Rome with Alessandra

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Rome with Alessandra

Rome seen through the eyes of a born and bred Roman. Licensed tour guide of Rome & curious wanderer. A Rick Steves recommended guide.
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31/07/2024

Trying to escape the heat this morning I drove to Castelgandolfo.
This small town nested on the Roman hills offers the view over the sapphire blue lake of Albano.
This village is mostly known for being the Popes' summer residence.
The Papal palace built over an ancient imperial villa and the medieval castle of the Gandolfi family became the Pope's summer residence from the early 17th c.
Open to visitors in 2016 is a little gem close to Rome.
Here are my pictures.

23/07/2024

Buongiorno☀️

7.30 still cool (around 25 C)

17/07/2024

These days is so hot that it is necessary to try all the gelato types😄.
This is a watermelon cremolato: it differs from standard ice cream or sorbet since cremolato is made only with iced fruit puree. Nothing else.
Not easy to find generally but delicious and very refreshing

14/07/2024

Did you know that Romans loved dormice and porcupines and had special dormice farming in terracotta jars (Vivaria in doliis) known as glirarium?
Peacocks too were used to decorate the table but their flesh war rather hard and after the discovery of America they were replaced by turkeys with softer meats and easier to breed.

13/07/2024

Rome's hidden jungle

10/07/2024

So hot this morning that even statues will get sunburnt.
But it's good to have plenty of water everywhere and for free.

30/06/2024

Celebrating a friend's birthday with THE view.

21/06/2024

A day tour out of town with lovely clients to escape the crowds and chaos in Rome.

20/06/2024

This week temperatures are high due to the first summer heatwave.
I was guiding in the Roman Forum around noon when I looked up towards Palatine Hill and saw this group of nuns that probably were not very comfy in the robes.

09/06/2024

In a quiet morning while the city is still asleep and out on the streets were just a few people going to vote for the European government elections I rode my bicycle in the neighborhood parks.
Schools just closed for summer holidays last Friday, temperatures are going up and now the weekends in the city are quieter since many Romans flock towards the beaches.
Final stop at the Sunday farmers market which is normally very crowded but summer is here and Romans are out. I got my veggies on the backpack and back home.

06/06/2024

Buongiorno
A gorgeous sunny day, temperatures are supposed to reach 32C today!

04/06/2024

Oh nooo!
How could I enter this ice cream shop and say "no thanks" when my clients asked me if I wanted a cone😄

02/06/2024

Abruzzo here I am again.
Escaping Rome chaos for a couple of days in my tiny village perked on the hill.
I love the slow paced life here.

02/06/2024

Today is our Republican Day!
And the firefighters hold a gigantic Italian flag on the Colosseum

Buona festa della Repubblica!
June 2

26/05/2024

Buona domenica!

This is my friend at the Vatican Museums, perennial smile! I call him "big lips".

Hall of animals (Vatican Museums)

19/05/2024

Every year on the Pentecost Day the Italian Fire Brigade men throw red petals in the "eye" of the Pantheon at the end of the mass to commemorate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. .
Just spectacular!

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18/05/2024

Going to work on Saturday morning...

08/05/2024

I'm often asked if the oculus of the Pantheon has a glass window.
The answer is in the picture I took today in the late afternoon.
Rainy afternoon

04/05/2024

30/04/2024

Heading to work.
Early morning, streets are quiet because of the long bank holiday: tomorrow is Labour's Day
Iconic Rome: the Colosseum, the sampietrini cobblestones, the scooter... the light of Rome.

29/04/2024

Morning around St Peter's Square.
Bishops going to a meeting.

25/04/2024

The view from the top of my village

24/04/2024

One quick visit to my house in Abruzzo.
I'd like to plan for 2025 some short trips considering that Rome will be awfully chaotic with the Holy Year 😅
My offer for 2024 is for daytours only at the moment.

21/04/2024

When in Rome don't miss out the museums of Palazzo Massimo and the Baths of Diocletian.
Palazzo Massimo contains an astonishing collection of statues, mosaics and paintings that once decorated the houses, temples, squares of ancient Rome.
In the Baths of Diocletian admire the immensity of the ruins of the largest baths in Rome, look at the epigraphic section with some 10000 inscriptions that range from daily life, political, business subjects and sorcery!
Sit and enjoy the magnificent chiostro designed by Michelangelo.
You can purchase a combo ticket for both and enjoy the quietness of these museums unfortunately not visited by many, but which house top rated art & architecture.

19/04/2024

Have you ever stepped into a garden painted 2000 years ago?
The dining hall in the Villa of the empress Livia.

Museo Nazionale Romano
Palazzo Massimo

Indirizzo

Rome

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Buongiorno☀️ 7.30 still cool (around 25 C)

So hot this morning that even statues will get sunburnt. But it's good to have plenty of water everywhere and for free.

Buongiorno A gorgeous sunny day, temperatures are supposed to reach 32C today!

Oh nooo! How could I enter this ice cream shop and say "no thanks" when my clients asked me if I wanted a cone😄

Going to work on Saturday morning...

Heading to work. Early morning, streets are quiet because of the long bank holiday: tomorrow is Labour's Day Iconic Rome: the Colosseum, the sampietrini cobblestones, the scooter... the light of Rome.

Morning around St Peter's Square. Bishops going to a meeting.

The view from the top of my village #abruzzo #italy

Have you ever stepped into a garden painted 2000 years ago? The dining hall in the Villa of the empress Livia. Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo #rome #palazzomassimo #romsn

Good morning! After a night of heavy rain the light at 7,30 is beautiful.

This is a rare example of anemoscope in marble from V cent AD probably. It was an instrument used to indicate the direction of the winds. It is decorated with personifications of the winds. 🌬️

7 am The moon over St Peter's square

A stroll through Trastevere. Bright and windy day, very pleasant to stay outdoors. #rome #trastevere

Piazza della Minerva: in the background the Pantheon, the Bernini's elephant and the church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. The guitar player and the young clergymen going to church. #rome

Inside the Borghese with some of my favourites...

Romans enjoying this sunny and breezy Saturday afternoon in villa Borghese Summer is coming to an end, it's in the air: it feels different.

Roadwork roadwork roadwork all over Rome. Rome is getting ready for the Jubilee 2025 and from now until the 2025 I suppose traffic jams will be an ordinary business.

After a summer break in Greece (I'll post something about it later) this morning I returned to the Vatican Museums for a tour. The first week of September is always pretty slow. In the video you can see the main entrance of the Museums opened in 2000 featuring also the wooden model of the Vatican City and then the main spiral stairway to exit the museums that dates back to the 1930s