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[MissSportyGT]

Has anyone been? What was it like, did you enjoy it?

Me and Ollie are going for 6days on Thursday and i've just been reading reviews and some people say that they love it and others hate it, most say about the city being dirty but its a city aren't they all?!?! Also about pickpocketers being really bad but i had that in Barcelona you just have to be careful, just want to know everything as me and ollie will be traveling alone and don't speak any italien.

Thank You

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[*Raz*]

All u need to know is....

Ciao

Bonjourno

Bella

Pasta

Pizza

(and thats about all I learnt in year 9 Italian lessons at school )



Im sure ur have great fun!

They were talking about Rome on another forum that I am on and they said its really nice, and so romantic. Depends on what you two are going out there for, make sure you get out and site see
Im off on holiday in a week SO excited!!

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Edited by *Raz*, 11 February 2008 - 06:10 PM.

[Bungle]

and don't forget to take a picture of you pushing the tower straight

[MissSportyGT]

Yeah i really want to see the sites Trevi Fountain, Spanish steps, Colessum and defiently Vatican city to meet popey lol.

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[Ethel]

Save yer money Lois... If you can wait to the weekend I'll take you to Pizzahut 'n pinch yer bum find a couple of nuns 'n it'll be as good as being in St Peter's square

[MissSportyGT]

Make it KFC and i'm there

I just want to see the nuns.

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[Jammy]

and don't forget to take a picture of you pushing the tower straight

Thats not in Rome Bumgle!

[Elfie]

I found Rome just to be those four things, Trevi Fountain, Spanish steps, Colluseum and the Vatican city. And the colluseum is rubbish and everything else if just stuff you look at, you can't go and actually be involved in anything. You may aswell look at a photo at home, there is little else to be achieved by visiting it. I didn't find it particularly romantic either, grubby in places, very spread out.
I went there on a month round europe doing interrail and preferred places like Barcelona, Paris, Zurich etc, much nicer.
Just my opinion

[MissSportyGT]

But isn't most sites what you look at like in Barcelona all gaudi's work and the church are thing you look at, well things you pay to look at lol

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[blacktulip]

dont bother with rome, go to naples instead, its really nice. even though i havent been lol. but heard its really nice.

[*Raz*]

dont bother with rome, go to naples instead

she has already booked it and is going in 3 days!!

[mini_lover]

But isn't most sites what you look at like in Barcelona all gaudi's work and the church are thing you look at, well things you pay to look at lol

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Well kinda yes... but its amazing! Sagrada Familia (the Gaudi church) is phenomenal, id advise anyone to see it/go up it. Its amazing!

[yorkshirechris]

Or just join me and Mike at Download (you know you want to go Mike!)

Much cleaner, nice clean air, lovely public toilet facilities and cheap food!

[The Matt]

If you fancy going to Rome, go to Rome!

Do it the cheap way. Fly Ryanair from Stansted to Ciampino then get a terravision bus into Rome central station. If you book flights in advance they're nice and cheap (and I mean pennies for the flight plus taxes) and you can get from the airport on the bus for about 8-10 Euro.

I'd say it's definitely worth going for a central Hotel though, this is where it's worth spending extra cash. I stayed in the financial district and though it was a really nice 4 star hotel, it was a 3 mile walk or a 50p bus ride into the centre, plus there were no local restaurants or bars that were worth going to. Research hotel location very carefully. Go for one somewhere near the Palatine Hill, the Forum and the Colosseum as that's a good starting point for most of the stuff you'll want to see/do. You can get reasonably priced food from the likes of MacDonalds etc, but you really should go local and get a nice bowl of pasta or some real fresh pizza. It's all reasonably priced and the locals are fairly welcoming too. Also, go out for some proper ice-cream at a gelateria after you've eaten your dinner!

I have to say that personally I preferred Florence as it was more romantic for me and the GF and there was lots of arty stuff to see (like Michelangelo's 'David' at the Galleria di Academia and the Galleria degli Uffizi. There's ponte Vecchio and allsorts of Medici family stuff that's worth seeing too (they were one of the big families.

All in all, it's worth seeing and if you want to go, you should do it!

[The Matt]

And, don't worry about not speaking Italiano, you'll be just fine with a flutter of Ollie's eyelashes!