Rome - March 17th - March 21st, 2005

This was a long weekend break. We flew out from Gatwick on the Thursday with Garry and Amanda and met up with Hugh and Jane and John and Gill at the hotel, The Executive in Via Anniene, in the evening. For the next three days we walked for miles from North to South Rome and back. On the Monday, the folks from the Midlands left in the morning which left the four remaining to take a taxi to join a 60 minute queue to get into the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel and then return by taxi to the Mokarabia near the hotel for lunch. We left at 3pm and were tucked up in our beds at 10pm.

Click on the links below for the photographs and slideshows.

Friday, March 18th - From the Spanish Steps to the Coliseum. Click here for the slideshow.
Saturday, March 19th - Saint Peters and the Castello D'Angello. Click here for the slideshow.
Sunday, March 20th - The flea market and the parks of the Monte Gianicolo. Click here for the slideshow.
Monday, March 21st - The Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel (no photography allowed). Click here for the slideshow.

For a map of Rome click here.