| It's hard to say what you'll find most breathtaking about the eternal
city - the arrogant opulence of the Vatican, the timelessness of the
Forum, the top speed of a Fiat Bambino, the millions of cats in the
Colosseum, trying to cross a major intersection, or the bill for your
latte.
When in Rome... make like the locals and souse your senses in the
glut of pleasures the city has to offer, from the grandiose thrill
of feeling centuries of turbulent history under your feet to the
small but potent intoxication of eating chestnut gelati on a hot
day.
Rome means history. There's layers of the stuff - Etruscan tombs,
Republican meeting rooms, imperial temples, early Christian churches,
medieval bell towers, Renaissance palaces and baroque basilicas.
In this city a phenomenal concentration of history, legend and monuments
coexists with an equally phenomenal concentration of people busily
going about their everyday life. So get your cultural fill but be
sure to leave time for more hedonistic concerns: eat till you can
eat no more and get drunk on wine, architecture and sunshine.
Area: 150 sq km
Population: 3.8 million
Country: Italy
Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Central European Time)
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