12 PHOTOS OF ROME - ST. JOHN LATERAN

Major Papal, Patriarchal and Roman Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in Lateran, Mother and Head of All Churches in Rome and in the World

St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of Rome, Holy See. It has been the first church to be built in Rome in an area that was donated to the Pope by the Emperor Constantine I the Great.

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9 PICTURES OF ROME - MUSEUM OF THE AURELIAN WALLS

Aurelian Walls

Just walk few minutes from the St. John Villa and you will find, at Porta San Sebastiano at the beginning of the Appian Way, a small and free museum, the Museum of the Aurelian Walls.


Just walk over the wall, the largest and best preserved monument from ancient Rome, and look at the green landscape south of Rome.

Do you want to discover the hidden Rome? Just reserve your room at the St. John Villa Bed & Breakfast

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OFFERTA PARCHEGGIO - ST. JOHN VILLA ROMA

Torna anche quest'anno l'offerta per di fine autunno del St. John Villa, il parcheggio gratuito per tutto il mese di novembre e fino al 20 dicembre 2018.
L'offerta è valida per coloro che prenoteranno tramite il nostro sito www.stjohnvilla.it o direttamente per telefono, su prenotazione e secondo disponibilità.

Il St. John Villa si trova in posizione ideale per coloro che raggiungono Roma in auto. In posizione centrale, dietro alla Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, a 5 minuti dalla fermata San Giovanni della linea A della metropolitana e a 15 minuti a piedi dal Colosseo, si raggiunge facilmente dalle uscite autostradali di Roma Est e Roma Sud ed è al di fuori della ZTL.

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PICK OF THE DAY - GRATTACHECCA

What does it mean to live like a local? Having to go to buy bread, milk and meat at the supermarket or discovering the pleasures of the place one is visiting?

In my opinion only the second. The first is a boring duty that one has to do every day.

One of the local pleasure in Rome during the summer time is the grattachecca. What's that?

It is crushed ice with a syrup, lemon, cherry, mint, almond or whatever the fantasy might suggest.

Grattachecca is something completely different from granita, a typical specialty from Sicily, and sorbet.

These last two specialties are prepared starting from water in which the sugar has been melted making it boil. The syrup is then added to the water, also a liqueur or prosecco for the sorbet and everything is then put in the freezer stirring every 15-20 minutes. The final result is something that is at the same time granular and creamy. In some recipe, also some drops of milk to get it more creamy.

The preparation of grattachecca is much quicker as it is made from blocks of ice that are crushed at the moment, the adding the syrup. Therefore at the same time one will drink and chew the ice. 

Because of the low sugar content, it will result strongly refreshing and thrist quenching.

Grattachecca is typically sold in small kiosks that normally open in the late afternoon or even only in the evening. Those kiosks usually become also meeting point for the people.

One of the best grattachecca in Rome is sold in a kiosk that is located just steps away fro the St. John Villa, along Via Magna Grecia, close to the subway stop. The name of the place is Er Chioschetto.

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11 PHOTOS OF ROME - CAELIAN HILL

The posts of this series are dedicated to the way I see my city, Rome, and to the way I live it, All the photos of this series have been taken by me or by people that were with me. Sometime the quality is not so good, I hope readers will excuse me for that.

OUT OF TIME, OUT OF SPACE

Rome, like every big city in the world, is chaotic. Let's say that people living in Rome have learned how to survive in the chaos 2000 years ago when, being the first city to do that in human history, it surpassed one million inhabitants.

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OFFERTA PARCHEGGIO GRATUITO

Una delle caratteristiche uniche del St. John Villa è quella di avere un parcheggio privato. E' quello che vedete nella foto qui sopra, ci entrano due o anche tre macchine see non troppo grandi. E' adatto anche ai furgoni.

Per tutto il mese di novembre e fino al 6 dicembre 2017, a coloro che prenoteranno tramite il nostro sito www.stjohnvilla.it o direttamente per telefono offriremo gratuitamente il parcheggio, su prenotazione e secondo disponibilità.

Il St. John Villa si trova a Roma dietro alla Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, a 5 minuti dalla fermata San Giovanni della linea A della metropolitana e a 15 minuti a piedi dal Colosseo.

DON'T BE SHY, ASK US

When I started to operate in the Bed and Breakfast business, I was fully convinced that, to have success, my focus had to be on the people rather than on the property itself.
In other words, it is important to offer comfortable rooms that are equipped with everything that is important for a good stay, but it is not necessary that they look like a luxury suite.
People staying at a bed & breakfast or at a guest house are surely happy if they find an informal place but they are especially happy if the host is taking care of them more than the staff of a hotel would do.
I am normally based at the St. John Villa but, whenever you have some special request, even if you are staying at Villa Borghese Guest House or at San Lorenzo Guest House, please fell free to contact me. Please call also and especially in the case you have some problem.
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ROMAN WALKS - 2 - ARCHEOLOGY AND CHRISTIANITY

The walking tour we are presenting in this post starts from the St. John Villa. It touches some of the most famous sites of Rome, Colosseum, Santa Maria Maggiore, St. John Lateran.

VITA DA B&B - GLI OSPITI ADOTTIVI

Nei b&b e nelle guest house esiste una categoria particolare di ospiti, quelli che io chiamo ospiti adottivi, che è quella che rende questo lavoro unico per le soddisfazioni che può dare dal lato umano.

ST. JOHN VILLA - REVIEWS (1)

From Russia with love

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PICTURES FROM ROME

Winter (?) in Rome,
Winter months in Rome are like spring in many other European cities. They are perfect to visit the city out of the crowd.

The lemon tree of the St. John Villa

The garden of the St. John Villa