For the first time, Rome will be hosting the prestigious new luxury fair.
The event, which will be held in the splendid setting of the Scuderie Rispoli, close to Piazza di Spagna, has attracted prestigious partners and exhibitors, and this first edition will provide companies, investors, operators and consumers interested in the luxury lifestyle with a chance to meet. Some of the most attractive categories featured include haute couture, jewellery, accessories, luxury travel, art and perfume. For three days, this will be THE place to be, combining the elegance and charm of the fair with the chance to admire the magnificent monuments and enjoy the mild climate of the Eternal City.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, is located in one of the most fascinating squares of the city, between the Pantheon and the Church of “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”.
It offers its customers for this occasion, and every month, special packages. One of this is 4 nights Special Offer which includes 10 % discount on best available daily rate.
Don’t miss this unique occasion and book online now.

The Orocapital Event, one of the most important and prestigious international jewellery exhibits is scheduled once again this year and opens in September.
The exhibit is reserved for professional operators of this specific field and will be hosted at the historic Palazzo dei Congressi, one of Rome’s principle facilities dedicated to conventions. The exhibit will be set up in two separate pavilions split up into several areas. Products on display reflect all the glamour and trends of today’s fashion and design. Some of the many innovations are: Oro Etico, gold extracted from the GOLD mines in Honduras. An eco-compatible extraction, free of cyanide and explosives. The goal is to bring well-being to the local population through the construction of schools, hospitals and nursery schools. There will also be an area completely dedicated to bijoux.

In occasion of this new edition, a new sector will also be presented: “My Time” dedicated to Watch making.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, 5 star Luxury Hotel, located in the heart of Rome,  a few steps from Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Trevi Fountain, offers  for this occasion, and every month, special packages to its customers.
One of these is the Hidden Secrets of Rome which includes Continental breakfast by room service,  a welcome cocktail at the bar “Le Cupole”, two nights stay in a Superior room with free internet, private guided tour with an art historian, entrance tickets, private transfers and much more.which includes  two nights stay in a deluxe room with free internet and movies, Continental breakfast by room service and much more.

After 25 years of successes together, Simply Red has decided to say farewell to fans with a series of concerts, retracing the band’s artistic history through its best known songs. The band was Mick Hucknall’s idea and its name originates from the colour of his hair, his passion for the Manchester United football team as well as for his political tendencies. Simply Red will perform the best pieces of their career on the stage of Rome’s Auditorium della Musica from classics like “Money’s Too Tight To Mention” and “The Right Thing” to “Stay” and the recent hit “So Not Over You”.
This concert is an authentic voyage into pop music, even though this Brit band experiments with rhythms from the world over. The “Farewell Tour” will also hit Asia, Australia, South America and Europe. Following the tour, Mick Hucknall will embark on a solo career.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, is located in one of the most fascinating squares of the city, between the Pantheon and the Church of “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”. It offers its customers various packages like for example the Rome 5 nights Special Offer which includes 15% Discount on best available daily rate and much more.

Don’t miss this occasion and book online now.

A beautiful collection of ancient sketches of the city Rome, drawn between the 16 ^th century and the late 18 ^th century will be on display at Palazzo Venezia . These masterpieces illustrate ancient monuments and scenes of the Eternal City that are both well known and un-heard of. The Codice Membranaceo will also be on display in 51 large panels representing the relief of Trajan’s Column attributed to Jacopo Ripanda. Scrolls by renaissance painter and architect Pirro Logorio are spectacular: portraying monuments, statues and ancient relics such as the reconstruction of Trajan’s Port and the design of the Belvedere Courtyard . There are several multi- media installations at the exhibit that will offer guests sensorial experiences.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, 5 star Luxury Hotel, located in the heart of Rome, a few minutes from Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and facing the Pantheon, offers  for this occasion, and every month, special packages to its customers. One of these is the Wellbeing in every sense… which includes  two nights stay in a deluxe room with free internet and movies, Continental breakfast by room service and much more.

Don’t miss this unique occasion and book online now.

Until 7 January 2011, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art has put together a very special exhibit for the occasion of the presentation of Lucio Fontana’s ceiling work “Ambiente spaziale con tagli”, created in 1960 for the home of engineer Antonio Melandri.
A tour featuring works by such talents as Balla, Schwitters, Giacometti, Moore, Boccioni, Martini all of whom were inspired by Fontana’s cultural moment in time, including marble sculptures by Adolf Wildt.

Alexander Calder’s “Mobile” is displayed by Fontana’s ceiling. This work already set Mondrian’s grids into motion back in the 1930’s.
Other artists from this movement are: Castellani, Manzoni, Christo, Klein, Turcato, Burri, Tano Festa, Pascali, Accardi, Lo Savio and Mochetti.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, is located in one of the most fascinating squares of the city, between the Pantheon and the Church of “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”. It offers its customers various packages like for example the Hidden Secrets of Rome which includes Continental breakfast by room service,  a welcome cocktail at the bar “Le Cupole”, private guided tour with an art historian, entrance tickets, private transfers and much more.

