Hotel Des Artistes Rome Travel Guide

Our Blogger: Rhodora

-Rhodora has prepared for you a list with everything you must have on your table to celebrate the perfect Italian easter.

The Christian Easter is preceded by a period of penitence called Lent, which lasts 40 days.

In the last few days before Easter Sunday, in Italy, as in many Catholic countries, you will find different religious rites the evoke the Passion of Christ.
On the night of Friday, the streets are lit by torches and are crossed by crowded processions. Sometimes penitents are barefoot or in chains to make it more difficult and tiring journeys of redemption.

In the last few days before Easter Sunday, in Italy, as in many Catholic countries, you will find different religious rites the evoke the Passion of Christ.

Food is a central element. Italians love to meet on Sunday Easter to enjoy a good meal together. The food changes from region to region but  you might find  dishes common to everbody.

Here are the main ones:
1. Easter breakfast
The families of the central regions of Italy usually prepare a basket for the Easter breakfast. This basket contains a Easter capocollo, white wine and boiled eggs decorated with different colours by children. During Saturday before Easter, Italian used to go to  church for the basket blessing, according to a Catholic rite.

2. Bread and cakes
Under the period of Easter bread is enriched. There are several examples of Easter breads and cakes. The ingredients that are mostly used in all of them are cheese, bacon, olives, eggs and butter.

4. Lamb
As in many other Christian countries, the lamb is an important symbol of Easter and is the main dish for Easter dinner. One of the most famous specialties is the roast leg of lamb.

6. The Easter Dove This is the largest dessert in Easter and the most common gift that you can receive when you decide to invite someone over to Easter dinner. This is a cake shaped like a dove, covered with sugar and almonds.

7. Easter Eggs Italian children can’t wait to eat some chocolate eggs and discover the surprise inside of them!

Make a reservation at Hotel Des Artistes or Yes Hotel and enjoy this and many other Italian traditions!

Our blogger: Wanda

The Auditorium Parco della Musica will be also an active protagonist of this Christmas 2009. To depart next Saturday and up to the day of the Epiphany, games, shows, concerts, gastronomy, open markets and shows they will be protagonists of the Christmas Auditorium 2009.

There is it is also for the children of it with the marionettes of the “Betrayals and fidelity” of Mimmo Cuticchio, but also the nativity, the manger and the puppets of the festival “Her Hands.”

There will be some Christmas songs, a Gospel Festival, ice skating and the market of the Caravanserai.

The schedule is the following:

From Monday to Thursday the opening time is from 14 to  21:00.v from 2 pm to 24, the Saturday from the hours 10 to 02 and the Sunday from the hours 10 to 24.

On December 24 from the hours 10 to 18; from December 21st 2009 to January 6 2010: every day from the hours 09 to 24. Saturday from the hours 09 to 02; 31 December from 09 to 01

Besides, during December the best choral formations of gospel and spiritual of the United States will bring their powerful spirituality to add a different touch to the Christmas in Rome.

The Caravanserai Market
Exhibition of jewels and accessories , sculptures, clothing for woman, man and children, glasses and objects of furnishings, pictures and carpets, toys and different desserts.

Why are you wating for? Make a reservation at Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes and have the best Christmas of your life!

Our Blogger: Wanda

From half of November, the road is all in descent toward one of the most important festivities: Christmas, and one of the most Italian traditions during this season is that of the Nativity scenes.

If you take a walk for the historical center remember that on Piazza del Popolo you will find a very interesting exhibition of 100 scenes of nativity.

Every year Rome celebrates Christmas with this national exhibition, that this year will take place from November 23 rd 2009 to January 6 th 2010 on the Bramante Room. it has on display Nativity scenes coming from most Italian regions and from various foreign Countries of Europe, of Africa, of Latin America and of Asia: works of artists and Italian artisans and foreigners, that belong to museums and private or corporative collections, or to cultural associations.

Within the Show is also realized this year the Workshop “Playing with the Nativity scene” .The entrance ticket to the exhibition gives you the right to participate in the Laboratory (previous booking); children from 4 to 11 years can build characters of the Nativity scene,  under the supervision of specialized staff. Every child will be allowed to keep his creations.

Sala del Bramante – via G. D’Annunzio (Piazza del Popolo)
Ingresso: tutti i giorni dalle 9:30 alle 20:00
Per informazioni: 06-85357191/06-8542355        
email: rdnsrl@tiscalinet.it
website: www.presepi.it

Tickets:                                                                                                   Weekdays: full € 4,50, discounted € 3,50
Holydays and pre-holidays: full € 5,00, discounted € 4,00

Piazza del popolo is only a 15 min. subway trip away from Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes! We’re waiting for you to have a wonderful Christmas…!!!