Rome’s 2010 Marathon & Rome’s 2010 “Stracittadina”

Over 10,000 runners already registered for the 41km-marathon to be held in Rome next  March the 21st. Most of them are foreigners; 5,240 (15 per cent more than in 2009), compared with 5,105 Italians (five per cent more than 2009). Given these data it is likely that registrations will reach last year’s threshold of 15,000.

Rome’s 2009 marathon was the world’s sixth fastest (according to both the finishing time of the top ten men and women runners). It ranked behind London, which was top of the list, but ahead of New York, which came 11th. Rome was 15th in terms  of  number of people who crossed the finish line of the marathon. Read the rest of this entry »

International BNL Tennis Tournament in Rome

The ATP International World Masters and WTA tennis tours come to Rome every spring. This year, the men’s tournament begins April 27th and ends May 3rd, followed immediately by the women’s tournament from May 3rd to 9th. Read the rest of this entry »

Gay Pride 2008 – Rome

2008 ROME GAY PARADE – OFFICIAL DATE: 7th June 2008

[but events start on May the 29th]

The PARADE ROUTE

We remind you that after the 1 milion 2007 Pride the march will be ended in San Giovanni in Laterano square again.
The 2008 Rome Gay Pride will be held on Saturday, next 7th June.

The Pride followed this path:
Piazza della Repubblica
Viale Luigi Einaudi
Piazza dei Cinquecento
Via Cavour
Largo Corrado Ricci
Via dei Fori Imperiali
Piazza del Colosseo
Via Labicana
Viale Manzoni
Via Emanuele Filiberto
Piazza di Porta San Giovanni

Accommodation in Rome for the Gay Pride 2008

If you are looking for a convenient apartment accommodation in Rome, you can book online on our website.

The 2008 Rome Pride anthem
The 2008 Rome Gay Pride official anthem is “Tutta mia la città” (All the city is mine), a song by an important Italian band ‘Equipe 84’ and remade with new arrangements by Giuliano Palma and the Bluebeaters. Read the rest of this entry »

Cinema Rome Film Festival October 18/27 2007

A great event in the wonderful city of Rome! The second edition of CINEMA. Festa Internazionale di Roma – RomeFilmFest will be held from the 18th to the 27th of October 2007 in the Auditorium of Rome by Renzo Piano. Lots of events will be held in ancillary places like Piazza del Popolo, Via Veneto, Cinecittà etc.

You can also buy tickets online!

Check out the following site:

http://www.romacinemafest.org/romacinemafest/home.php?lang=en

White night in Rome – September 8th

Save the dates:

Saturday September 8th: la Notte Bianca (the White Night)

Friday September 7th: aspettando la Notte Bianca (waiting the Notte Bianca).

The Notte Bianca will fill the streets, the squares, the monuments, museums, private art galleries, shops, the theatres as well as places of art and culture in the entire city, from the centre to the suburbs.

Also for the day before ” waiting for the Notte Bianca”, the program is reach! For more info have a look to the site:

http://www.lanottebianca.it

Summertime in Rome

Have a look to the rich program of the Rome Summer Festival (“Estate Romana”). Lots of pleasant open-air events from rock to opera to reggae to jazz as well as outdoor films and plays:

http://www.estateromana.comune.roma.it

Have a look to the article written by Elisabeth Rosenthal on the Herald Tribune on July, 10, 2007.

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Summer Sports in Rome: Mondo Fitness 2007

From June 12 until August 12. The fitness and sport initiative MondoFitness is back: from 10 am to midnight, 30.000 square meters, 250 instructors oferring lessons, master classes, tournaments, marathons and more. Among sports: spinning, rowing, aerobics, step, strikezone, heat program, aereokick, preboxing, pump, pilates, body sculpt, interval training, just pump, slow fit, body building, beach volley, beach rugby, watergym, hydro-bike, martial arts, hip-hop, funky. Activities for all ages…children and evergreen sixty-and-beyond.

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Jazz in Rome – Villa Celimontana Jazz Festival

Read on for a small sample of the Rome’s not-to-be-missed summertime happenings, and get ready to loose the humdrum! http://www.villacelimontanajazz.com/sito%20html/programma.html

Gay Pride parade – Rome, June 16

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You can find here more up to date information about the Rome 2008 Gay Pride.

This article is about the 2007 Gay Pride only.
Are you looking for the Gay Pride 2008?
Read up to date information about the Rome 2008 Gay Pride in our new blog post.

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Rome, June 14 – Rome’s annual Gay Pride parade was the cause of a fresh dispute in Premier Romano Prodi’s fractious centre-left coalition on Thursday.

The storm was triggered by a decision to grant the Saturday event sponsorship by the premier’s office.

The centre-right opposition headed by former premier Silvio Berlusconi was the first to contest the decision but the row soon spread to the governing coalition.

Staunch Catholics in Prodi’s nine-party alliance, which ranges from hard-leftists to centrists, demanded that the premier’s office withdraw its sponsorship.

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