Rome Vacations, Tour Vacations, Luxury Honeymoon Vacations and Travel Packages
The Capital of Italy, Rome, is also the biggest city in Italy. The Vatican, a soverein territory itself, it located in Rome. A vacation in Rome will dazzle and impress anyone, especially those interested in the Roman Impire. The Roman Impire ruled the western world for ten centuries, and dominated the Mediterranean. Interesting history unfolds around every corner on a Rome vacation..
It's hard to say what you'll find most breathtaking about the eternal city - the arrogant opulence of the Vatican, the timelessness of the Forum, the top speed of a Fiat Bambino, the millions of cats in the Colosseum, trying to cross a major intersection, or the bill for your latte.
Make like the locals and souse your senses in the glut of pleasures the city has to offer, from the grandiose thrill of feeling centuries of turbulent history under your feet to the small but potent intoxication of eating chestnut gelati on a hot day.
When To Go On Rome Vacations
The main tourist season starts at Easter and runs until October; peak periods are in spring and autumn, when the tour buses pour in and tourists are herded around like cattle. Numerous outdoor festivals and concerts and the fact that Romans desert the city for the beaches and mountains, which means very light traffic and a less-crowded city centre, makes summer almost worth the heat. If you do visit in summer, try to hit the sights early, take a long lunch and a nap, and then head out again around to take advantage of the cooler evening. Winters are usually mild with few tourists and some fun events around Christmas time. Rome can be quite busy with almost three million residents, and millions of visitors every year.
Rome History
No one know precisely when the City of Rome started, but legend has it that the twins Romulus and Remus founded it around 735 BC. Eventually, sometime in the eight century Rome developed into the capital of the Roman Kingdom.
Rome was rulled by a run of seven kings, then the Roman Senate ruled with an iron hand for almost a thousand years, assimilating many cultures like the Greeks and Etruscans. Rome was the richest, most politically important, biggest city in the Western world and remained so for centuries.
When Christianity blossomed, the Bishop of Rome became the Pope, and declared Rome the center of the Catholic Church
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It's hard to say what you'll find most breathtaking about the eternal city - the arrogant opulence of the Vatican, the timelessness of the Forum, the top speed of a Fiat Bambino, the millions of cats in the Colosseum, trying to cross a major intersection, or the bill for your latte.
The main tourist season starts at Easter and runs until October; peak periods are in spring and autumn, when the tour buses pour in and tourists are herded around like cattle. Numerous outdoor festivals and concerts and the fact that Romans desert the city for the beaches and mountains, which means very light traffic and a less-crowded city centre, makes summer almost worth the heat. If you do visit in summer, try to hit the sights early, take a long lunch and a nap, and then head out again around to take advantage of the cooler evening. Winters are usually mild with few tourists and some fun events around Christmas time. Rome can be quite busy with almost three million residents, and millions of visitors every year. 
