Summer in Rome? Suggestions
The Summer is not the best moment to visit Rome: no air conditioned rooms, many sites totally oudoor, large crowds everywhere and challenging temperatures (this week 36/37°C) But ehi, we travel when we can! I'm the first travelling only in August: I've explored big cities...
Santa Claus is comin’…to Rome!
Rome with Marisa Gift Cards are back! if you have a friend or a member of your family passionate about history, and you're struggling to find the perfect gift...
Update and tips about skip the line tickets
Hi from Rome :) It has been two long years since my last post, talking about vaccinations and masks. I'm experiencing some technical issues with this website, the page "tours" is not working properly, but I'll fix soon. Send me a message to have infos about...
Super Green Pass
Starting from January the 10th, the admittance to museums, archeological sites but also restaurants and public tranportation will be allowed only to those holding the Super Green Pass. This new rules means that you must be vaccinated ( with the 3rd shot done) or recovered...
Updates from Rome (Covid and Green Pass)
Rules are changing often in response to the numbers of the contagion (now 5000/6000 cases per day). At the moment (September 2021) the 70% of the people living in Lazio (the area where is Rome) is fully vaccinated. But numbers are really different in other cities,...
Five Ancient Roman Sites (that AREN’T the Colosseum!)
This article appeared on May 3, 2018, on ToursbyLocals blog Rome is a city with an impressive density of archaeological sites. If you want to go beyond the visit of the Colosseum, don't miss the chance to discover these five other sites – my personal recommendations...
Happy birthday Rome!
"Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui promis et celas aliusque et idem nasceris, possis nihil urbe Roma visere maius" Secular Hymn, Horace O kindly Sun, in your shining chariot, who herald the day, then hide it, to be born again new yet the same, you will never know anything...
the Saturnalia festival: the Roman Christmas
The temple of Saturn is one of the most impressive and photographated ruins of the Forum in Rome. But what do you know about his master, the god Saturn? Yes, he is the Roman version of Kronos, the father of Zeus, but there is more. Let's discover...
Rome with Marisa Gift Card: Give Rome for Christmas!
Christmas is coming! Searching for an unusual present idea? What about a gift card valid for a tour with me? I promote those cards each Christmas, but I think this year they can be really appreciated. International travel is banned for the moment, but it's nice...
The Day of the Dead in the Ancient Rome: from Lemuralia to Halloween
The Halloween festivity with its masks and "tricks and treat" tradition is approaching and as every year here in Italy there are a lot of debate since "it's not part of our culture". That's true. Halloween comes from the pagan-celtic festivity of Samhain traditionally held between...
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