Vacations
North and South Carolina
Whitewater Rafting
Williamsburg and Jamestown
London
Rome
- Abbazia delle Tre Fontane – little-visited abbey out of town
- Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano Rome’s cathedral
- Capitoline Museums – the best of Rome’s ancient statuary
- Castel Sant’Angelo – built as Hadrian’s mausoleum, later a Papal fortress
- Catacombs – underground burial complexes with early Christian frescoes and carvings
- Centrale Montemartini – Roman sculptures and mosaics displayed in a former electricity generating plant
- Colosseum – Rome’s most famous tourist attraction
- Galleria Borghese (book in advance) – superb collection of paintings and statues
- Galleria Spada – small art gallery housed in a pretty palazzo
- Museo Barracco – small and attractive collection of ancient sculpture
- Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari – folk art and traditions
- Museo dell’Alto Medioevo – museum of the Middle Ages in Italy
- Museo della Civiltà Romana – Roman history, portrayed through plaster replicas and models
- Museo della Pasta – Pasta Museum
- Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi) – Museum of Rome, in the Centro Storico
- Palatine Hill
- Palazzo Barberini – another collection of paintings
- Pantheon – one of the best-preserved and loveliest buildings from the Ancient World
- Piazza Campo dei Fiori
- Protestant Cemetery – peaceful spot where Keats is buried
- Roman houses on the Celio hill
- Rome Zoo, the Bioparco – Rome’s zoo is in the Villa Borghese area and adds variety to a family holiday
- Saint Peter’s Basilica
- Scala Santa – Holy Staircase – pilgrimage destination
- Teatro di Marcello – Roman theatre later converted into residence
- The Forum
- The Spanish Steps
- The Vatican
- Trevi Fountain – dramatic fountain famed for coin-throwing
- Via Appia Antica – the old Roman Appian Way lined with ruined tombs and archaeological sites
- Villa Borghese Gardens
- Vittoriano – big ugly white monument with good views (pay for access by lift to the highest panoramic terrace)
