Rome - Palatine Hill Question
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I'd suggest you use the entrance on Via di San Gregorio - just beyond the Colosseum and Constantine's arch - from whence the climb upwards is relatively slow and gentle.... and where, thankfully, the queue is only very rarely as long as it was this day, during the Valentine's offer of 2 tickets for the price of 1:
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/image/146593800
Once "up" on the hill, the views are quite wonderful - there's rarely any great sense of being on a precipice, with this probably the most worrying...
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/image/142756499
... although there are lots of spots from where you can see almost as much, whilst staying well back from the edge!
When descending to the Forums, you'll mostly be on outdoor stairways of this sort....
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/image/146593888
Slightly steep in places, but it does only take a very few minutes to get down, or you might prefer to retrace your steps?
Either way, try here for a fuller view of what it's like:
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/palatine
Peter
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/image/146593800
Once "up" on the hill, the views are quite wonderful - there's rarely any great sense of being on a precipice, with this probably the most worrying...
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/image/142756499
... although there are lots of spots from where you can see almost as much, whilst staying well back from the edge!
When descending to the Forums, you'll mostly be on outdoor stairways of this sort....
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/image/146593888
Slightly steep in places, but it does only take a very few minutes to get down, or you might prefer to retrace your steps?
Either way, try here for a fuller view of what it's like:
http://www.pbase.com/isolaverde/palatine
Peter
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