ROME, ITALY*S CAPITAL, RISES ON THE BANKS OF THE
TEVERE ABOUT 25 KILOMETERS FROM ITS MAIN OUTLET
IN THE TYRRHENIAN SEA.
IT IS SITUATED AT THE CENTER OF AN UNDULATING
PLAIN, THE CAMPAGNA ROMANA, WHICH IS CONFINED ONE
SIDE BY THE HILLS OF MONTE MARIO, GIANICOLO AND
MONTEVERDE AND ON THE OTHER SIDE BY SMALLER HILLS
OF VOLCANIC ORIGIN - THE SO-CALLED SEVEN HILLS.
TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF HISTORY HAVE MADE THE
ARTISTIC AND ARCHITECTURAL PATRIMONY OF ROME SO
RICH THAT THE TOURIST FEELS OVERWHELMED.
THUS IT IS PREFERABLE TO OUTLINE A PRECISE
PROGRAM AND TO FIX DETERMINED OBJECTIVES,
ACCORDING TO ONE*S TASTE AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME
AVAILABLE.
THE HOTEL IS NEAR THE MARVELLOUS ANCIENT
MONUMENTS AS THE TREVI FOUNTAIN, PEOPLE*S SQUARE,
THE COLOSSEUM, THE ROMAN FORUM, AND SAN PETER IN
CHAINS CHURCH.
ANOTHER THING WE HAVE TO MENTION IS THE BORGHESE
MUSEUM INSIDE THE GREAT WIDE AREA OF VILLA
BORGHESE, ROME*S GREATEST GARDEN.
ROME IS A VERY LIVELY CITY, CELEBRATED NOT ONLY
FOR ITS MONUMENTS BUT ALSO FOR BEING THE CENTER
OF LA DOLCE VITA.
CAF S AND BARS ARE OPEN UNTIL LATE IN THE
MORNING, WHILE DISCOTHEQUES AND CLUBS CLOSE LATE
AT NIGHT.
MOVIE THEATRES ARE NUMEROUS AND OFFER BOTH NEW
RELEASES, JUST OUT ON THE FILM CIRCUIT, AND FILMS
BY LITTLE-KNOWN AUTHORS, PROJECTED IN FILM CLUBS
AND IN EXPERIMENTAL THEATRES.
THE THEATRE SEASON IS RATHER BRIEF, FROM OCTOBER
TO MAY, BUT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED COMPANIES OFFER
ALL KINDS OF SHOWS COMEDIES BY GOLDONI,
PIRANDELLO, DE FILIPPO, FRENCH AND ENGLISH
CLASSICS, REVIEWS, CABARETS, POLITICAL THEATRE,
EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE, ETC.
TICKETS CAN BE ACQUIRED ON THE DAY OF THE SHOW.
THE HOTEL APOLLO IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO ENJOY ROME
LIFESTYLE DAY AND NIGHT.
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