Vacation Apartments Rome

Why not go on vacation to the great classic city of Rome. It can be a great place for a vacation. You may want an apartment in a flat or house or tower block while you stay in the city. An apartment may be cheap or expensive or it may be luxury or good value. You may want to buy, sell, hire, loan, sell, rent, or own a apartment. It is up to you but you will require the money.

Rome (Italian: Roma, Latin: Roma) is the capital city of Italy and of the Lazio region.

Rome is known as Caput Mundi (Capital of the world), la Città Eterna (The Eternal City), Limen Apostolorum (Threshold of the Apostles), la città dei sette colli (The city of the seven hills) or simply l'Urbe (The City). Ancient Rome was a major centre of Western civilization, and Rome is still the seat of the Roman Catholic Church which controls the Vatican City as its sovereign territory, an enclave of Rome.

Rome is in the Lazio region of Central Italy at the confluence of the Aniene and Tiber (Italian: Tevere) rivers. Although the city centre is about 24 km inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea, the city territory extends to the very shore, where the south-western Ostia district is located. The altitude of the central part of Rome ranges from 13 m above sea level (in Piazza del Popolo) to 120 m above sea level (the peak of Monte Mario). The comune of Rome covers an overall area of about 1,285 km², including many green areas.

The centre of Rome is surrounded by some large green areas and opulent ancient villas, which are the remains of the crowns of villas which encircled the papal city. Most of them were largely destroyed by real estate speculation at the end of the 19th century. The most important among the surviving ones are:

Villa Borghese, with a large landscape garden in the naturalistic 19th century English style, containing a number of buildings, museums (see Galleria Borghese) and attractions;
Villa Ada, the largest public landscaped park of Rome;
Villa Doria Pamphili, the second largest with an area of 1.8 square kilometers;
Villa Torlonia, a splendid example of Art Nouveau mansion that was the Roman residence of Benito Mussolini;
Villa Albani, commissioned by Alessandro Cardinal Albani to house his collection of antiquities and Roman sculpture, which soon filled the casino that faced the Villa down a series of formal parterres.
Rome is the national capital of Italy and is the seat of the President of the Italian Republic, whose official residence is Quirinale Palace. Rome hosts also the Italian Parliament, Italian Prime Minister and all the ministries.

Rome is served by three airports, of which the main two are owned by Aeroporti di Roma. The intercontinental Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport is Italy's chief airport; it is more commonly known as "Fiumicino airport", as it is located within the territory of the nearby comune of Fiumicino, south-west of Rome. The older Rome Ciampino Airport is a joint civilian and military airport; it is more commonly referred to as "Ciampino Airport", as it is located within Roman territory near the border with the comune of Ciampino, south-east of Rome.

A third airport, the Aeroporto dell'Urbe, is a small, low-traffic airport located about 6 km north of the city centre, which handles most helicopter and private flights. A fourth airport in the eastern part of the city, the Aeroporto di Centocelle (dedicated to Francesco Baracca), is no longer open to flights; it hosts the Comando di Squadra Aerea (which coordinates the activities of the Aeronautica Militare Italiana) and the Comando Operativo di Vertice Interforze[18] (which coordinates all Italian military activities), although large parts of the airport are being redeveloped as a public park.

The ancient city within the walls covers about four percent of the modern municipality's 1,285 square kilometres (496 sq mi). The historic city centre is the smallest of Rome's nineteen administrative zones. The city centre is made up of 22 rioni (districts), with one of them, ( Prati), actually lying out of the walled area. Surrounding the centre are 35 quartieri urbani (urban sectors), and within the city limits are six large suburbi (suburbs).

Modern Rome is surrounded by a ring-road known as the Grande Raccordo Anulare (G.R.A.) located at about 10 km (6 miles) from the city centre. It ties together the ancient roads that led to Rome in antiquity: the Via Flaminia, Via Aurelia, Via Salaria, Via Tiburtina, Via Casilina and Via Appia.

The historical centre is dominated by the traditional "Seven hills of Rome": the Capitoline, Palatine, Viminal, Quirinal, Esquiline, Caelian, and Aventine hills. The Tiber flows south through Rome, with the city centre located where the midstream Tiber Island facilitated crossing.

Large parts of the ancient city walls remain. The Servian Wall was built twelve years after Gauls' sack of the city in 390 BC; it contained most of the Esquiline and Caelian hills, as well as the whole of the other five. Rome grew out of the Servian Wall, but no more walls were constructed until 270 AD, when Aurelian began building the Aurelian Walls. These were almost 19 kilometers (12 mi) long, and were still the walls the troops of the Kingdom of Italy had to breach to enter the city in 1870.

The old city centre contains about 300 hotels and 300 guesthouses, over 200 palaces, 900 churches, eight of Rome's major parks, the residence of the President of the Italian Republic, the houses of the Parliament, offices of the city and city government, and many monuments. The old city also contains thousands of workshops, offices, bars, and restaurants. Millions of tourists visit Rome annually, making it one of the most visited cities in the world.

Rome enjoys a typical Mediterranean climate which characterizes the Mediterranean coasts of Italy. It is at its most comfortable from April through June, and from mid-September to October; in particular, the Roman ottobrate (the Italian word ottobrata can roughly be translated as "beautiful October day") are famously known as sunny and warm days.