Hotel Des Artistes Rome Travel Guide

You probably know this photo that depicts an afghan girl, and you may know that it first appeared on National Geographic but you probably don’t know who’s the author of the photo: his name is Steve McCurry and an axhibition of his breath-taking work will be on display in Rome.

McCurry hails from Newton Township, Pennsylvannia and came to the international attention with his coverage of the war in Afghanistan. Was precisely during that war that the famous photo was taken. McCurry then went on to become a successful photorreporter specialized in war coverage and a celebrity on his field.

The girl in the photo remained unidentified until 2002: her name is Sharbat Gula and after the war returned to her country and now has three girls; she wishes they will have the education she was never able to get.

But of course McCurry’s work is more than a photograph as you will be able to see attending the exposition that will be open until April 24 at the Macro Testaccio Museum (click here to get a map).

And don’t forget to send us an e-mail or check our website if you need information about accomodation in the city!

Our blogger today: Raul

Four years after the overwhelming success – 36 thousand tickets sold in a few days – of their live shows in Milan, Radiohead will visit Italy again, this time as the first stop of his European tour and decided to please the Italian fans with four concerts in some of the most beautiful cities of our country. Radiohead have rewarded this time the Italian public: in fact, Italywill be the country where the band will make more stops. The first will be Saturday, June 30 in Rome at the ‘Ippodromo Capannelle (as a part of the Rock in Roma Festival).

In a career that spans 8 albums and nearly 20 years of outstanding music-making Radiohead has fused alternative rock art rock, electronic to punk and psychedelic pop, becoming one of the most influential bands – for critics, musicians and audience – in recent decades. With electronic rhythms, especially the voice of Thom Yorke and visionary lyrics, the band of Oxford has created a soundtrack for our age, producing political texts, and often openly siding on the side of protest.

The band has often made anti-commercial choices, forcing rapid changes to an already full of sound experimental details: This did not prevent them, however, to sell more than 25 million records, and collect prizes and awards, including 3 Grammy Awards, Ivor Novello 1 , and 3 Q Awards.
For all the fans, don’t lose the chance to see theme live!! See you in Rome then, on Saturday 30 June 2012, and dont forget to contact us or check our website to get the best accomodation at the most affordable rates!

Rodrigo y Gabriela, also known as El Rodi y La Gabi, are a Mexican duo who specialize in playing fast, rythmic acoustic guitar. The duo’s members are Rodrigo Sanchez, lead guitar, and Gabriela Quintero, rythim guitar and percussion.

The musicians gained a reputation by playing in the pubs and bars of Dublin, Ireland, where they gained a cult following. They are hard to pigeon-hole; their style is an idiosyncratic mix of genres that refuses any labels.

This month on the 22^nd they will be playing in Rome in the Parco Della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin 30, at 9pm. To get there from Hotel Des Artistes or Yes Hotel you can take the bus M from the station Termini.Be sure not to miss this great concert!

Its time for the sixth international film festival in Rome, beginning October 27^th and ending November 4^th.

Fifteen films are in competition for the official selection of the festival featuring films from all around the world. Among many others, the scheduled films include Hysteria by Tanya Wexler, Babycall by Pal Sletuane, Poongsan by Juhn Jaihong, Magic Valley by Jaffe Zinn, Hotel Lux by Leander Haubmann, The Eye of The Storm by Fred Schepisi, Une Vie Meilleure by Cedrick Kahn, Un Cuento Chino and La femme Du Cinquieme by Pawel Pawlikowski.

The Lady by Luc Besson with Michelle Yeoh and Daniel Thewlis, a film out of competition in the official selection, will open the festival. While the digitally restored 4K version of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the films public screening, will be the final event of the festival.

Also the sixth edition of the festival will award the ‘Marc’Aurelio actor’s award to Richard Gere, the Hollywood star who fought so many humanitarian battles and has played the lead in many popular films such as Pretty Woman and An Officer and a Gentleman. Richard will introduce the screening of Days of Heaven, Terrence Malick’s wonderful second film which gave Richard his first lead role.

There is a multitude of other events happening during this fascinating and exciting festival so you should be sure not to miss it, you will enjoy. And to get the most of the Roman Dolce Vita at the most affordable rates, check our website, drop us a line or give us a call (+39 064454365). We’ll be happy to give you our best offer.

Here in Rome there are many things to see and enjoy. However, most people come to see the main attractions (i.e. the Colosseum, the Vatican, the Pantheon, etc.).

What many people don’t realise is that there are many, many other little hidden gems in the city. One of these is the secret keyhole to the door of the headquarters of the sovereign order of the knights of malta. Located near the Colosseum, the keyhole offers a unique picturesque view of St. Peters Basilica. If you want to go and catch a photo, be prepared to be patient as it can be a difficult shot to capture.

