Scott House Hotel Rome Blog » Big Events in Rome http://blog.scotthouse.com Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:28:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Spending your Christmas in Rome http://blog.scotthouse.com/2011/12/02/spending-your-christmas-in-rome/ http://blog.scotthouse.com/2011/12/02/spending-your-christmas-in-rome/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:25:16 +0000 http://blog.scotthouse.com/?p=118 Christmas in Rome 2012Rome is a top Italian city to visit during the Christmas holiday season and the place where the celebration of Christmas originated. The first Christmas mass was said at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore and the earliest known permanent nativity was created for the Rome Jubilee in 1300.

Highlights of the season are the Papal Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, and the Pope reading his Christmas message in the piazza in front of St. Peter’s at noon on Christmas Day. In St. Peter’s Square there is also a famous life-size nativity scene.

As well as the grand display outside St Peter’s, and a smaller effort in Piazza Navona, other nativity scenes (presepi) can be seen in most of Rome’s churches. These are important destinations for Italian visitors, and it’s worth inspecting one or two. Some have fascinating details, and even feature day-into-night lighting effects. There is also a large exhibition of presepi in the Sala del Bramante by Piazza del Popolo (admission charge).

At the Christmas Market in Piazza Navona you can buy the components for your own nativity scene, as well as sweets, wooden toys and all sorts of Christmas-related ornaments and goodies. Shoppers can marvel at the elaborate additions to nativity scenes, from working waterfalls to moving bakery scenes (in which the bakers look suspiciously like pizza chefs).

Those interested in Christmas shopping will find the main shopping streets sparkling with festive lights and packed with shoppers. Groups of busking musicians, often dressed as Santas, play cheerful seasonal tunes. Many shops lay down red carpeting on the pavements and the last few years have seen an invasion of large inflatable Santa Clauses. As well as the Christmas lights, a giant Christmas tree appears in the centre of town, in Piazza Venezia or by the Colosseum.

Rome is full of good places to buy presents: hundreds of little food shops are packed with goodies to take home. Other good Roman gifts include gloves and accessories (try the shops around the Spanish Steps) and kitsch souvenirs (anywhere near the Vatican).

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Singer and composer, five-time Grammy winner and recipient of the coveted Grammy Legend Award in 2001. He has sold over 250 million records worldwide, and is also the man behind the best selling single of all time. That song was ‘Candle in the Wind’ and the man in question is of course, Elton John. Right here at Eventful is where you’ll find all the latest news on Elton John tour dates 2011, including those much-sought after Elton John Las Vegas shows which will mark the beginning of the star’s three-year residency at the famous Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace.

Wednesday  13 July 2011
Cavea, h 21

Information
Auditorium Parco Della Musica, Rome, Italy
Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30 – 00196
Rome, RM – Italy
http://www.auditorium.com/
e-mail: info@musicaperroma.it

Tickets
from 50 to 220 Euro
Telephone: +39 06 892982

Located in the centre of Rome, Hotel Scott House a 3 star hotel, enjoys a privileged location from which to explore the city and its best attractions and monuments: Colosseo, Fori Imperiali, Piazza Venezia, Fontana di Trevi …
Hotel Scott House offers plenty of attractive rooms deals and packages!
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Everything is ready on Foro Italico’s 11 courts for the 68th “Internazionali BNL d’Italia 2011”, which this year envisages a few new major innovations.

First of all, the tournament is starting two weeks later than last year so that it will be played from May 7th to 15th. Unlike the previous year when the men’s and women’s matches were held over two separate weeks, this time round the two competitions will be both played over the same 9 days.
In addition, starting 2011 play will also take place on No. 1 Court in the Nicola Pietrangeli Stadium as well as on Centre Court which, in the opinion of players and staff alike, is judged to offer spectators the best view of play in the world..

INFO
7th – 15th May 2011
Centrale del Tennis
Address: Viale dei Gladiatori
Ticket Office: Villetta Ruggeri
Via dei Gladiatori, 10
00194 Roma

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The ceremony in St. Peter’s Square presided over by Benedict XVI  is expected to be one of the biggest media events of the new century.
The Faithful will be able to pray before his coffin, which will be exhumed for the event and it will remain there for viewing and veneration.
Tickets will not required for the ceremony.
On Monday, May 2, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, will preside at a Mass of thanksiving in St. Peter’s Square.
Finally, the remains of Blessed John Paul II will be re-interred in the Vatican basilica: in the chapel of St. Sebastian, near the main doorway. This ceremony will be held privately, the Vatican has indicated.
Santo Subito Who is considering going to Rome for the beatification of John Paul II, which will take place on 1 May 2011 in St. Peter’s Square, will has to book an hotel in Rome as soon as possible.
A good idea is to book an hotel in central Rome close to the line of the subway  such as Termini Station area where is located Scott House Hotel.
Scott House , a 3 star hotel in Rome located in a strategic position to reach quickly Sant Peter’s Square and the Vatican area, is offering to its customers a convenient package for this special occasion.
Click here to discover Scott House hotel Rome special offer for beatification of John Paul II.

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