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Lets be realistic just for a bit. Your holiday is not just about money but it is a big part of it. So here are a couple of tips to save money and make it go just a little further.

 

 Lets start with what you can see for nothing. Foro Romano, Pantheon and the Museo di Risorgimento have free entrance. Another great place is Villa Borghese park. The Vatican Museums and Sisitine Chapel are also free the last Sunday of every month. It is advisable to get there at least an hour before the museums open. The queues are very long. The other churches always seem to get over looked by many holiday makers. There are fantastic works of art, entrance is free and there are never any queues.

 

 You also don’t have to buy water. This is absolutely great. The water is safe to drink from the tap and from all the fountains outside. So all you have to do is find an empty bottle and fill it from the fountains. The location of the hotel is located really near Termini station so you dont have to take a taxi to reach the train station. The metro staion Castro Pretorio is located very near the hotel too. However if you are here for a short time only then an 11 euro travel card would be sufficient to get you around the city. It is valid for 3 days and it can be used for the metro, bus and the tram.

 

 Now we get to one of the most important parts of the whole trip. The food! In Italy food is taken very seriously. There is no point in spending money on something that is overvalued and overpriced. The locals eat well for a fair price and so should you. Here are a couple of tips: Don’t eat at restaurants right in the centre, look for restaurants in the streets near the famous piazzas, don’t eat at restaurants with a menu turistico and go where you only hear Italian being spoken this tells you that it is a big hit with the locals. Which means its been around for a while and is worth eating at and you wont be served ready made reheated food.

When you go to a bar to have a coffee always stand at the bar. Its cheaper to have your coffee there than to take it to a table outside. All of these things may seem trivial but if you manage to remember a few of these things you could save yourself quite a few euros.

Enjoy your holiday spend your cash wisely and buy something worthwhile instead of wasting it. Looking forward to seeing you in Rome and having you as a guest in our hotel.