12.00 and 16.00 – 18.00
8 € full price; 5 € reduced fee (effective 01/01/2010)
The Catacombs of St. Agnes held the remains of the famous and very young Roman martyr [...]
The holidays are rapidly approaching… and in Rome, it’s already starting to look “a lot like Christmas.” Okay, so really it’s only a few stores but yes, there are Christmas decorations a twinkling! In the streets headed towards the Pantheon you’ll see STARS mounted in the narrow alleys. Rome is a WONDERFUL place to come [...]
There are many spots in Rome from where you can take INCREDIBLE photos. Many folks ask me where to go and get the best views…. so here is a brief list – I’m sure you’ll find others!
From the top of the Vittoriano (Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II)
Looking eastward from the Vittoriano, you see the [...]
As an ancient city, Rome has many narrow, one-way streets. There’s also monumental traffic jams… and then of course, there are the driving habits of Romans. All these contribute to make the metro system in Rome a good alternative for getting around town. Romans called the subway system Metropolitana . Unfortunately, there are ONLY two [...]
In a previous post we discussed the most popular “discount” card for sightseeing in Rome, the Roma Pass. Let’s look at what other options are available to you. Perhaps the greatest advantage of buying a “pass” is to save some money. Yet you can also use these passes to skip some of the longer lines [...]
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Many folks I’ve worked with have questions about those guys in the Gladiator outfits, seen at every major site in Rome. I always suggest they ignore the “gladiators” as many can be a little overbearing. This story speaks for itself. This following is an excerpt from the April/May 2009 edition of The Roman Forum, an [...]
One of the few discounts available to non-EU travelers in Rome is the Roma Pass. The Pass, currently priced at €25 (effective February 1, 2010) , has multiple benefits. First, it serves as a 3-day transportation ticket, good at all local metro, bus, and tram connections… and second, it acts as a museum or “site” card that gives you [...]
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