Looking for a delicious restaurant near the Rome Colosseum? Check out these five hot spots

The restaurant is on 2 floors and boasts a view of the Coliseum from its terrace dining area. Taverna dei Quaranta serves all the typical Roman dishes and popular Roman pizzas, all done with the most thin crust and cooked in a classic wood fire pizza oven.

With nearly 3,000 years of rich history, Rome is often called the “Eternal City.” Though Rome dates back to possibly 625 B.C., the oldest continuously populated city in the world is widely to be considered Byblos in present-day Lebanon dating back to 5000 B.C. Some linguistic possibilities for the origin of the word “Rome” include the Etruscan word rhome meaning “strength” or “r

We just added on our Flickr account 50 brand new images of Ostia Antica (Ancient Ostia). This photos were taken in August 2010 in Ostia Antica with an iPhone4 from an our italian user. Ostia Antica, 30 minutes train near Rome, is where you can live the anciant Roman Ruins and touch with your hands. Here are some examples, to see all the 50 images go here: Ostia Antica photo album. Enjoy!

The Pantheon is a building in Rome, was the temple of all the gods of Ancient Rome then converted to a Christian Church. The big dome that dominates the interior is 43.30 meters in diameter. The Pantheon was the largest dome ever until Brunelleschi's dome at the Florence Cathedral of 1420-36. The Pantheon is made harmonious by the fact that the distance from the floor to the top of the dome

The name "Trastevere" in old Latin means 'over the Tiber', since this ancient neighborhood is located on the opposite side of the Tiber river than the historic center. This place is an authentic quarter of Rome. During the 1950s Trastevere became the area where many tourists establish for their vacations, attracted by the authentic Roman atmosphere of its small streets and typical shops. Sin

The Palatine Hill is the most famous of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient attraction of the city. It's near (in fact above) the Roman Forum, and when you are at the top of it you can see a beautiful sigth of the city and some attraction like Circus Maximus. Roman mythology tells that the Palatine Hill was the location of the cave where Romulus and Remus were found by the sh