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- #1 The AquaMadre
- Via di S. Ambrogio, 17-00186 Rome
- Tram 8 to Argentina, all buses via Argentina (i.e. 30, 40, 46, 62, 64, 70)
- Ladies W & F 11am-9pm, mixed Tues 2pm-9pm, Thurs, Sat & Sun 11-9
- An ACTUAL bath like from during Diocletians time! Reserve your admission
- #2 Appartamento Borgia
- Vatican Museums, Viale Vaticano - 00165 Rome
- Metro A to Cipro-Musei Vaticani
- #3 The Arco degli Acetari
- Via del Pellegrino, near house number 19, 00186 Rome
- Bus 40, 62, 64,70, 87, 492 to Navona
- Tip: a few houses down is Liberia de Viaggiatore (Travellers bookshop)
- #6 The Baker’s Tomb
- Piazza di Porta Maggiore - 00185 Rome
- Trams 2,3,5,8,14,19 to Porta Maggiore, Metro A to Manzoni
- #8 The Borromini Perspective
- Galleria Spada, Piazza Capo di Ferro, 13
- Bus 46 to Via Torre Argentina; Bus 23,63,271,280,810, N10 to Lgt. Dè Cenci; Bus 30,46,56,62,64,70,81,87 to Corso Vittorio Emanuele
- #11 The Bramante Monastery
- Arco della Pace, 5
- Bus 30 to Corso del Rinascimento, Bus 40 to Chiesa Nuova, Bus 116 to Teatro Valle
- #12 The Bridge of the Four Heads
- Behind Romes oldest stone Bridge
- Ponte Fabricio
- Tram 8 or Bus H,23,40,63,64,70,280,630,780
- #13 Campo Santo Teutonico
- Via della Sagrestia, 17
- Metro A to Ottaviano, Bus 64 to Cavalleggeri OR S.Pietro; bus 62 to Piazza Pia
- #14 The Cannonball Fountain
- Viale Trinità dei Monti, 1
- Metro A to Spagna
- House no.2B has a turret & sign saying "Aqua Vergine". Behind the grey door is a staircase leading 30m down to an ancient water channel
- #15 Capo di Ferro, 31
- Via Capo di Ferro, 31
- Bus 46 to Via torre Argentina; Bus 628 to Teatro Marcello
- #16 Casa di Goethe
- Via del Corso, 18
- Metro A to Flaminio
- Rome's oldest Vegetarian Restaurant (1977), Il Margutta is just around the corner, reservation required
- #17 The Cat Colony
- Largo di Torre Argentina
- Tram 8 or Bus 30,40,46,62,64,70 to Argentina
- #18 The Chapel of the Female Pope
- Via dei Querceti/Via dei Santi Quattro
- Metro A to San Giovanni, Metro B to Colosseo
- Tip: nearby is Basilica of San Clemente which has an ancient Mithraeum
- #19 The Chimpanzee Tower
- Via dei Portoghesi, 18
- Bus 30 to Corso dei Rinascimento; Bus 46,63,64,70 to Coros Vittorio Emanuele II/Navona
- #20 The Chocolate Factory
- Via Tiburtina 135
- Bus 71 to Tirburtina, Tram 3,19 to Scalo S. Lorenzo
- Tip: nearby is a spartan Pizzeria (Open Monday-Sat 6pm-12Am)
- #21 The Christmas Crèche Museum
- Via Tor de'Conti, 31a (entrance in the church of SS.Quirico e Giulitta
- Metro B to Cavour or Colosseo
- #23 Cimitero del Verano (The VIP Cemetery)
- Piazzale del Verano, 1
- Trams 3,19 or Bus C2, C3, 71, 88, 140,163,223,443,to Verano (Free service in Cemetery)
- #24 The City Walls Museum
- Museo delle Mura, Via di Porta San Sebastiano, 18
- Bus 714 from Termini St. to Colombo/Marco Polo, then 500m on foot
- #25 The Column of Augustus
- Scala dell'Arcicapitolina, 12/14
- Bus 44,70,81,160,170,628 to Piazza Venezia, Bus 63,715 to Teatro Marcello
- #27 Corso N 494
- Via del Corso, 494
- Metro A and Bus 119 to Spagnia
- #30 The Creepy Crypt
- Via Giulia, 262
- Bus 46 to Via Torre Argentina, Bus 628 to Teatro Marcelllo
- #32 The Dancing Church Tower
- Via S. Andrea delle Fratte, 9/10
- Metro A to Barberini
- Tip: there is a "Roman clock" that shows only 6hrs.
