I would love to visit Rome. Have you ever traveled there?
No, but I have wanted to since it was nominated 2007's fourth most desirable city to visit.
Wow! I had no idea it was rated so high! What are the most popular places to visit there?
They have lots of museums, churches, and other historical monuments to visit.
What else can you tell me about this exciting tourist destination?
Well, it is well known for its history including its many art treasures, as well as unique traditions.
What are some of the traditions that are observed there? That sounds interesting!
Most of the Western culture was born on the Italian peninsula such as the christian faith, the senate, and science, just to name a few.
How many annual visitors do they have per year? I bet it is staggering!
ruins of the Roman Forum, and the Catacombs. Rome is the 3rd most visited city in the EU, after London and Paris, and receives an average of 7–10 million tourists a year, which sometimes doubles on holy years. The Colosseum (4 million tourists) and the Vatican Museums (4.2 million tourists) are the 39th and 37th (respectively) most visited places in the world, according to a recent study. In 2005 the city registered 19.5 million of global visitors, up of 22.1%
the early morning, and I could not sleep or lose these early hours. When traveling abroad, my exploration and study of cathedrals and most of the remarkable churches in Rome and in various cities of Europe have been made in the early morning. Such places were always open, and it was the most quiet time to visit them, and I have been able to get into many a nook and corner of old churches that I could not have been able to peer into when there were crowds of other visitors there also.