The Colosseum after dark tours are back for 2012 and this year they are running on Saturdays and Thursdays. For now we’re offering two tours … the first is ‘just’ the Colosseum whereas the second tour also includes a visit to the dungeon/underground areas. This year there is a ‘suggestive’ new lighting system and your [...]
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Colosseum dungeons 2012 – yep, open!
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There are more threads out there, more forum posts, blog questions and what-have-yous regarding the Colosseum dungeon / underground / ipogei / hypogeum / lower level tours than there are notches on Silvio’s bed post. So, short and sweet – yes, the Colosseum dungeons are open again to visitors (2012). Yes we are taking bookings. [...]
Rome, Colosseum by night 2012 – sign up for news
April 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
*** Update, May 3rd 2012 – we are now taking orders for Colosseum after-dark tours! If you’d like to be informed as soon as we are able to take orders for after-dark tours of the Colosseum in Rome (2012), then please provide your email address below (in the box under the ‘Email Address’ label) to [...]
Russian ‘avant-gardes’ on show, Rome 2012
April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Avanguardie Russe’ Ara Pacis, Rome 5th April – 12th September 2012 This exhibition sees some new spaces at Ara Pacis being used for the first time, with 8 distinctly themed sections for an exhibition described as follows: The most remarkable achievements of Russian art in the XX century – Cubo-Futurism, with its unique synthesis of [...]
Google Art Project adds Capitoline Museums, Rome
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We first wrote about the Google Art Project last February when they added the Uffizi Gallery. Now, along with all sorts of added functionality, they have added many new global destinations alongside a new one in Italy – the Capitoline Museums in Rome, home at present to the Vatican ‘Lux in arcana‘ exhibition. tickitaly.com – [...]
Rome, the Colosseum and Settimana della cultura 2012
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With very little notice (given that the event is a mere 2 weeks away and was first announced in November 2011) the authorities in Rome have just announced that the Colosseum is no longer to be included in the annual ‘Settimana della cultura’ initiative, an annual event that sees free entry to many Italian museums, [...]
Cupid and Psyche exhibition, Rome 2012
March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘La favola di Amore e Psiche’ Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome March 5th – June 10th 2012 An exhibition on the tale of Cupid and Psyche featuring the works – and the interpretations – of various artists through the ages. The focus of the exhibition is the frieze by Perin del Vaga for Pope [...]
Rome, Dalì exhibition 2012
March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Dalì, un artista un genio’ Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome 9th March – 1st July 2012 ‘Dalì, an artist, a genius’ is the title of this major exhibition that, for the first time in 70 years, aims to bring ‘Dalì in the round’ to Rome. Aiming to give the visitor a complete insight into the work [...]
Vatican by night, 2012 edition
March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, Rome Friday evenings, May 4th to July 13th and September 7th to 26th October 2012 Late opening, 19.00 – 23.00 An unusual opportunity to visit the Vatican and Sistine Chapel by night. Every Friday evening between May 4th and July 13th and then from the 7th of September until the [...]
Borghese Gallery special openings
March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Borghese Gallery is ordinarily closed each and every Monday but, until the 9th of April, it will remain open in order (afternoons only) to give visitors a last chance to see the unique exhibition ‘I Borghese e l’antico’ – see our blog post on the event here. Borghese Gallery ticket booking Recommend on Facebook [...]
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