Festivals and Events
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AltaRoma
A combination of a traditional fashion show and experimental performance.
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Monthly Bargain Market
Every first and third Sunday of the month in Piazza Augusto Imperatore.
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Rome Marathon
26 miles around some of the city’s most famous monuments.
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Good Friday Procession
The Pope leads the solemn torchlit Via Crucis from the Colosseum, re-enacting the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
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May Day Music Festival
A huge event in Piazza san Giovanni.
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Miracle Players at the Roman Forum
English-speaking theatre.
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Golden League Athletics
The Stadio Olimpico plays host to world-class athletes.
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Feast Of The Assumption
Celebrated with dance and music in many of the city’s squares.
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Summer swimming
Open air at the Delle Rose pool.
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The Rome Film Festival
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Moa Casa
Furniture and design show.
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New Year’s Eve
The celebrations are centred on Piazza del Popolo – fireworks and music well into the night.
Theatre, Cinema and Opera
The Accademia di Santa Cecilia stages concerts by its own and visiting orchestras at Via della Conciliazione. The Accademia Filarmonica holds a major recital series at the Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano. A wealth of classical music can also be heard free of charge in churches throughout the year. Film thrives in Rome but it might take some searching to find a cinema offering English subtitles. For theatre, the Miracle Players perform in English on Fridays through the summer at The Forum. The main listings magazine is roma c’e (www.romace.it) an invaluable weekly publication with details of classical and other musical events, theatre, dance, opera, night-clubs, museum and gallery opening times and much more.
Museums and Galleries
Rome has a host of museums covering various periods of the city’s history. Only the Vatican offers a grander collection of paintings and sculptures than the Galleria Borghese www.galleriaborghese.it. Rome’s foremost picture gallery is Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica, with works by Raphael, Tintoretto, Holbein and El Greco. A magnificent collection of Roman antiquities is housed in two superbly adapted palaces, the Palazzo Massimo and the Palazzo Altemps www.roma2000.it/zmunaro.html
For Children
The Italians love children and welcome young families in hotels and most restaurants and there are a number of attractions that will keep the young ones amused. The Time Elevator is one of Rome’s newest and most fascinating indoor activities. It offers a virtual reality, multi-sensorial journey through Rome’s history. www.time-elevator.it Museo Explora is the first museum expressly designed for children, who learn through hands-on, personal experience. www.mdbr.it/inglese And for a cooling experience in the height of summer, try Aquapiper, an aquatic park that also has a skating rink and an open-air disco.