- #34 Santa Maria del Popolo
- Piazza del Popolo
- Metro A to Flaminio
- #35 The Denunciation Box
- Piazza delle Coppelle, 72b
- Bus 30 to Corso del Rinascimento; Bus C3, 70, 87, 116, 116T to Zanardelli
- Tip: If you'd like to send something in the post, there is a post office in the Via delle Coppelle/corner of Via della Scrofa
- #38 The Drogheria (A message from the 15th C)
- Via del Portico d'Ottavia, 1c
- All buses that stop at Piazza Venezia or Stn. Argentina; Tram 8 to Argentina
- Best known Jewish restaurants are on the Via del Portico d'Ottavia
- #39 The Ecstatic Teresa
- Santa Maria della Vittoria, Via XX Settembre, 17
- Metro A to Rupubblica; Bus 175 to Largo S. Susanna
- #40 The Entrails of the Popes
- Vicolo dei Modelli, 73
- Metro A to Barberini, Bus 52,62,63,71,85,116,160 to Fontana di Trevi
- Tip: Close to Trevi Fountain & Spanish steps, there is also some good sandwich places at Sandwicheria al Nazerano, Largo del Nazareno
- #41 Fairy Houses
- Piazza Minicio
- Trams 3,19 to Piazza Buenos Aires; Buses 63, 86, 92 to Piazza Buenos Aires
- Tip: Viale Regina Margherita, 212 is near by (excellent ice cream parlour, also the Gelateria dei Gracchi
- #42 The False Dome
- Sant'Ignazio, Piazza Sant'Ignazio
- All buses to Piazza Venezia then a 300m walk
- Tip: try Dolci di Nonna Vincenza (A Sicilian bakery on the Piazza Montecitorio, 113)
- #43 The Fama
- Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Bus 30, 46, 62, 64 to Coso Vittorio Emanuele II
- Tip: Supermarket to the left!
- #48 Galleria Sciarra
- Via Marco Minghetti, 22
- MetroA to Barberini, Bus 52,62,63,71,85, to Tritone/Fontana di Trevi
- #50 The House of the Hangman
- Vicolo del Campanile, 2
- Metro A to Ottaviano; Bus 62 to Piazza Pia; Bus 64 to San Pietro
- #51 The Ice Club
- Via della Madonna dei Monti, 18/19
- Metro B to Cavour or Colosseo
- #52 The Keyhole
- Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta 4
- Metro B to Circo Massimo; Bus C3,81,160,628,715 to Via del Circo Massimo
- Right next door to Villa Malta is the Giardino deli Aranci, a garden w/ orange trees, benches and a fine view. Accessible from the Piazza Pietro d'Illiria
- #53 The Laghetto
- Viale America/Passeggiata del Giappone
- Metro B to EUR Palasport or EUR Fermi
- #54 La Sapienza
- Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5
- Metro B to Castro Pretorio or Policlinico; Bus 310 to Università; Trams 3,19 to Viale Regina Elena
- #55 The Lighthouse
- Piazzale de Faro
- Bus 115, 870 to Psg. Gianicolo/Anita Garibaldi
- Tip: Nearby is ancient Oak of Tasso
- #56 The Linea Clementina
- Piazza della Republica
- Metro A to Repubblica
- Tip: opposite of Piazza is a shopping area with scarves, shoes, clothes etc. And a Bookshop (no.254/255) and supermarket (no.213)
- #57 Little London
- Via Bernardo Celentano
- Metro A to Flaminio then Tram 2 to Piazza Ankara
- #61 The Marble Stadium
- Viale di Foro Italico
- Metro A to Flaminio then Tram 2 to the end of the line at Piazza Mancini and a short distance on foot
- Tip: Walk alone the Tiber and you'll come to the Milvian Bridge where Constantine won the Battle against Maxentius in 312 AD.
- #64 The Meridian
- St. Peters Square
- Metro A to Ottaviano, Bus 64 to San. Pietro
- Tip: just on the left had colonnade is a marble slap that marks the spot where John Paul II was injured by an assign on May 13, 1981
- #67 Il Mondo di Laura
- Via del Portico d'Ottavia, 6
- Bus 30,40,62,64,70 etc. and Tram 8 to Argentina
- OR Bus 81,83,85,87 to Piazza Venezia
- Tip: Close by is Beppe e i suoi formaggi, a good place to buy cheese, salami, bread, wine etc.
- #69 The Mouth of Hell
- Via Gregoriana, 30
- Metro A to Spagna
- #72 The Nasoni
- Drinking Water fountains, 2,500 around the city
- Can be found at St. Peters square, near Largo Argentina etc.
- #73 The Necropolis under St Peter’s
- Via Paolo VI
- Metro A to Ottaviano, Bus 64 to San Pietro
- Register by email at Scavi@fsp.va
- Vatican postcards and stamps can be purchased at post office to the left of St. Peters square
- #75 The Oldest Baby Hatch
- Santo Spirito in Sassia, Piazza della Rovere/Borogo Spirito
- Bus 23 to Ospedale generale Santo Spirito
- #76 The Owl House
- Via Nomentana, 70
- Bus 60, 60L, 82, 90 to Villa Torlonia; Trams 3,19 to Regina Margherita
- #77 The Palazzo Cenci
- Piazza dei Cenci, 56
- Bus 23,63,271,N10 to Lgt. Dè Cenc; Bus 81,83,85,87 to Piazza Venezia; Bus 30,40,62,64,70,81 or Tram 8 To Argentina
- #78 The Parco della Musica
- Via Pietro de Coubertin, 30
- Metro A to Flaminio then Tram 2 to Apollodoro
- #79 The Park of the Aqueducts
- Via Lemonia
- Metro A to Giulio Agricola. Get off here and walk up the road to the church of San Policarpo on Via Lemonia. The Park is next to the church
- #81 The Passetto di Borgo
- Between Piazza della Leonina Città and Lungotevere Castello
- Metro A to Ottaviano or Lepanto; Bus 23,40 to Transpontina
- Vatican Radio programs can be found at http://en.radiovaticana.va.
- #83 Pompi
- Via Albalonga, 7b-11
- Metro A to Re di Roma
- Open Tues-Sun 7am -1:30am
- #84 The Prima Porta
- Via Flaminia, 1144 (KM 14,400)
- Bus C2 from Termini Station, Bus C3 from Metro A Station Barberini
- #87 The Quiet Tiber Walk
- Go down the stairs at the Ponte Cestio by the Tiber Island and climb up again at the Ponte Sant'Angelo
- Tram 8 or Bus 30,40,46,62,64 to Argentina
- Tip: Riverboat trips website www.batellidiroma.it
- #88 The Refuse Signs
- Via dei Tre Archi,7
- Bus 30 to Coros del Rinascimento,
- #91 San Carlino
- Via del Quirinale, 23
- Metro A to Barberini
- Changing of guard takes place in front of the presidential palace on the Piazza del Quirinal at 3:15 on Jan 7, Mar 17, Apr 25, June 1 & 2, Nov 11
- #93 Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza
- Archivio di Stato di Roma, Corso del Rinascimento, 40
- Tram 8 or Bus 70,81 to Artentina
- #94 The Sash of the Pietà (Michelangelo’s only signature)
- St Peter's
- Metro A to Ottaviano; Bus 64 to San Pietro
- #96 The Six-Hour Clock
- Borgo Santo Spirito, 3
- Bus 46,64,571 to Lungotevere in Sassia
- Tip: There are other 6hr clocks in Rome (on church of S. Maria in Piazza del Pololo is one and in Trastevere on S. Maria dell'Orto)
- #97 The Smallest Obelisk
- Piazza della Minerva
- Tram 8 or Bus 30,40,62,64 to Argentina
- #98 The Soup Tureen
- Piazza della chiesa Nuova
- Bus 40,62,64,70 to Chiesa Nuova
- Tip: Inscription: Ama Dio e non fallire fa del bene e lassa dire. MDCXXII - Love God, don't fail, do the best thing and let the others do the talking. 1622
- #100 A Tidy Square
- Piazza della Rotonda
- Bus 30,40,62,64 to Argentina
- #101 Torre della Pulzella
- Ponte de Quattro Capi
- Bus 40,63,64 or Tram 8 to Argentina
- #104 The Turtle Fountain
- Piazza Mattei
- Bus 30,40,62,64 or Tram 8 to Argentina
- Tip: the Boccione bakery at Via del Portico d'Ottavia
- #105 Via Margutta
- Via Margitta
- Metro A to Spagna or Flamingo
- #106 Via Piccolomini
- Via Niccolò Piccolomini
- Bus 982 to Via Piccolimini
- #107 Villa Doria Pampili
- At corner of Via Vitelli and Via Leone XIII
- Tram 8 From Largo di Torre Argentina to end of the line at Casaletto; Metro A to Aurelia, then Bus 791 to Nervi
- #108 Vineria Trimani
- Via Goito, 20
- Metro A and B to Termini Main station, then on foot or with Bus 60,62,63 to Via Cernaia
- #109 A Wall of Gratitude
- Viale Trastevere, 143
- Tram 8 or bus 75 to Trastevere
- Close is the Piazza di Santa Cecilia 22, the decorated church of St. Cecilia. In front of the altar is a marble sculpture of the saint who is said to have been plunged into boiling water then beheaded
- #110 The Water Clock
- Viale dell'Orologio
- Metro A to Flaminio
- Enjoy sunset from the panoramic terrace on the Pinico Hill. Below you is Piazza del Puopolo with the twin churches of S. Maria dei Miracle and S. Maria in Montesanto and on the horizon is the dome of St. Peters, bathed in a gentle reddish light
Source: 111 Places in Rome That You Must Not Miss - Annett Klinger
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