The annual excursion of the Department of Tourism was in Rome this year. After the 14 hour bus tour we were glad to walk around the eternal city, we started with the Vatican. After visiting Saint Peter’s Square and Basilica we discovered the rich exhibitions of the Vatican Museums (unfortunately the Sistine Chapel was closed due to the new pope’s election one day earlier). Despite the forecast there was a nice weather and this gave us the opportunity to have a great panorama of Rome from the Garibaldi Memorial.
The next day we headed to the countryside and visited Villa Adriana, a whole complex of palaces built by Emperor Hadrian. Later on we visited the nice town of Tivoli and Castel Gandolfo: here is the pope’s summer residence. From this hilltop settlement one can see a mountain lake on one side and the sea in the distance on the other.
On the third day we explored the still existing memories of the antique world. Our first stop was the must-see Colosseum, from here we walked over to the Forum Romanum, the former commercial and political centre of the Empire. Later in the day we have seen many more buildings from ancient times, climbed the Capitol Hill and experienced the chaos called Roman traffic.
On our final day we threw a coin to the Trevi fountain, were amazed by the gigantic dome of the Pantheon, tried one of the 150 available ice-cream flavours in a real Italian gelateria and finally started our journey back to Veszprém.
tourism department excursion

Photo by Ádám Dallos

The annual excursion of the Department of Tourism was in Rome this year. After the 14 hour bus tour we were glad to walk around the eternal city, we started with the Vatican. After visiting Saint Peter’s Square and Basilica we discovered the rich exhibitions of the Vatican Museums (unfortunately the Sistine Chapel was closed due to the new pope’s election one day earlier). Despite the forecast there was a nice weather and this gave us the opportunity to have a great panorama of Rome from the Garibaldi Memorial.

The next day we headed to the countryside and visited Villa Adriana, a whole complex of palaces built by Emperor Hadrian. Later on we visited the nice town of Tivoli and Castel Gandolfo: here is the pope’s summer residence. From this hilltop settlement one can see a mountain lake on one side and the sea in the distance on the other.

On the third day we explored the still existing memories of the antique world. Our first stop was the must-see Colosseum, from here we walked over to the Forum Romanum, the former commercial and political centre of the Empire. Later in the day we have seen many more buildings from ancient times, climbed the Capitol Hill and experienced the chaos called Roman traffic.

On our final day we threw a coin to the Trevi fountain, were amazed by the gigantic dome of the Pantheon, tried one of the 150 available ice-cream flavours in a real Italian gelateria and finally started our journey back to Veszprém.

Written by Ádám Dallos