A city packed with myth and history
�Why a thousand people are not run over every day is a mystery no man can solve� -Mark Twain
A city packed with myth and history, and churches and monuments and people and cars and madness! Being the number one tourist destination of the world, Rome can be quite overwhelming in every sense of the word. More than 1000 churches, St. Peter, the Colosseum, Capitol Hill and the Pantheon. Where to start?
First, don’t do everything. You can stay in Rome for one month and still just be able to scratch the surface. Second, apart from being the beloved subject of some million guidebooks, Rome is also the subject of famous and infamous movies of all time. To get the grasp of Rome, sit down and watch some of Fellinis movies again. When you want the harder side, turn to Pasolini. For some entertaining historical information you can always turn to Caligula or Gladiator, and when you want a laugh, see Roberto Benigni roaming the streets as a taxi driver in Night on Earth. And of course it is difficult not to mention Dan Brownes book Angels & Deamons which shines a new and interesting light on a lot of Romes monuments. A bit of light studying can make your trip a whole more memorable.
Stay a while, loose all sense of direction walking around, stumble upon amazing monuments and hidden piazzas you never planned to see. Go out in the night and feel the naked monuments without the herd of ice cream eating, fat-dripping tourists. And most of all, do as the romans, be lazy and crazy.