After the incredible success of his concert in Milan, Mika is performing at the Festival Rock in Roma. The artist of Lebanese origin will be on the stage at the Ippodromo delle Capannelle racetrack.
His fame began on MySpace where he posted his video to the song “Grace Kelly”, seen all over the world and his vocal extension is compared to that of Freddie Mercury (Queen). The famous pop-star in a live performance of excerpts from his latest hit album: “The Boy who Knew too Much”.
An essential show that is very exciting.
Ippodromo delle Capannelle racetrack – Rome

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, 5 star Luxury Hotel, located in the heart of Rome, a few steps from Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and facing the Pantheon, offers plenty of packages like for example the Hidden Secret of Rome which includes Welcome cocktail at our Bar “Le Cupole”, Continental breakfast by room serviceand much more

A new performance in Italy for Skunk Anansie, at Rome’s Ippodromo delle Capannelle racetrack.
The finest of International music is once again the protagonist at Rock in Rome 2010 with a live performance of Skin’s renowned band.
The group broke up in 2001 to focus upon individual projects, after having sold 4 million copies worldwide of their 3 hit albums.
The group’s songs made it to the top of the radio charts throughout the world and their latest single “Squander” will be included in the soundtrack of the film “Tutto l’amore del mondo” with Nicolas Vaporidis.
About 80,000 people attended their last Italian tour.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, 5 star Luxury Hotel, located in the heart of Rome, a few steps from Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and facing the Pantheon, offers plenty of packages like for example Wellbeing in every sense… which includes  two nights stay in a deluxe room with free internet and movies, Continental breakfast by room service and much more.

Don’t miss this occasion and book online now.

Bona fide legends from the music world will be taking turns up on the stage of Rome’s Auditorium Parco della Musica, an extraordinary event that brings phenomenal musicians from all over the world together.

Authentic monuments of pop-rock, funk and jazz: Herbie Hancock, Buena Vista Social Club, Chick Corea (with Stefano Bollani), Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Earth Wind & Fire (the original band members), Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett – Gary Peacock – Jack Dejohnette, Norah Jones, Simply Red, Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Among the guests: Elio e Le Storie Tese, PMJO – Parco della Musica Jazz Orchestra with the Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Petra Magoni, Stefano Bollani (with Chick Corea), Mario Biondi, Carmen Consoli, Paolo Fresu (performing in trio formation with Omar Sosa and Trilok Gurtu), Tinariwen, Neffa, Ludovico Einaudi, Cristiano De André, Alessandro Mannarino, Giovanni Allevi.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, 5 star Luxury Hotel, located in the heart of Rome, a few minutes from Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain and facing the Pantheon, offers  for this occasion, and every month, special packages to its customers. One of these is the Rome 4 nights Special Offer which includes  10% Discount on best available daily rate and much more.

The Festa dell’Architettura that is very much anticipated by both the general public and professionals in the realm of architecture.
Other events throughout the city of Rome are connected the festival such as encounters and debates regarding the fields of philosophy, literature, mathematics, cinema and photography.
The following locations have been selected to celebrate this great event: Casa dell’Architettura – Acquario Romano, Auditorium Parco della Musica, MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo and the Macro Testaccio Contemporary Art Museums.

Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza Viaria, winner of the 1992 Pritzker Award and the RIBA 2009 gold medal will inaugurate the festival.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, is located in one of the most fascinating squares of the city, between the Pantheon and the Church of “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”. It offers its customers various packages like for example the Hideaway Package which includes American buffet breakfast at the restaurant La Cesta, a welcome drink at the bar “Le Cupole” and much more.

As of June, for a limited time, visitors will be able to tour one of the world’s most fascinating monuments: the Flavian Amphitheatre “Colosseum” (Colosseo), symbol of the imperial pomp of Ancient Rome. Tours (guided tours are also available) are open two evenings a week – Tuesday and Saturday from 9:00 p.m. to midnight – and all levels of the ancient monument can be admired, from the Hypogeum to the Attic. The “Gladiatores” exhibit will also be open, covering every aspect of the history of gladiators in Rome: from the accessories and shining, colourful weapons that played an essential role in the entertainment at the Amphitheatre to fresco paintings, graffiti and items of daily use immortalizing the life of these brave combatants. A leap into Rome’s imperial era with the magical atmospheres of a surreal voyage.

Grand Hotel de La Minerve, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, is located in one of the most fascinating squares of the city, between the Pantheon and the Church of “Santa Maria Sopra Minerva”. It offers its customers various packages like for example the Special Week-end Rate which includes American buffet breakfast at the restaurant La Cesta and much more.