Hotel St. Paul

Location

Via Vito Volterra 43, Rome, 00146

Nearby you can find:
- The Basilica di San Paolo Fuori le Mura: the widest of Roman patriarchal basilicas, after San Pietro. The Basilica is just a 10 minute walk from the hotel Saint Paul (metro stop: basilica San Paolo).

- The Catacombs on the Apian Way allows you to trace the origins of the Christian presence in Rome and to explore one of the fundamental aspects of its identity. The Catacombs are in fact the underground cemeteries of the early Christians, located outside the city walls in accordance with the ancient custom that forbade the burying of the dead in the inhabited area. To get there take a bus from Pyramid (3 metro stops away from Basilica San Paolo).

- Stop at Pyramid for a quick visit to an imitation of the Egyptian pyramid called Caius Cestius that were in fashion in Rome after the conquest of Egypt.

- Discover the Trastevere quarter (in Latin, Trans Tiberim) across the Tiber. Up until Augustus, the right bank of the Tiber was outside the city limits, at present Trastevere is one of the most fashionable and charming places in Rome.

- Stroll through the small streets of the borough to the heart of Trastevere to the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere. According to tradition this was the first Catholic Church in Rome to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary and originally it dates back to the 3rd century.

- The Coliseum (Colosseo, Colosseum), was built during the reign of Emperor Vespasiano c. 72 AD and dedicated in 80 AD by his son Titus. The popular name of Coliseum came about because the immense oval stadium was situated next to a colossal statue of Nero. The original name of this ancient Roman sports arena, the largest arena of its kind, is The Amphitheatrum Flavium (3 stops away from Basilica San Paolo, line B).

- From the Coliseum you can take a nice and interesting walk through the Forums, the sacred way was the most famous street in ancient Rome, will take you to Venezia square (Piazza Venezia), the ideal place recommended to tourists to start their discovery of the town, being in a focal point among the Medieval and Renaissance Rome and the centre of the archaeological one.