Tips from Fodors

Upon Arrival:
Instead of taking the Leonardo Express from Fiumicino to Termini, take the FR1 to whichever station is most convenient for you. The FR1 departs every 15 minutes (instead of every 30 minutes for the Express), costs only EUR 5 (instead of EUR 9.50 for the Express), and avoids the hullabaloo of Termini.

The boat trips down the Tiber, from the bridge by Castel Sant'Angelo to Isola Tiberina is only EUR 1 (a great way to get from St. Peter's to Trastevere or the Forum)

One way to save on the expense of guided tours is to register online at Sound Guides (http://www.sound-guides.com/) and download the various free self-guided tours to your Ipod or MP3 player."

The smaller restaurants in Trastevere also offer better value for money than, say, the ones in the alleys near the Spanish Steps or any of the other "tourist" areas in central Rome.

Spoleto in Umbria

We have 2 apartments in the same building

Bella Due

Verrezza Verde

Spa

Spa with bus service from Rome

Article in NY Times about Spas in Viterbo

National Geographic Jan 2010

Free Rome

walking tour

Rome places

Great ideas from Time Mag

Time article

Rome Night

Something interesting for night time

Public Water, great for filling bottles

Public

Water

Shopping/clothes

Shopping for bargain clothes
who needs TJ Maxx?

Walking Rome Tour | Trastevere Restaurants | Rome Delicious Bites

Walking Rome Tour | Trastevere Restaurants | Rome Delicious Bites

Rome Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls | Churches in Rome

Rome Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls | Churches in Rome

48 Hours in Rome - ABC News

48 Hours in Rome - ABC News

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This is the restaurant Elizabeth Gilbert recommended

Da Alfredo e Ada
Via dei Banchi Nuovi, 14
(39) 06 688842
Open for dinner from 6 p.m., weekdays only. Closed for lunch, on weekends and in August.
Very inexpensive map and review

3 day museum pass and metro pass

need to see if this makes sense for us.

http://www.romapass.it/p.aspx?l=en&tid=2

A little neighborhood overview

http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/lazio/trastevere.asp

Eat Like a Local in Italy - Sept '09

Eat Like a Local in Italy - Articles - Travel + Leisure

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Our apt in Rome

For easy reference http://www.vrbo.com/226727

Rome Food Blog

this blog might be helpful when we need food into

http://www.foodinrome.com

Where to eat and sleep in Rome? New info Aug 19

Where to eat and sleep in Rome?

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LA Times article about sandwiches in ROME

http://travel.latimes.com/articles/la-trw-sandwiches12-2009jul12?parent=europe&type=destinations

NY times article about best tratorrias in Rome

Yum, one is in Travestare....

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/travel/22choice.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/03/22/travel/0322-rome_index.html

nice photo blog of Rome

http://romephotoblog.blogspot.com/

Pizza & beer in Travestere

http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/travel/20rome.html

July 30 2009

It's 7.5 months until we leave. I have started to do the savings math in my head. Approx 30 weeks left, and for me, I want to save $6000, or $1500 pp in my family, so that's $200 a week, or $28 a day, or $14 a day for John and I both......oh the money mind games we play. Not sure how much I have so far, but  probably like $1000, and we have already paid some on lodging.....( rome dep) ......ok, hope everyone else is doing their math .

Maybe Ostcia Antica instead of Pompeii

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/getaways/04/15/ostia.antica/index.html

Rome - Destination Guides - Travel + Leisure

Rome - Destination Guides - Travel + Leisure

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free things to do in Rome

http://www.slowtrav.com/tr/tripreport.asp?tripid=1423