IMPORTANT PLACE TO VISIT!

ROME TOURISM :

Rome is a top travel destination in Italy with many top ATTRACTIONS. Although it’s a huge city, the historic center is fairly compact. In Rome you will encounter ancient monuments, medieval and Renaissance buildings and fountains, and great museums. Rome is the capital of modern Italy and boasts many fine restaurants and cafes, good nightlife, and lively streets and squares. Rome has a Mediterranean climate. It is sometimes unpleasantly hot in the summer. Romans will tell you the best weather is to be had in October. They even have a word, ottobrata, for those bright, sunny, Roman days. April and May, or Late September through October are the best times to visit. Rome can count on a wide number of museums and art galleries, among the most important and rich in the world. The truth is that the Italian capital can be considered as a real open air museum, thanks to the excavations that brought to light the splendors of ancient Rome. Go Rome proposes you a list of the main art galleries and museums where you can admire from Roman and Greek masterpieces to Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculptures.

Borghese Gallery : In the art gallery held at the magnificent Villa Borghese are kept many works of great artists as Caravaggio, Da Vinci, Raffaello and Tiziano dating back to the period between 15th and 18th century.

Vatican Museums : The Vatican Museums is the most IMPORTANT museums of Rome. At their inside the highest piece is the Sistine Chapel, famous because of the Last Judgement fresco realized by Michelangelo. The pieces that belong to the museum are so many that several hours are necessary to visit it entirely

Capitoline Museum : Opened in 1734, the Capitoline Museums are among the most ancient of the world and inside are exposed artworks from very different times and STYLES like the statue of the she-wolf symbol of Rome, Bernini’s Baroque statues and precious paintings of Tintoretto and Caravaggio.

Doria Pamphili Gallery : Masterpieces of Caravaggio, Guercino, Caracci and many other great masters of 1600 are preserved at the Doria Pamphili Art Gallery, as well as renaissance works belonging to Raffaello and Tiziano. Historical Centre, Tridente & Borghese and The Vatican and Trastevere are the most important to make a visit.