Rome is the vibrant capital city of Italy and is visited by nearly twenty million tourists every year!
Of course you will enjoy seeing the magnificent Pantheon, St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City and the Trevi Fountain for example but here are a few other treasures worth discovering!
Stay at a fabulous holiday villa in Rome and spend your vacation exploring this incredible city!
Start off your tourist day in Rome with an entertaining visit to the Pasta Museum in Piazza Scanderbeg. This huge museum has eleven rooms dedicated to the history, production and culture of one of Italy’s most popular staple foods.
Of course you will enjoy seeing the magnificent Pantheon, St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City and the Trevi Fountain for example but here are a few other treasures worth discovering!
Stay at a fabulous holiday villa in Rome and spend your vacation exploring this incredible city!
Start off your tourist day in Rome with an entertaining visit to the Pasta Museum in Piazza Scanderbeg. This huge museum has eleven rooms dedicated to the history, production and culture of one of Italy’s most popular staple foods.
You will be mesmerised by the sheer variety of pasta on display and subtly discover that although the Italians perfecting the making of pasta, it did in fact originate from Asia!
If you have a taste for strange attractions then spend a few eerie hours at the Museum of Purgatory in the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù in the Prati neighbourhood of Rome. This museum is over 100 years old and displays what is believed to be evidences of contact between the souls trapped in purgatory and people on earth.
These objects are book pages and bed sheets for example that appear to have burn marks in the shapes of hand prints and faces.
These are supposedly a sign from a soul in purgatory pleading with the living to pray for them, thus speeding their transition to heaven. Admission is free to the Museum of Purgatory and is guaranteed to be a fascinating experience!
If you have a taste for strange attractions then spend a few eerie hours at the Museum of Purgatory in the Chiesa del Sacro Cuore di Gesù in the Prati neighbourhood of Rome. This museum is over 100 years old and displays what is believed to be evidences of contact between the souls trapped in purgatory and people on earth.
These objects are book pages and bed sheets for example that appear to have burn marks in the shapes of hand prints and faces.
These are supposedly a sign from a soul in purgatory pleading with the living to pray for them, thus speeding their transition to heaven. Admission is free to the Museum of Purgatory and is guaranteed to be a fascinating experience!
Come and visit what is probably the only Museum of Sanitary Arts in the world! This incredible place is located within the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Rome.
Founded in 1741, tourists are free to roam around it and view anatomical wax models with descriptions on how to clean wounds and heal the sick.
Other bizarre displays here include a huge liver stone removed from a camel and a creepy selection of jars preserving organs and even a set of Siamese twins! The Museum of Sanitary Arts is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9am and 12pm.
Read the second part of our strange attractions to visit in Rome to help you plan a tourist trip here with a difference!
Founded in 1741, tourists are free to roam around it and view anatomical wax models with descriptions on how to clean wounds and heal the sick.
Other bizarre displays here include a huge liver stone removed from a camel and a creepy selection of jars preserving organs and even a set of Siamese twins! The Museum of Sanitary Arts is open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9am and 12pm.
Read the second part of our strange attractions to visit in Rome to help you plan a tourist trip here with a difference!
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picture 3: Lalupa / CC BY-SA 3.0