In my opinion it’s definitely worth a look. You can get there by taking the b line from termini to Circo Massimo and then walk along side it till you reach a large statue, immediately after the statue turn left through the gate and then walk generally straight uphill until you reach the door in a small square. Hope you enjoy!

To discover all the secrets of the Eternal City there is no better base than Hotel Des Artistes and Yes Hotel, great accomodation at affordable rates!

Our blogger: Liam

- From African ethnic music to latin-tinged art rock, this festival will bring to Rome the sounds of the world from both emerging artists and well-known performers, like Suzanne Vega or Cesaria Evora.

Roma Incontra il Mondo (Rome Meets the World) has become a pleasant tradition in the cultural landscape of the city. Every year, the festival offers space to performers from all around the world to share their music and their culture.

Here you have a preliminary list of the artistis performing this year at Villa Ada:

• 18 June: double concert Mad Professor feat. Earl 16 + Zion Train
• 19 June: double concert Ojos De Brujo (Spain) + Ely Guerra (Mexico) 
• 23 June: double concert Caribou (Canada) + Battles (USA)
• 25 June: Teresa De Sio Briganta Banda (Naples, Italy)
• 27 June: Sean Kuti & Egypt (Nigeria)
• 28 June: Bandabardò (Italy)
• 29 June: Natasha Atlas & Trasglobal Underground (UK, Egypt)
• 5 July: Cristina Donà (Italy)
• 6 July: Sud Sound System (Salento, Italy)
• 7 July: Maria Gadu (Brazil)
• 9 July: Officina Zoè (Salento, Italy)
• 10 July: Niccolò Fabi Tour (Italy)
• 11 July: Yann Tiersen (France)
• 12 July: Jimmy Cliff (Jamaica)
• 13 July: Alex Britti (Italy)
• 14 July: Alborosie (Jamaica)
• 15 July: Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti (Italy)
• 16 July: Nando Citarella Tamburi del Vesuvio (Naples, Italy)
• 17 July: Verdena (Italy)
• 18 July: Joa Bosco Quartet (Brazil)
• 20 July: Suzanne Vega (USA)
• 21 July: Goran Bregovic & Wedding and Funeral Band Campagne for Gypsie (Serbia)
• 22 July: Anthony B (Jamaica)
• 23 July: Eugenio Bennato (Naples, Italy)
• 24 July: Cesaria Evora (Cape Verde)
• 25 July: Tuck & Patty (USA)
• 28 July: Luciano & Iriepathie (Jamaica)
• 29 July: Final Party Daniele Pepe

Our main pick would be Cesaria Evora, closely followed by Suzanne Vega and Mexican female rocker Ely Guerra, but all the performers are definitely worth a chance, and any of the concerts would be the perfect way to wrap a summer evening in Rome: with great music in the beautiful surroundings of a Roman Villa.

Don’t miss the chance, and contact us to get the perfect accomodation in Rome at Hotel Des Artistes or Yes Hotel.

Our blogger: Raul

-Tennis anyone? the city is just recovering from a weekend packed with emotions and there’s more to come: as every May, some of the best tennis players in the world will be in the city to dispute the most prestigious Italian tournament.

After an exciting weekend that included the canonization of pope John Paul II and the traditionally intense concert of May the 1st Rome is getting ready now for one of its world-class yearly appointments: the tennis tournament Internazionali BNL d’Italia.

As every year enthusiasts from all over the world will visit the Eternal City to enjoy its unique atmosphere and follow their favorite tennis players: a perfect plan to get the most of the first weeks of spring!

The defending champion is the Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal, who will try to go home with the trophy for the second time in a row. The tournament will start on May the 5th with the final being played on Sunday the 5th. As every year the venue will be the magnificent Foro Italico, that can be easily reached from either Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes, conveniently located in the center of Rome. Give os a ring (+39 064454365) o drop us a line (info@hoteldesartistes.com) to get our best offer and enjoy the most exciting tennis in the most eciting city in the world!

- Rugby enthusiasts will flock from all around the world to the Eternal City to assist to the competion where the most powerful European teams fight for sportive glory.

As every year, rugby fans from all around the world are rubbing their hands in anticipation for the upcoming edition of the 6 nations championship to take place beetwen February 4 and 19 March 2011.

The tournament brings together on a yearly basis the most powerful European rugby teams to compete for the continetal championship. The system is quite simple: each team plays every other team once, with home field advantage alternating from one year to the next. When a team wins a championship without being defeated it achieves a Grand Slam.

