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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3030090, member: 78244"]I won’t go into the history of Rome since most/all of you are quite familiar with it, at least for the ancient part.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are planning to go to Rome to frolick among the Roman ruins and love losing your time in them, then either go while you are single, go without your significant other, or hope that your significant other will tolerate your obsession with Roman ruins. I was traveling with my mother, and she had enough Roman ruins by 12:30 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For €12, you get access to both the Colosseum and the HUGE archaeological area. I only saw maybe half of it after nearly 3 hours of walking around. There are other Roman ruins spattered around the city, but they are not too difficult to spot (a funny story about that later). If you are wise and plan to stay in Rome for more than one day, I highly recommend getting a Roma pass or a tourist bus pass. They give you unlimited access to the metro system, bus system, and tram system, and some passes give you access to the sights in Rome. They can only be bought at metro stations (cash only, usually!) or train stations. There are kiosks at some tram stops, but they only take coins, so they are impractical unless you have overly-copious amounts of change. The public transportation stinks, but it is what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, here are the pictures I promised:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]755032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755036[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755045[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 3030090, member: 78244"]I won’t go into the history of Rome since most/all of you are quite familiar with it, at least for the ancient part. If you are planning to go to Rome to frolick among the Roman ruins and love losing your time in them, then either go while you are single, go without your significant other, or hope that your significant other will tolerate your obsession with Roman ruins. I was traveling with my mother, and she had enough Roman ruins by 12:30 :( For €12, you get access to both the Colosseum and the HUGE archaeological area. I only saw maybe half of it after nearly 3 hours of walking around. There are other Roman ruins spattered around the city, but they are not too difficult to spot (a funny story about that later). If you are wise and plan to stay in Rome for more than one day, I highly recommend getting a Roma pass or a tourist bus pass. They give you unlimited access to the metro system, bus system, and tram system, and some passes give you access to the sights in Rome. They can only be bought at metro stations (cash only, usually!) or train stations. There are kiosks at some tram stops, but they only take coins, so they are impractical unless you have overly-copious amounts of change. The public transportation stinks, but it is what it is. Anyway, here are the pictures I promised: [ATTACH=full]755032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755035[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755036[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755037[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755040[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755041[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]755045[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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