The Grand Art Gallery

His father was part of the editorial team behind RAI Sport, one of Italy’s leading sports channel, for a lifetime and taught himself to play tennis by imitating his idol, Ivan Lendl. When Riccardo was born, his destiny seemed to have been prescribed: “My father immediately put a racket in my hand, by the time I was four I already owned one.” He was subsequently recruited by the Under 12 Italian national team and went on to lead them to victory, by 15 he was competing in Italy’s third professional league, motivated by tennis players such as Riccardo Ghedin and Flavio Cipolla. He soon became a certified instructor for the Italian Tennis Federation and completed his training at the Professional Tennis Registry, an American association that promotes tennis around the world. Meanwhile, he collaborated with important international academies, meeting Emilio Sanchez of the Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy in Barcelona and Nick Bollettieri of the Bollettieri Tennis Academy in the US. Book the court and play some sets with him at the Tennis Academy Vigna Clara, where you will be able to rent or purchase excellent Head, Wilson, or Babolat, gear along with all the other best brands on the market.

Rome’s symbol throughout the world and proof of Romans’ amazing knowledge of construction. A place where the extravagance, whims and cruelty of the Emperors were loosed and coordinated to gain the people’s favor. However, we are not talking only of the Colosseum. The 78 hectares around it hold some of most famous monuments of the ancient world, from the Roman Forum to the Circus Maximus and the Domus Aurea. Here you can walk by the Arch of Constantine, a huge monument erected to celebrate the Emperor’s victory over Maxentius, Emperor Nero’s palace, through the Roman Forum under the Palatine Hill, from whence the legends say that Romulus dug the trench within which he founded the city.

Lie down on your bed with your eyes closed and let yourself be guided by the skilled fingers of an expert massage therapist. Let an artist’s performance of the most touching melodies and lyrics of Italian song and poetry wash over you and lead you to a state of "inspired relaxation". Stretch your daily physical and emotional tensions and achieve inspiration through emotion. Our therapist will work on your meridians and circulation of energy to restore vitality to your organs, enhancing your emotional perception. The words of Domenico Modugno, Mina, Patti Pravo, Luigi Tenco, Dante, Gaber, Benigni, Collodi, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Dario Fo, Boccaccio and many more will carry you straight to the center of your heart.

With a product that is so representative of Italy throughout the world, you cannot miss this Italian olive oil tasting session. Led by a culinary expert and served on the freshly oven-baked bread from Romeo’s bakery, you will embark on a journey to discover new scents and unknown tastes.

Tasting, as you may know, is not only about taste, just like listening is not only about sound. It is a real sensual and sensory experience that involves all the senses, even the sixth. An exciting journey in one of the most famous restaurants in the world led by culinary experts who know the raw materials they choose just like a scientist would, but who are also acutely aware of the human soul and the emotional functioning of human beings, and are capable of uniting the knowledge of the latter and the former in what industry insiders call neuro-enogastronomy.

San Giovanni in Laterano, Colle Oppio and the whole area around the Colosseum. These are the coordinates for the LGBT+ community in Rome. Places to meet, places where debate and the exchange of opinion moves away from stereotypes and clichés. We will invite our travelers for coffee amongst the tables of the historic Coming Out bar. Vladimir Luxuria, the first transgender person elected to the European Parliament, will tell the story of this community.

How can we breathe new life into ancient treasures? Through digital technology and multimedia. Our expert guide will lead you a place where the ancient world meets modernity to reconstruct the beauty of a long-gone past. This digital journey will reconstruct Palazzo Valentini in all its phases through history, reaching back through time to the remains of an aristocratic Ancient Roman Domus. The reconstruction of the reliefs that decorate Trajan’s Column, or those depicting the military campaigns against the Dacians, are surprising.

Not far from the Vatican, on the right bank of the Tiber, stands the tomb willed by Emperor Hadrian. A long bridge adorned with angel sculptures leads to the Castel Sant’Angelo, which within its walls holds the nuances of the Eternal City’s past and present. It was also a fortress, a dark and terrible prison and a splendid Renaissance residence. A building that has changed its face and function, closely following the transformations of the city.