|  Useful LinksIn general, it's worth reading the wikipedia page on Rome, with many valuable informations and useful links. For whatever (tourist informations, accomodations, what's up, transports,...) see the Borough's Tourist Office. Here we provide some additional infos on TransportsInfos on tickets, timetables, dynamic route planning for buses, underground and city rails at atac. Consider buying an allround weekly ticket for 16 euros. Check opening times of the underground line A and line B. Taxies in Rome are a nightmare for romans, there's no telling for tourists. Try to avoid them. They are expensive, and it may happen that no taxi is available when you most need one. Be particularly careful in railstations or airports, where there's plenty of unofficial taxi drivers who loudly adress tourists; skip them! In stations and airports, look instead for the taxies waiting at the taxi stop (see also our travel infos for prices from the airports). In the city, do not try to stop a taxi by the way, it almost certainly will not stop; call instead a radio taxi at one of the following numbers:
and do it half an hour in advance if you can. Taxies are white, they have a meter, and a plate inside with the license number and the name of the taxi driver or of the company. The cost is made of: 1) a fixed initial amount, 2) an amount proportional to time/distance, and 3) additional 1.04€ for each piece of luggage. The initial amount is of 2.33€ from 7:00 to 22:00 (3.36€ on sundays and holidays), and 4.91€ at night. The variable amount inside the city is around 20€ per hour, if speed is below 20km/h, otherwise is 11€ every 14.1 km. Outside the city (which means: outside the orbital motorway G.R.A. surrounding the city), 11€ every 8.53 km (or 20€/hour if below 20km/h). Infos taken from ParlandoSparlando on March, 21. MuseumsWe strongly recommend the Galleria Borghese, a (not too) small museum located in a magnificent villa, with masterpieces of Bernini, Caravaggio, Tiziano, Canova among others. Visitors must book in advance. Vaticans museum are huge, so huge that they are divided into sections, each of which is a big museum on its own. See there the frescoes of Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, and of Raphael in the Raphael Rooms. Entrance is free every last Sunday of a month (e.g. September 27, right before our Conference), but be prepared to queue. If you like archaeology, first visit the open air park of the Foro Romano (free entrance except to Palatino) with the recently opened Emperor Agustus' home (Domus Augusti (link in italian)), and the Emperor Nero's Domus Aurea (official link, in Italian) nearby. Afterwords, besides the Vatican Museum, consider visiting the Palazzo Massimo, (which is part of the Museo Nazionale Romano), with marvelous mosaics and frescoes detached from antique latin homes, as well as the wonderful Etruscan collection at Villa Giulia. Lots of valuable infos at the Soprintendenza Archeologica, in Italian only. FunThe new Auditorium hosts all sorts of concerts, festival and exhibitions. If you like rock, pop, jazz, whatever, visit the Portale della Musica a Roma (in Italian). A good "what's up" (in Italian only, unfortunately): trovaroma (but don't forget to look at the events on the tourist office site). A personal suggestion: excellent jazz at the Alexanderplatz. | ||||||||||||||||||
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