All Roads Lead to Rome Day 2: Trevi Fountain & Piazza Navona
12:10 PM
It is better to start the whole Rome experience by conditioning ourselves first that it is impossible to cover Rome in one trip. There is just so much to see! Do prepare before hand by listing down the sites of utmost priority to you.
I would have been pleased to explore Rome following a 6-hour walking tour based on the film Roman Holiday from the Lonely Planet. Much to our enthusiasm, one of my companions has a back problem and we had limited time in Rome (exactly 1 day and a half) and we wanted to see as much of it as possible. The most practical way was taking a tour of our choice- the Classic Rome Tour exploring the highlights or shall I say Rome's tip of the iceberg.
The Classic Rome Tour's highlights are:
Castello St. Angelo - Trevi Fountain - Piazza Navona - Piazza Colonna - Piazza del Popola - Pantheon - St. Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Square
The advantages of taking the tour is, you get special VIP passes that allow you to cut the long queues at St. Peter's Square. Lots of tourists, it's amazing!
Here are some snapshots at the Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona
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| Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi) is Italy's largest and most famous Baroque fountain. It was built in the 15th Century as an ending part of Aqua Virgo, an aqueduct built in 19 B.C. It is the central feature located at the Trevi Square in the Quirinale District. Designed based on the sketches of Lorenzo Bernini, Nicola Salvi and Pannini |
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| A coin toss in the fountain. Legend has it that if one tosses a coin, there's a guaranteed return to the Eternal City. |
The Trevi Fountain is also the popular site of Fellini's La Dolce Vita and Audrey Hepburn's Roman Holiday.
Piazza Navona is one of the world's most famous squares. The shape is elongated as it used to be Domitian's stadium. The stadium was paved over in the 15th century to create the square
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| Lorenzo Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers |
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| Students on a field trip |
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| Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (The Fountain of the Four Rivers) Do you notice how the statue on the left is positioned against the Church of St.Agnese in Agone? The church was designed by Borromini, Bernini's main rival. Bernini however, finished the fountain first before the church. |
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| Fountain of Neptune by Giacomo Della Porta at the North end of Piazza Navona |
Ciao!
Have a great Easter Monday!
