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Our Blogger: Giuseppe

The “Serie A” 2009/2010 will start on Saturday, August 22 and for te On the second day, the computer has given two super-challenges: The “Milan derby” (Saturday 29 August), with AC Milan at home and Rome-Juventus (Sunday 30 August).

For those seasoned football fans the Olympic Stadium Rome in Italy is the perfect venue to see AS Roma – Juventus! On 30-08-2009 AS Roma will be playing an outstanding match against Juventus. Don’t miss the opportunity to feel the atmosphere of a stunning football competition of Juventus at the Olympic Stadium Rome in Italy!

Last year Juventus won 4-1, so Roma will try to take revenge, making the match more interesting.If you want to be there at the Olympic Stadium in Rome to witness this world-class match, then what are you waiting for? Make a reservation at Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes. Staying with us you’ll get everything you need to enjoy the city: style, quality, great location and advice from our knowledgeable staff- some of them are real soccer experts!

AS Roma – Juventus 30-08-2009                                                     Venue: Olympic Stadium Rome, Rome, Italy                                     Start: 20.30

Seated Tickets Category 2                                                                Price € 145,00

Seated Tickets Category 1                                                                Price € 195,00

Our Blogger: Giuseppe

From 18 July to 2 August 2009, Rome will host the XIII Fina Swimming World Championships.For that event, the most important swimmers from all over the world will be in the Eternal City.

In fact, the athletes who are going to take part in this competition will come from 170 different nations.

This event was first held in 1973 and is now held every two years.

Year and Location of the Swimming World Championships from 1973 to 2007:

The Foro Italico and Ostia Lido (for the swimming competitions in open water) will be the stage of the World Championships Finals in 2009. The next championship will be held in 2011 in Shanghai, China.

This competition has five different disciplines: swimming, open water swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming (or synchro).

This event will bring to Rome a lot of people. Organisers have announced they are ready to welcome all fans who want to attend the competition.

If you look for a comfortable and fantastic accommodation, Yes Hotel will be glad to  give you all the best of hospitality in the Eternal City! Our hotels – Yes Hotel and Hotel des Artistes – offer you special rates to stay in Rome during the World Swimming Championships.

If you don’t want to miss this important sport event, book a room in one of our hotels, which are in the center of the capital.

Find the chance to visit Rome in summer: it is the best period!

Our Blogger: Lorenzo

  Cycling is definitely a popular sport in Italy and its annual race, the Giro d’Italia will begin this year on the 9^th of May in Venice and will determine its winner in the city of Rome on the 31^st of May, including two dates in Austria. This year the race will be celebrating its 100^th year and in lieu of this, Lance Armstrong will be racing after 3 years of retirement with his aim to not only to add more victories to his amazing career but to continue to promote his foundation Live Strong, a foundation created to win the battle against cancer.

The last 15.3 kilometers of the race will held in Rome beginning at Fori Imperiali,   continuing to Porta Pia (near Hotel des Artistes), Via Vittorio Veneto,  Via Della Concilliazione, back to Piazza Del Popolo, through Piazza Venezia finishing where they began, at the Fori Imperiali. The race has had a finish line in Rome only in the years of 1911 and 1950 and usually finishes in Milan. However, this year, the year the race celebrates its 100th year; the finish line has returned to the beautiful city of Rome and is an event that everyone is waiting for!

To witness this great event of international calibre your best choices for accomodation in the Eternal City are Hotel des Artistes and Yes Hotel in Rome, its great standards of comfort and its incredible prices, along with its strategical location will allow you to get the most of your vacation!

Our Blogger: Lorenzo

  The Stadio Olimpico, the Olympic Stadium in Rome that hosts numerous  local  and international events will be the venue for the Golden League Athletics Gala this year to be held on the 10^th of July 2009. This Gala, that takes place every year, is part of the AF Golden league Series which includes five other meetings in Germany, Norway, France, Switzerland and Belgium. This format was created to give athletes the opportunity to compete in more meetings with repeated rivalries. In addition, if an athlete wins in their discipline in all six meetings they win a part of the 1 million US jackpot.

Not only will this event host some of the best track and field athletes of the   world but it has been recognized as the best event in the world of athletics. Tickets for the event can be bought directly at the Olympic Stadium, or trough the internet. To get more information about tickets, check this site. An event of this caliber should not be ignored! To enjoy the excitement of this competition and admire the beauty of Rome, stay with us at Hotel Des Artistes or Yes Hotel: our rates are unbeatable!

How to get to the Olimpic Stadium in Rome : if you decide to stay in a central Rome Hotel such as Yes Hotel Rome, you can take the metro line A and get off at Ottaviano Station. From there take then bus 32 and get off at Largo T Cadorna Ostello della Gioventù, then walk for about one kilometer.

Our Blogger: Stefano

The Ferrari SpA produces sports and race cars, and its symbol is the "rampant  horse".The company was founded by Enzo Ferrari, and starting on 1947 the construction of cars becomes the main activity . The real passion of Enzo Ferrari, despite the excellent business from the sale of cars, was always the race and, after the end of World War II, the Ferrari team appeared for the first time on the scene of the European Grand Prix.
The Scuderia Ferrari was born, then, in 1950 and joined the World Championship Formula 1 on their first year, making its debut at the Monaco Grand Prix. The first victory for Ferrari team in the Grand Prix of Great Britain came in 1951 with  Jose Froilan Gonzalez. The first title of champion of the world came the following year with Alberto Ascari.
Ferrari is the only team to have participated in all editions of the World Cup of Formula 1 and it is one that has the highest number of matches. The company holds as well the record of 15 titles of World Champion of pilots (achieved in 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2007), the record of 16 titles of World champion constructors (1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008) and the record of 204 victories in a Grand Prix (updated 2 November 2008).
The Ferrarri team is also known as Red, or in Italian La Rossa by his fans, because of the characteristic color of its racing cars that’s recognized all around the world.

