The Grand Pantheum Suite

A short walk from via del Corso, immersed in the festive and chaotic atmosphere of the Roman center, an epigraph marks the entrance of an elegant and simple church: it is Santa Maria in Via, home to a miraculous freshwater spring. The legend tells of a miracle that occurred here in 1256. There is a chapel with an altar inside the building in the far right corner. On this stands an image of the Madonna del Pozzo. This is a symbol of the wooden tablet that the owners of the stable that is now the church saw floating in the water of their well. This is where the chapel was built and where to date the faithful continue to drink water, which is said to have miraculous properties. The journalist will explain what extremely rare organoleptic characteristics make this water so pure, without betraying the mystical and suggestive atmosphere of this little Lourdes in the heart of Rome.

A city within the city, a journey within the journey through thousands of years of history. Located in the heart of the city the Jewish Ghetto boasts a community of sixteen thousand people. One of the most fascinating communities in the world thanks to its incredible mix of multiculturalism. Guided by members of the Jewish Community of Rome you will become immersed in the monuments that line its streets and alleys, participating in the still lively life of the community. You will learn its anecdotes, and travel beyond history. You will visit the Jewish Museum and the synagogues, and will taste the delicacies of the many restaurants and bakeries that populate the area.

Portico of Octavia

Temples of San Nicola in Carcere

Monastery of Santa Francesca Romana

Cripta Balbi

Palazzo Mattei di Giove

Engraved in stone, the lion still bites the gazelle. Deep wells where sacred waters gave birth to the Chosen People. The Emperor’s deep maroon that envelops the bricks. Wells that have long since collapsed, shrouded in darkness, places where you find yourself in front of endless arcades that used to belong to Rome during the days of the Empire. Perpetually closed doors, in monastic sacredness. The myth of the empire that decorates the new principles of the Renaissance with its marbles. The Grand Palace, which lives between the upside-down Rome of the Botteghe Oscure and the marbles of the nobles of the Ghetto, whose palace looks like blocks of marble, resting on the sand.

Sten & Lex recover fragments of classical art and propose them in an extremely subjective way: strictly incognito, just like Banksy, who invited them to the London Cans Festival, a stencil festival where they participated along with the greatest street artists of the world. The artists, who started their career in Rome, will guide you to discover their stencils and open air etchings. The itinerary includes a limousine ride through several neighborhoods, from Garbatella to Ostiense, passing through San Lorenzo and Prati, Tor Pignattara and the Salario - Nomentano district, to discover incredible wall art. The tour will end in their studio, where they will reveal their unique techniques.

Fabio Lovino is the most important Italian portrait photographer, having immortalized the faces of international stars such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Benicio del Toro, Terry Gilliam, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Isabelle Huppert, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, and many others. Many of these portraits have also become the covers of the most famous Italian and foreign magazines, such as Io Donna, Max, Elle, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, L’Espresso. In his prestigious studio located in the historic center of Rome, flooded with light and full of objects that his stylist uses to prepare sets, you can admire many of his shots and watch him work and bring home a picture of yourself shot by him.

An amazing day. Our driver will take you by limousine to a nearby helipad to fly an Agusta Westland 109 helicopter or an Airbus 350. With an extraordinary journey over Orvieto and Arezzo, in fifty minutes you will land at Bolgheri - Gelasio Gaetani d’Aragona Lovatelli will be waiting and take you on marvellous journey for the heart and the palate. The route through the vineyards and cellars of Castello di Bolgheri and Argentiera will end with a wine tasting and, with a little luck, with a family reception by the owners of the Castello di Bolgheri company. The following lunch will be based on local dishes, indoors or outside, depending on the season. The return flight will allow the view of the splendid coast, and the majestic Monte Argentario.

The combination of ancient statues and busts with the technological devices of Rome’s first public electrical power plant is an exciting sight to behold. The plant ceased all activity in the early 1960s and remained out of use until 1997, when it received the loan of a number of sculptures from the Capitoline Museums. This was meant to be temporary, but instead became a permanent exhibition. It represents an extraordinary example of museum conversion, a visual pastiche that results in a very evocative effect.

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.