[Klaas]

The 2nd August me and my gf are going to Rome for 9 days. Has anyone else here been to Rome and got some tips? I've been there 4 years ago, though only for 3 days, so I've only seen the usual stuff (colloseum, forum, trevi fountain, spanish stairs, vatican, etc.). So I'm interested in the more obscure things to visit that aren't that known.
I'm also thinking about visiting the outskirts. Someone has any tips on that? I was thinking about Tivoli, old Ostia, and probably the castelli romani and the lake of Bracciano.

[Red_08]

Nice!
I always wanted to go to Italy to see what it was like.

[King Tutankhamun]

Yea me too, it sounds neat there.

[Argalius]

One of my teachers always tells about how great Rome is. He also says that the most beautiful things aren't find at the best known places but in the small alleys of Rome. So check them, get a map and explore.

[Klaas]

Ok, I'll check out those small alleys

[Red_08]

You mean imbetween apartment buildings? Or do you mean small villages?
All I find whenever I go in an alley, all I usually find is garbage and once in a while a gangster or two.

[Klaas]

Red_08, on May 28 2005, 03:53 PM, said:

You mean imbetween apartment buildings? Or do you mean small villages?
All I find whenever I go in an alley, all I usually find is garbage and once in a  while a gangster or two.

Small streets I guess, without garbage and gangsters

[Argalius]

Red_08, on May 28 2005, 04:53 PM, said:

You mean imbetween apartment buildings? Or do you mean small villages?
All I find whenever I go in an alley, all I usually find is garbage and once in a  while a gangster or two.

It isn't NY or something, we're talking about Rome! So I really meant alleys.

[Red_08]

But what would you find in an alley?

[Mythos_Ruler]

Probably small, out-of-the-way shops and such.

[Red_08]

I guess.

[Titus Ultor]

There's a lot of history in alleys...while the tenants, roads, and even some buildings might change, very times do people wish to expend the effort to fix up an alley. In Rome, I hear, there are a lot of small, winding alleyways that have existed for centuries.

[av_nefardec]

I'd check out the facist architecture of Rome - I had written a massive post earlier giving you some insight and what not into this important politico-architectural movement, but firefox crashed in another window and I lost the post.

Italy's architecture of the 20s, 30s, and 40s is incredibly interesting to me because it exemplifies very clearly the sort of connections that architecture shares with politics, power, and psychology. I could write pages upon pages about my interest in this, but I will spare you because I am both busy and tired.

Perhaps I will feel up to the task soon once more :/

[Klaas]

Yeah, I'll do that Adam. Well, maybe I'll just google a bit for it, no need to write up a long post if you don't feel like it