What better way to start off in Italy than with dinner. We went to a place around the corner from the hotel the night we arrived and enjoyed a nice family style Tuscan meal. Wine: Chianti Classico Ruffino de Oro. Good thing we had a hearty meal, because Day 1 would bring lots of walking…
Day 1 (all pics here)
First stop Spanish Steps… which apparently I have no good pictures of.
Then via a detour to palazzo Poppoli we went to Castel Sant’Angelo and did the full tour:
Next off to Piazza Navono for lunch. Interesting street vendors.
From there we went to the Pantheon:
Lastly we ended up at Trevi Fountain:
Dinner at Il Pomodorino with Osfaldo. Wine unknown.
Day 2 (all pics here)
First we did a 3 hours walking tour of the Vatican – the museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s basilica.
Inside St. Pete’s:
Outside in the square:
From there we hopped a cab to our 2nd 3 hour walking tour of the day…
Colosseo:
Pallatine hill + Forum:
After a long day we took a cab back. Dinner at a more modern styled place with ok food.
Day 3 (all pictures here)
We took a nice long breakfast to read and enjoy the view:
We went to the National monument:
And then over to the Capital hill which has a view overlooking the Forum again:
After a quick lunch and a short breather, we went on a private tour of Villa Borghese… did you think we would escape Rome without ART?
Dinner at Il Pomodorino again. Mushroom caps and Wine:
The next morning we would have to pack up and head to Ercolano.