Our Blogger: Vanda

From on October 24 up to February 14 th 2010, to the Museum in Rome Trastevere, you can assist to a photographic show from the title “Before and after the Wall.”  The exhibition has the purpose to tell the history of the wall in Berlin through forty photos taken during the last forty years in Berlin, the show it will put in prominence all the changes that this city has suffered from the creation of the wall up to its demolition and its transformation into a ”monument” of a past that cannot be forgotten.

The photographers authors of this interesting show are: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Leonard Freed, Bruno Barbey, Ian Berry, Guy Le Querrec della Magnum Photos, Gianni Berengo Gardin a Mauro Galligani, Giovanni Chiaramonte, Nicola Gnesi e Davide Monteleone and the great French agency Eyedea.

The museum is open every day, except Monday, from 10:00 until 20:00 but the box-office is closes to the 19. Price ticket: 5.50 European (whole) 4.00 European (meeting place). Address: Piazza di Sant’Egidio, 1/b

At Hotel Des Artistes and Yes Hotel we will be more than happy to give you all the necessary information to visit this and many other famous museums in Rome. Make a reservation and get ready for the experience of a lifetime!

Our Bloggers: Michele & Raul

Your father looks like Dante, and your brother like Ariosto.
Tonight, at its usual place, the moon looks strange,
Maybe because I haven't seen you in a week...
(Antonello Venditti, Notte Prima Degli Esami)

You might not know him, but Antonello Venditti is a true Roman Icon.

He is a great supporter of the football team Roma. He even composed a song for them called “Grazie Roma” (Thank you, Roma). And many of his hits are etched into the consciousness of Italy. One of his most famous hits “Notte prima degli esami” (the night before the final exam) talks about the final exam in highschool, a rite of passage every Italian has to go through. The protagonist of Antonello’s song is desparete because he has this very important exam the next day, but he cannot stop thinking about the girl he loves– It must be a common situation, because the song is almost an hymn and the number of times it has appeared in movies or TV shows is impossible to calculate.

Well, if you are going to be in Rome during New Year’s eve you will have the chance to spend a very Roman evening, for Antonello will be the star on the public concert with wich the Eternal City will celebrate the arrival of 2010 .
Your appointment with this true icon of Romanity is at the Fori Imperiali (basically, near the Colissseum) starting at 20:00 P.M. on New Year’s eve. Don’t miss it!

The Fori Imperiali area is easily accesible from Termini. Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes are located only a few blocks away from the station, the perfet location to get the most of Rome! Make a reservation, and have a memorable New Year!

Our Blogger: Marcelo

Lovers of Fantasy are familiar with Mister Michael Ende. His works have been translated into more than 40 languages. Now there is an exhibition in Rome to commemorate the years that he spent in Italy and the thirtieth anniversary of his Masterpiece: ‘’ The Neverending Story’’.

The book describes the world of Fantasia which is being threatened by “The Nothing” an evil force that destroys everything. The story aims to keep us in touch with the imagination against the trend to be only a practical, logical and cold…

The ‘’mostra’’ develops through manuscripts, photographs and different documents, describing the fifteen years that Ende lived in Genzano (about thirty miles from Rome).

We hope you enjoy it and that you also find inspiration in our beautiful City of Rome. Maybe the same inspiration that Michael Ende and other authors have found here, in this eternally- neverending-inspiring City.