The Grand Vittoriano Suite

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.

Lose yourself among the medieval alleys of the most bohemian ‘village’ in the heart of Rome. Walking through narrow and winding streets, you will discover the Basilica of Santa Cecilia, the church built to honour the patron saint of musicians, and the annexed Benedictine convent where, with our special permission, you will be able to listen to ritual chants of the nuns that have charge of the basilica. An enchanting and mystical experience that will continue by visiting the fascinating baroque church of San Francesco a Ripa and the Bernini Chapel. Naturally, we would never miss taking a delicious break to taste the oven pizza in Vicolo del Cinque, a must for Romans and visitors alike. Afterwards, dive back into the splendours of the Renaissance in Villa Farnesina, amongst the wonders of Raphael and the Botanical Garden.

It was 1929 when the ancient ruins where Caesar was murdered were discovered at Largo di Torre Argentina. That same year the city’s stray cats started taking refuge in those same ruins. An expert guide will show you the place where these felines receive shelter and care from the city’s many volunteers, because this too is Rome. Have a look at Walt Disney’s movie “The Aristocats” in Italian, and listen to the fluent roman accent of Romeo, the animated film’s loveable Roman stray protagonist. He is the most respected cat of the city’s famous colony, and if you’ll be lucky he might come your way.

"The time is out of joint", the line from Shakespeare's Hamlet, is set into the stairs that lead into the museum and helps prepare visitors to enter the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome. It houses an impressive collection of paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations from the 19th century to present days. Solely dedicated to modern and contemporary art, the Gallery is not just an exhibition space, but also a place of research and experimentation. Our expert guide will lead you to some of museum’s most exceptional works, from Canova’s ideal beauty to Fattori and the Macchiaioli, from Van Gogh and Monet to Duchamp’s Readymade. Your visit will not respect the limits imposed by time, but rather will result in a dialogue between artworks, positioning you at the center of a reflection on art. 

Chiesa Santi Quattro 

Casino Villa Mattei di Giove (Villa Celimontana )

Antiquarium Comunale

Arena del Colosseo

7 sale Terme di Traiano

Ninfeo Annibaldi

Koylos. The "womb". And the Mount Celio is the womb. In the intimacy of the Eternal City, in the most secret of the hills. Underground, Nero's "golden house". Above, the Baths of Trajan. Over all, the shadow of the golden Colossus. And the Amphitheater built by the Flavians. Tremendous, huge. The idea of the power of Rome and its "existence" for the people. We leave the window overlooking the Colosseum. We go down, we point with the eye the obelisk of Ozymandias, that from Ramses II was remedied by Sixtus V to the Savior. In the apse of the church of Quattro Coronati, we enter the Gothic Hall, the only complete pictorial cycle of this art in Rome. We climb to Villa Celimontana, entering the Casino of the Villa Mattei di Giove, where Filippo Neri created the tradition of the pilgrimage in Rome. From here, towards the Antiquarium Comunale with the remains of the monuments found during the great demolitions of Fascism, we descend into the valley of the Colosseum, enter the arena, and then look at the Seven Halls of the Baths of Trajan. But then, it's back in the womb. A small door, narrow on the street. A spiral staircase. And we are among the decorations in shells and limestone of the Nymphaeum of the Annibaldi.

Musumeci Greco Academy

Palazzo Berardi

Chambers of Saint Ignatius

Rupe Tarpea

Tik Tok. Time passes, time returns. In the city that created time. From the Calendar to the film, everything exists in an endless time, which travels from Enzo Musumeci Greco’s megaphone to order the actors of Ben Hur, while the Stone Saints still breathe in the music of painted angels. Tarpea awaits its reward from the Campidoglio and Marcello lives in the theater built in his glory by Augustus, next to the port where Aeneas arrives, looking for the water of the divine river. The same that falls from the water clock of Palazzo Berardi, tracing the time of Rome, and of the World. Tik Tok.

Each and every parent is unique, and that is reflected in the infinite choices that parents make for their children. Whether they at home or travelling, however, most enjoy having little pockets of freedom - both for themselves and for their children. Which is why we chose to partner with Monica Archibugi, founder of the successful Le Cicogne project, who has been connecting parents and babysitters in Rome since 2013. She graduated in Economics, Business Management and Health Services from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, and she single-handedly built what has become one of the most important online and offline parent communities in the capital. The caregiving service is designed to provide experiences that are both educational and entertaining. Our guests will be able to select their preferred professional, and will also be able to choose between recreational, creative or tourist activities for their children. All activities are conducted in absolute safety with a professionally vetted staff member that is also certified in pediatric first aid.

Musumeci Greco Academy

Santa Maria sopra Minerva 

Casanatense Library

Sant'Ignazio in Campo Marzio

Kircherian Museum

Palazzo Doria Pamphilj

The truth is unique. A single moment, in which the only meaning of the world can be grasped. We move from the marble circle at the center of the perspective of Andrea Pozzo to Sant'Ignazio, and everything collapses. The door of Santa Maria sopra Minerva closes, and no wind will shake Bernini's stone drapes anymore. But to the right of Michelangelo’s Christ, the door opens to the scale of the emperors and the temple of wisdom, filled with the rarest books in the world. A journey in the instant of a saber blow, crystalized in the weapons of the Academy but timeless, like the gaze of Innocent X of Velasquez and the waters of the Bath of Diana that awaits the next guest of the Doria Pamphilj Princes.