La Bella 2017 : Roma Rest Day 2

Flaminio Station

Second day of rest and we head to Roma again, after a great day yesterday we are ready to explore new sights and experiences.

The first stop is Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi), standing at 26 mtrs x 20 mtrs wide it is the largest Baroque fountain in the city. The many images you see of this famous fountain whilst growing up may surprise you that is not in some large piazza expanse but tucked in the back streets in a small area.

Nevertheless it is a wonderful fountain and the hive of activities with shops and lane ways.

The Trevi

A reasonable walk from here are the Spanish Steps, area. Scainata della Trinita dell Monte (Italian)

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It is long and wide and always popular with the tourists to sit observe and photo opportunities.They date from 1725

Spanish Steps

The roads lead to Piazza del Popolo which is a short walk from the steps, with Villa Borghese elevated high above the piazza with sweeping views of Roma.

This is a fantastic part of Roma, so much to see and do. A cover band is playing in the park, hot day, lots of family activities, ahh lets have a Gelati

Ross at the waters of life

Villa Borghese

Plenty of walking seeing all the sites so much to see.

Public parks and nature reserves cover large areas of Roma. Particularly around Villas with beautiful gardens created by the Italian aristocracy.

Garry Taking it all in

James in the Piazza del Popolo

Vatican from Villa Borghese

An interesting site in Roma is the monument of Victor Emmanuel II. He was the first king of a unified Italy and was completed in 1935. It houses the museum of Italian reunification.
It's construction destroyed a large part of medieval buildings

Many buildings were built during the Fascist regime that ruled Italy between 1922-1943. The style is linked to ancient Roman architecture.

Victor Emmanuel II buildings

Next on the places of interest is the Pantheon, but first an ale in an Irish Pub.

A nice quiet interlude before we head out to the noise of a busy city.

The Pantheon is free and quite remarkable.
The Pantheon is a former Roman temple, now a church, in Rome, Italy, on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Agrippa during the reign of Augustus. It was opened in AD 126