Destinations Of the Month

Rome was not built in a day and  can't be seen in a day. One could live in the Eternal City for years and still not see everything. The Greater Rome area is full of attractions for all ages. Piazzas, churches, ruins and architectural masterpieces are only part of the Eternal City’s magnetism. Rome also teems with sound, starting before dawn lasting into the night. Church bells meld with honking horns to create a cacophony that somehow seems fitting for bustling streets lined with modern-day boutiques, shops, produce stalls and other kiosks now standing alongside antiquities.
For the new millennium, Rome went all out to scrape away decades of grime and pollution, revealing more of the city’s original glory and making classic attractions -- from the Colosseum to Trevi Fountain and Piaza Navona -- sparkle again. Whether filthy or clean, Rome’s monuments stand as an ever-present reminder of its status as one of the greatest centers of Western civilization when all roads once led to Rome. Its dreamy light and sumptuous landscapes seem made for romance, and its three millennia of history, culture and cuisine seduces just about everyone.