Nearby Attractions
Casa Garbabella is located in the Ostiense district, between Via Ostiense and Via Cristoforo Colombo, and it is well connected with all the attractions of the Eternal City. It's less than 10 minutes walk from the underground (Metro Line B, Garbatella station) which takes you in just three stops to Coliseum and to Termini Central Station in five (intersection with the A line that leads to the Vatican Museums / Sistine Chapel) .
Within ten minutes walk you can also reach the Ostiense Railway Station, hosting the liles leading to Leonardo Da Vinci Airport of Fiumicino Also within easy reach there's the Roma-Lido station, the railway connecting Rome to the sea in just 30 minutes. The area is also served by numerous bus routes connecting you to all parts of Rome.
Garbatella District
Garbatella is a poetic neighbourhood, is a maze of courtyards, each one with its own gardens, squares, stairs, balconies and fountains.Garbatella is the decadent charm of its small houses built with a refinement and a preciousness that other Roman suburbs don’t have, according to a tradition of eclectic, noble architecture -whose references range from Borromini to the Futurist movement and Art Deco. It’s a neighborhood with an exceptional sense of community! Garbatella is a striking detail: it can be a stair, a chimney, a relief, a fountain, an old street lamp or a raw wall.Garbatella is a Roman dish: all around the neighborhood you can taste some authentic traditional cuisine entering one of its many trattorie (the more shabby, the better!).
Colosseum and Forum
The antique city’s most famous and magnificent monument: the, Colosseum, once known as Anfiteatro Flavio. It could host between 60 and 80 thousand people as a modern stadium and was 50 mt. high, however it was only used for a little more than 4 centuries. If you whish to visit its undergrounds and the third ring, from where you will admire a stunning view, check coopculture.it for information and reservation.
You may go on with your visit of the archaeological area by starting with Palatine Hill, where Caesar’s Palace relics still remain impressively facing Circus Maximus and you may continue with the Forum valley.
City Centre
After Colosseum walk up Capitoline Hill to fully enjoy an unique view of the Roman Forum and the scenographic square designed by Michelangelo. Musei Capitolini as well would deserve a visit. As soon as you go down Capitoline Stairs you will discover Piazza Venezia with its huge white monument Altare della Patria and Palazzo Venezia from XV century.Walking on along via del Corso and turning on the right on via delle Muratte Trevi Fountain, designed by Nicola Salvi in the XVIII century, will open before your very eyes with all its splendour in few minutes. Never forget to throw a coin in the pool! This will bring you good luck and will make you come back to Rome.
Vatican Museums
St. Peter’s Square in the early morning offers the possibility to fully enjoy its perfect architecture and the white travertine. The entrance to St Peter’s Basilica is free. The visit to the Treasure Museum and to the Dome are on payment. If you feel like climbing the stairs you will be rewarded by the spectacular view of the city.
You may admire “la Pietà” by Michelangelo, the baroque Baldachin and Alexander VII’s funeral monument made by Bernini. If you wish to visit the Sistine Chapel and to admire the amazing Vatican collections you have to go to the Vatican Museums (10 minutes walk from the Basilica). Reservation is suggested in order to avoid long lines.
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Eur District
Built for the World Fair in 1942, which was to have taken place in 1942 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Fascist March on Rome, the district of Eur whose very name derives from this Universal Exhibition (Esposizione Universale Roma) that never actually took place because of World War II, is renowned for its Fascist-inspired architecture.
The domineering symbol of this Fascist style is” Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro), dubbed the “Square Colosseum” illustrating the era’s metaphysic and rationalist art.