Of course, the most powerful teams are those with a strong rugby tradition like Ireland or England, but more “latin” countries like France and, more recently, Italy are developing a growing passion for the sport drawing bigger crowds to the stadiums each year.

On this edition of the tournament Italy will be playing in its home filed, the Sadio Flaminio in Rome, against ireland on February 5; Wales on February 26 and France on March 12. All the matches are great opportunities for Rugby enthusiasts to enjoy their favorite sport while getting to know one of the most beautiful cities in the world!

Don’t hesitate anymore and make a booking now at Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes, your best options for accomodation in the Eternal City!

One of the most famous historic and religious landmarks in Rome are the Catacombs of San Callisto, along the Appian Way. Among the many underground cemeteries of the City, those are the best known and most popular, best known for the “Crypt of the Popes.”

Unlike the other catacombs in Rome, these were found larger .Catacombs of San Callisto have become true places of worship and pilgrimage after 313 when the Emperor Constantine ended the persecutions against christians.

Tunnels and galleries on four levels is a maze of niches still open or walled custom made and designed for a simple burial, without cash but only in a sheet, sarcophagi and crypts, cubicles, epitaphs and carvings, the remains of oil lamps and vases containing perfumes.

During the visit falls only on the second floor, undoubtedly the most interesting from an archaeological point of view. Now we find the copy of a statue of the fourth century preserved in the Vatican Museum, depicting the Good Shepherd, a symbol of Christ’s love. Among the other images, belonging to the vast symbolism devised by Christians during the persecution, when their religion was declared a “a strange religion” with the decree of 35 senators.

You can see the Crypt of the Popes where the faithful descended on a pilgrimage to honor  the martyrs. Continuing on, you can see the Crypt of St Cecilia where to place the coffin containing the body of the patron saint of music, now housed in the Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere, there is a copy of a famous sculpture of 1599, the Cubicles of the Sacraments, five small rooms where you retain some of the oldest frescoes of Christian era, representing precisely the most important sacraments in the Christian faith: baptism and the ‘ Eucharist. Crypt of St. Eusebius, smaller but decorated with marble slabs on which are three arches, one of which contained the tomb of the saint.

Not quite everything, so you can enjoy a beautiful day to teach the history of Christianity and the history of Rome.

1. Visiting hours: 9.00 – 12.00 e 14.00 – 17.00
2. Price tickets : € 8,00 / € 5,00 reduced fee

How  to arrive:

• From Termini Station:
  Metro A (direction Anagnina) to stop Piazza di S. Giovanni in Laterano. Than take a bus line 218.
  Metro B (direction Laurentina) to stop Circo Massimo. Than take bus line 118.

Hotel Des Artistes and Lucci Hotel are the best places in the city center! Go ahead with your reservation!

-Spas a great option to treat yourself this summer. We have for you the best options near the Eternal City.

Spas have become synonymous with tourism and it is getting closer to a different people than traditional (consisting of elderly or willing that goes  in the spa for treatment of certain diseases).
At the spas you will recover incentives and motivations that synergized with therapies, helping to determine the early resolution of debilitating diseases and states or their proper management is also a psychic level, are rediscovered their health needs and thus the need for prevention, why the interventions of health education have, patients with spas, a particular impact.
Finally, always remember that the thermal waters carry the medicine to its roots, where the patient is first and foremost a man.

In the province of Rome, the most popular spa destinations are:
Bagni di Tivoli - 9 km from Rome In a mild climate and the beauty of the area attracted here in Roman times, famous personalities such as Sallust, Catullus, Horace and Maecenas. Among the attractions of the place excelled albulae aquae, celebrated by doctors, philosophers and scholars – among them should be mentioned Virgil, Strabo, Galen and Pliny the Younger – for their therapeutic virtues. Augustus was likely to want to build a luxurious spa building, which was designed by Agrippa, the builder of the Pantheon.

Palombara Sabina, on the slopes of Mount Gennaro, retains its original medieval spiral developed on a hill dominated by the castle. The Baths of Cretone, 8 km from the town, are connected by shuttle to the station of Belle Plain Montelibretti the underground Fiumicino-Fara in Sabina, which connects Rome in half an hour.

Famous are also  the Baths of Sant’Egidio, in province of Latina, where you can find the best treatments as mud treatment, and hydrotherapy, also cures gynaecological, dermatological, cosmetic and aesthetic. The site includes information to help you understand the features and benefits of water charges for various services, and you can stay in the hotel rooms and know the price list for the current season and the next .

Make a reservation today at Hotel Des Artistes and let us show you all the fascinating options that Rome and it surroundings have for you.

Our Blogger: Rhodora