Travel Journal
Tales and stories from Ideas for Travelers experiences
Travel journal
Travel journal is the place where tales and stories of Rome and its and people come alive.
Stories and tales that you may discover joining Ideas for Travelers experiences. Browse the articles and imagine yourself walking by monuments, square, palaces that makes Rome “the eternal city”.
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- Acilii
- activities in Rome
- Alberico II
- Ancient Ostia
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient Rome tales
- Ancient Tyre
- Anita
- Auditorium
- Augustales
- Auriga
- Aventine
- Aventino
- Bakers of ancient Rome
- Baroque
- Baths
- Benedictines order
- Bernini
- Borgo di Ostia Antica
- Cacus
- Capitoline Triad
- Capture of Rome
- Carnival in Rome
- Castle of Ostia Antica
- Cats of Rome
- Christian Martyr
- christian Rome
- Christianity
- Circus Maximus
- Clelia
- Colomba Antonietti Porzi
- cults of ancient Rome
- Diocleziano
- discover Ostia Antica
- discover Ostia Lido
- discover Rome
- Domestic Pine
- domina
- Domus Aurea
- Durendal
- Emperor
- Etruscan
- experiences with locals in Rome
- family in ancient Rome
- family trip
- Farnese palace
- feline colony in Rome
- first king of Rome
- Flamen Dialis
- food market
- Foro Boario
- Foundation of Rome
- four wonders of Rome
- French embassy
- Fullonica of Ostia Antica
- Funeral Mausoleum
- Garibaldi
- Gianicolo
- Giulio II Castle
- Grand Tour
- green Rome
- Gregorian Chant
- Gregoriopolis
- Harbor of Ostia Antica
- Hercules
- historic buildings
- History
- Holy Land
- Innocenzo X
- Italian liberation
- Italian Senate
- Italy
- Italy unification
- Italy's liberation
- Italy's unification
- keyhole in Rome
- King Porsenna
- Kingdom of Rome
- Lavinia
- Legends of Rome
- liberation of Rome
- livia drusilla
- Madama palace
- Malta Knights
- Mater Matuta
- Matralia
- medieval history
- medieval Rome
- medieval tales
- Metro Drive in
- midwife in Rome
- Militia Vigilum
- Minerva in ancient Rome
- Mithra in ancient Rome
- Mithraeum
- Monastery
- Monks
- Mosaics
- Mosaics of Ostia Antica
- Muzio Scevola
- Navona Square
- Necropolis
- Necropolis of Ostia Antica
- Occupied Rome in WWII
- Octavius Augustus
- olive oil
- Orazio Coclite
- Orlando’s Sword Alley
- Ostia Antica
- oxen market
- painters in Rome
- Palazzo Farnese
- Papacy
- Papal State
- Phoenicia
- Pino Domestico
- Pinus Pinea
- Pistores
- Pius IX
- places in Rome
- poet
- poetry
- Pope Giulio II
- Pope Gregorio Magno
- Pope Pius IX
- Porta Pia
- professions of ancient Rome
- Protochristians
- Protomartyr
- Renaissance
- Resistance
- Rocca of Ostia Antica
- Rocca Savella
- Roland
- Roman empire
- Roman Republic 1849
- Roman Republic Constitution
- Rome
- Rome bakery
- Rome birth
- Rome bread
- Rome liberation 1944
- Rome Lighthouse
- Rome Republic
- Rome Republic 1849
- Romolus and Remus
- S. Angelo castle
- S. Peter basilica
- S. Sabina basilica
- Saccarii
- sailor
- Saint Sabine
- Saint Stephen
- Saturnalia
- Scribonia Attice
- she wolf
- St. Peter in Montorio
- Sublicio Bridge
- tales of Rome
- Tempietto del Bramante
- Templar Knights
- Templar Knights in Rome
- Temple of Minerva
- Testaccio
- Theatre
- Thermal baths
- Thermopolium
- Trastevere
- travel itineraries
- Travel journal
- travel to Italy
- Traveler experiences with locals
- traveling alone
- Trees of Rome
- Twins legend
- Vatican City
- Veio
- Vesta priestesses
- Via Severiana
- Visit Ostia Antica
- Visit Ostia Lido
- Visit Rome
- walking tour
- Walking tour Ostia Antica
- Walking tour Ostia Lido
- Walking tour Rome
- WWII
I have stood as a silent sentinel over Rome, from my perch atop the Gianicolo...
The esteemed position of Flamen Dialis at the magnificent Capitoline Temple of Ostia Antica in...
In the busy port city of Ostia Antica, the Militia Vigilum stand as the first...
In the late 15th century, among the fertile lands surrounding Giulio II Castle in Ostia...
Rome 1849: Cesare di Montesperti, a man of noble birth and refined education, walks the...
In the late 12th century, atop the Aventino hill in Rome, the Savelli family castle,...
Velia, the Etruscan Prophetess of the Gianicolo, born in the powerful Etruscan city of Veio,...
Circus Maximus, the epicenter of Roman entertainment, under the reign of Emperor Trajan saw a...
In the busy port of Ostia Antica, a young ship commander of noble Phoenician ancestry,...
In the bustling harbor town of Ostia Antica, just outside the mighty capital of Rome,...
In the heart of Testaccio, a neighborhood in Rome where the smell of fresh bread...
Giulio was a talent who dazzled audiences in Rome’s theaters with his rich, resonant voice....
The Tevere whispered its secrets to me that fateful day, its waters rippling with an...
In the bustling port city of Ostia Antica, where the mighty Tiber River meets the...
The origins of Saturnalia were rooted in the dedication of the Temple of Saturn in...
In the vibrant streets of 4th-century Rome, amidst the grandeur of temples and bustling markets,...
Nestled in the heart of Rome, near the ancient Pyramid of Caius Cestius, a ginger...
A young British poet named Edmund Ashcroft, amidst the cultural awakening of the Grand Tour,...
In the early years of the 8th century AD, on the serene Aventino Hill, resided...
In the heart of Ostia Antica, the Thermae Ostiensis stood as a symbol of Roman...
On the outskirts of Rome, near Testaccio Monte dei Cocci and the lively Tiber River...
In the busy port town of Ostia Antica, a remarkable woman named Livia Terentia runs...
In the bustling heart of 1st century Rome, under the shadow of the Aventine Hill,...
At the grand Circus Maximus, where the roar of thousands echoed through Rome, life for...