Showing posts with label Rome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rome. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 December 2013

A Munro-baggers holiday: The Seven Hills of Rome


“See Rome and die!”

While Goethe's words were actually “see Naples and die,” Rome is undoubtedly the more beautiful city. Thus the chief threat to compleating a full round of her Seven Hills is the range of tempting photographic diversions and exquisite sights that the Imperial City offers.

View from the Aventine Hill

  

Context
Onto last week’s business trip, I decided to tag a ‘continuous, unsupported, solo round’ of the hills, and started with the historical and topographic research that enhances any adventure. Several things readily become apparent: