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WEEKLY BARGAIN MARKET
Porta Portese
When: Every Sunday
Where :Via Portuense
Cost: Free
Opening Hours: 7AM – 1 PM
The Porta Portese market is the biggest and the most popular market of Rome. The wares are mainly clothes, old and new. The second-hand clothing stalls are popular, with the clothes sorted by type (leathers and furs, jeans, coats, children’s clothes, etc) and piled on large tables with everything at the same (low) price.

MONTHLY BARGAIN MARKET
When: 1 June 2008 (various dates)
Where :Piazza Augusto Imperatore
Cost: Free
Opening Hours: 10am-sunset
La Soffitta Sotto i Portici, as it is known in Italian, is a monthly bargain market that takes place every first and third Sunday of the month in Piazza Augusto Imperatore.
More than 100 exhibitors display their wares, which range from classical collector's items and antiques to useful not-so-old objects like watches and furniture.
Other Dates – June 15

UEFA EUROCUP 2008
When: June 7-29
Where: Austria-Switzerland
  • Cost: Various
  • June 9th – Netherlands vs. Italy at 20,45 
  • June 13th – Italy vs. Romania at 18,00
  • June 17th – France Vs. Italy at 20,45

CinaviCina Festival. Festival of Chinese culture
When: May 23 – June 08
Where: Parco della Musica Auditorium
Address: Viale P. de Coubertin 30
Cost: Various

CinaviCina Festival. Festival of Chinese culture, is the first festival fully dedicated to Chinese culture with participants coming from everywhere in this large country. On this occasion, bringing Italy and China closer together will be: theater shows, music, dance, circus acts, art, literature and much more.

 

 

 

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Places to Visit in Rome

Walking tours of Rome  

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Walking tours of Rome  

www.romewalks.com

Museums in Rome 

www.museidiroma.com

Galleria Borghese 

www.galleriaborghese.it

The Roman Zoo 

www.bioparco.it

Water Park 

www.hydromania.it

Christian Catacombs 

www.catacombe.roma.it

Vineyards in Lazio 

www.levignedellazio.it

Wine Academy in Rome 

www.wineacademyroma.com

Transportation in Italy

Rome's Main Transportation Home Page
Italy's Train System
Maps of Rome and Driving Instructions

 
   
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