Despite being already retired, Michael Schumacher remains one of the icons of Ferrari

Over the Years La Rossa has had many famous pilots, among them: Tazio Nuvolari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari (the only Italian with Michele Alboreto from 84 to 88 and Lorenzo Bandini from 62 to 67), Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell, Michael Schumacher, Jean Alesi, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Currently, Ferrari has entered the World Championship Formula 1 2008, the only sporting competition in which currently is committed, under the name Scuderia Ferrari.

To discover more about Ferrari and Italy visit Rome and stay in Hotel Des Artistes or Yes Hotel!

Se amate il fitness abbiamo grandi notizie per voi: la maratona di Roma è proprio dietro l’angolo e siamo sicuri che non vorrete perdere questa meravigliosa esperienza.

Il bello di questa gara è la possibilità di ammirare, mentre correte, alcuni tra i più accattivanti, angoli della Città Eterna: i partecipanti partiranno infatti, da Campo de’ Fiori, seguendo poi un percorso che li porterà a Testaccio, uno dei più tradizionali quartieri romani e poi lungo il Tevere fino a Piazza di Spagna, Piazza del Popolo, per raggiungere infine il traguardo davanti a uno dei più imponenti monumenti di Roma: il Colosseo.

Tutti i dettagli inerenti alla maratona, possono essere consultati sul sito ufficiale. E se per caso correre 40 chilometri non vi attira, contemporaneamente alla maratona, si svolgerà, una corsa chiamata Roma Fun Run, aperta a tutti quelli che vogliono divertirsi senza stancarsi troppo. Le iscrizioni si fanno al Marathon Village, al Palazzo dei Congressi Eur, vicino alla fermata della metropolitana EUR Fermi. Il costo è di 7 euro e sarà possibile iscriversi fino al giorno prima della gara.

Oltre la bellezza di Roma ci sono altri motivi speciali per partecipare a questo importante evento che si ripete ogni anno. Lo slogan questo anno è “Start Your  Dreams”, ed è proprio questo che faranno alcuni concorrenti. Luwis Masunda è un maratoneta professionista dallo Zimbabwe, che non può permettersi di partecipare a nessuna maratona data la condizione di estrema povertà del suo paese, ma gli organizzatori della maratona di Roma hanno deciso di invitarlo, e sarà tra i concorrenti distinti. Un altro partecipante, Gary Latella, è un giovane francese affetto da una strana malattia, che cominciò a correre per “sentirsi indipendente.” Gary ha preso parte, per così dire, ad alcune mezze maratone, ma Roma sarà la sua prima maratona completa. Infine parteciperà anche la signora Betty Jean McHugh, una nonna canadese di 82 anni che detiene i migliori tempi della sua categoria. Distinguerla durante la maratona non sarà difficile: lei porterà il numero 1927, come l’anno della sua nascita!

Come sapete, viaggiare per partecipare a un evento come questo può essere difficile dal punto di vista logistico. E’ consigliabile trovare un alloggio in una posizione centrale, ben collegato e a prezzi ragionevoli, e Yes Hotel e Hotel Des Artistes hanno tutti questi requisiti!

Non vi rimane altro che prenotare e godervi un giorno particolare e divertente!

Seguiti questo link per avere più informazioni sulla scorsa edizione della maratona.

Our Author: Giuseppe

Football or soccer (in Italian Calcio) is a team sport played between two  teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world. The object of the game is to score by manoeuvring the ball into the opposing goal. The goalkeepers are the only players allowed to use their hands or arms to propel the ball; the rest of the team usually use their feet to kick the ball into position, occasionally using their head to intercept a ball. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition.

Futsal ( or Calcetto) can be translated as ‘indoor football’. Futsal is played between two teams of five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper, and up to seven substitutes per team. The game is played on a hard court surface delimited by lines. Futsal is also played with a smaller ball . The origin of Futsal can be traced back to Montevideo, Uruguay where in 1930 Juan Carlos Ceriani devised a five-a–side ball kicking game with adjusted size goals for youth competition in YMCAs.

The international governing body FIFUSA (Federación Internacional de Fútbol de Salón, International Futsal Federation) was created in 1971 to administer the game, and held its first futsal world championship in São Paulo in 1982. Due to an apparent dispute with FIFA over the administration of fútbol, FIFUSA coined the word fut-sal in 1985.

Some professional players start out with futsal to build fundamental skills. Brazilian players Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Juninho and many more started out playing futsal. In Brazil, the majority of children start out with Futsal rather than association football since it requires less space and many schools in the country do not have a field to play traditional association football. There are also some notable players like Falcão who continue to play futsal at the club level.

You can check your country’s Futsal World Ranking here.

Calciotto is a sport halfway between Calcetto (5 players against 5) and Calcio (11 against 11). This sport is gaining more and more sympathy and support; in 2005 the first official body, the Football League, was created which made the first regulations and organized the championships of Serie A and Serie B.
Being a sport like Calcio, it shares many of the rules. However it has its own regulations. The length of time (two, as in football) is 25 minutes.

So, if you are passionate about Football, or Soccer, or Calcio, you choose how to call it, just do not hesitate to visit me at an elegant and sports friendly YES Hotel in Rome, and we can chat and share opinions about the most spectacular sports game in the world!!!