| Albergo Ottocento - The main shopping street in Rome: Via del Corso |
| VIA DEL CORSO: The main street of Rome
is the principal arterial shopping road of the city. From here
as many important streets meander: Condotti, Frattina, Greci,
Tomacelli, Borgognona, Vittoria, Grottino, Mercede, Tritone, San
Silvestro. The urban collocation puts it in the centre of the
city to joint Piazza Venezia, political gist of the city, to
Piazza Colonna, political gist of the nation, until to Piazza
del Popolo where all the events, the shows and the concerts are
kept in the shade of the Pincio, “the most beautiful terrace in
the world”, as it was definited by W. Goethe. Via del Corso is
the ancient Via Lata, as Via Flaminia was called inside the
walls of Rome. Along it, you can see monuments of each
historical epoch that are mounted in the palaces like little
icons: the ancient “Fontana del Bottino”, near Vicolo Doria
Pamphili, the column of Piazza Colonna, the “Galleria Alberto
Sordi” or the palace of the “Rinascente”. To reach the beginning
of Via del Corso, at Piazza del Popolo, you should take the
metro A, getting off at Flamino or Spagna stop, from where you
can walk along Via Condotti and arrive in Piazza San Lorenzo in
Lucina.
Car: 1.5 km, 2 min Foot: 862 mt, 12 min |
