Rome Apartment Testaccio -
Jul 12th, 2007, 05:00 AM
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Rome Apartment Testaccio -
OK, I found a beauty of an apartment. 850 Sq. Feet - fully kitchen I'd be proud to have at home. Nice large bedroom ... open to a terrace, with a view of the Tiber.
OK, my Boss thinks its too far out and that we'd have to get transportation for everything. The only museum on our hit list for this trip is the Borghese...
OK, my Boss thinks its too far out and that we'd have to get transportation for everything. The only museum on our hit list for this trip is the Borghese...
Jul 12th, 2007, 05:11 AM
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I you and your boss like to walk, Testaccio isn't that far away from the sights. My family either walks to Testaccio or we get on a number 8 tram at Largo Argentina and change over to a bus on Viale Trastevere and Via Induno. You can catch the Metro at Piramide and go to the Colosseum. If you take the Metro to Termini, you can change over to line A and go to the Spanish Steps and Vatican area.
Jul 12th, 2007, 05:19 AM
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The Rome bus site is http://www.atac.roma.it/
Hit the button "Calcola il percosa" to find bus routes. If you can get to Largo Torre Argentina by bus or tram from your apartment, you can get to most of the tourist destinations either by walking or by an easy bus trip.
Hit the button "Calcola il percosa" to find bus routes. If you can get to Largo Torre Argentina by bus or tram from your apartment, you can get to most of the tourist destinations either by walking or by an easy bus trip.
Jul 12th, 2007, 06:22 AM
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You will have to take public transportation for almost everything - except Aventine Hill (with Knights of Malta key hole, Santa Sabina), Pyramid of Cestius, Protestant Cemetery (Keats and Shelley).
But there is a bus (30 Clodio) that goes from a stop on via Marmorata to Largo Argentina, from where, as sjj has pointed out, you can walk or take a bus to pretty well anywhere else. Personally, I would do anything to avoid taking the Metro.
But there is a bus (30 Clodio) that goes from a stop on via Marmorata to Largo Argentina, from where, as sjj has pointed out, you can walk or take a bus to pretty well anywhere else. Personally, I would do anything to avoid taking the Metro.
Jul 12th, 2007, 07:43 AM
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LOL... I'm not travelling with my Boss. Too funny to even contemplate.
No, he was just voicing an opinion.
I am choosing that neighborhood because it doesn't sound as if it is near too many of the central tourist sites. I'm not going to go the Vatican, Colliseum nor the Forum. We just want to have a vacation and have chosen Rome...we'll do a lot of relaxing, strolling, shopping, take naps, have grand lunches out and dinners in. ..cafe sitting, reading and those walks at night with a gelato that I'm about to misspell "passioggata?"
No, he was just voicing an opinion.
I am choosing that neighborhood because it doesn't sound as if it is near too many of the central tourist sites. I'm not going to go the Vatican, Colliseum nor the Forum. We just want to have a vacation and have chosen Rome...we'll do a lot of relaxing, strolling, shopping, take naps, have grand lunches out and dinners in. ..cafe sitting, reading and those walks at night with a gelato that I'm about to misspell "passioggata?"
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Well Suzie, I did think it was unusual for you and your boss to share an apartment, but who am I to say? 
Testaccio is great if you want to experience a Roman neighborhood not crowded with tourists. Not much passagiata action though; that happens on Via del Corso for the most part. In Testaccio, people gather in Piazza Sta. Maria Liberatrice in the evenings. Great pizzeria there, Remo, and also a branch of Blue Ice gelateria. But if you want more of the traditional cafe sitting and people watching, the area around Campo di Fiore/Piazza Navona and the Pantheon would be better. However, it is very crowded with tourists.
Testaccio is great if you want to experience a Roman neighborhood not crowded with tourists. Not much passagiata action though; that happens on Via del Corso for the most part. In Testaccio, people gather in Piazza Sta. Maria Liberatrice in the evenings. Great pizzeria there, Remo, and also a branch of Blue Ice gelateria. But if you want more of the traditional cafe sitting and people watching, the area around Campo di Fiore/Piazza Navona and the Pantheon would be better. However, it is very crowded with tourists.
