Located on Via Cairoli, next to the Air Terminal shuttle service to and from Fiumicino and Ciampino airports, one stop away from Stazione Termini, well serviced by public transport, Hotel Caracciolo is the perfect starting point to discover the historical center of Rome.
The Vittorio Emanuele stop of metro line A for Stazione Termini, Piazza di Spagna, Fontana di Trevi, San Pietro, can be found at 300 meters from the hotel, while the stop for bus 70 for Piazza Navona, Via Nazionale and Via dei Fori Imperiali is at 200 meters.
From Piazza dei Cinquecento, in front of Stazione Termini, is where the very comfortable ATAC tourist lines depart: the 110, that goes through the center of Rome and gets you to the main museums and landmarks, and the LBs (Basilicas line), that gets you to the principal Basilicas and the most interesting archeological sites.
Very close to Hotel Caracciolo you will find two of the city\'s historical and art monuments, the Santa Bibiana Church and the Temple of Minerva Medica, which can be the starting points of itineraries to discover the most beautiful Rome: the Baroque and the Ancient ones.
By air From the international airports of Rome, Fiumicino and Ciampino, take one of the shuttles for Stazione Centrale Termini (from Fiumicino you may also take the Leonardo Express train). When you exit the TERMINI station or the Air Terminal located on Via Giolitti, close to the hotel, turn to your left and continue on foot leaving behind the Termini station, and after walking for 500 meters, you will come to via Cairoli. Continue on for only 20 meters and you will have arrived, Hotel Caracciolo is at number 86.
By train Exit Termini Central Station and take via Giolitti. Continue walking on via Giolitti for 500 meters until you come across via Cairoli. After only 20 meters you will have arrived, Hotel Caracciolo is at number 86.
By car Leave the highway and follow directions for GRA (a ring road around
Rome). The direction to take on the GRA changes according to where you are coming from: if you are coming from the North exit the GRA at Salaria and follow directions for the center.
If you are coming from the South exit the GRA at Appio S. Giovanni and follow directions for the center. If you are coming from the West exit the GRA at Aurelia and follow directions for the center. If you are coming from the East exit the GRA at Tibutina and follow directions for the center. Once you arrive at the center follow directions for Stazione Centrale Termini. When you get to the Piazza dei Cinquecento take Via Marsala, continue up to the tunnels and take the left one; at the end of the tunnel you will find Via Giolitti, and after 20 meters, on your right, you will find Hotel Caracciolo.
Baroque Rome The itinerary starts from Santa Bibiana, at number 154 on Via Giolitti, at 150 meters from Caracciolo. An ancient Paleochristian church, it was transformed at the turn of the 17th century in Baroque style by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the outstanding architect and sculptor, who preserved the original 13th-century plan and added the apse and the two lateral chapels. The statue of the Saint in the altarpiece is truly beautiful, both done by Bernini, and the splendid frescoes on the left wall of the apse are by another Baroque master, the painter Pietro da Cortona.
From here get to the historic center by taking bus number 70 and get off on Via Nazionale. Continue on via del Quirinale, and at the left corner of via delle Quattro Fontane, you will find the Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains, a jewel of Baroque architecture, the work of yet another great architect: Francesco Borromini. A little further, on the left side of Via del Quirinale is the Church dedicated to Sant’Andrea, a work by Bernini. From here backtrack a bit and go left on Via delle Quattro Fontane to Piazza Barberini home to the lovely Triton Fountain by Bernini. From here head off to Piazza Navona, taking Via del Caravita to see the illusionistic vault painted by Andrea Pozzi in the Church of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola. Piazza Navona is gorgeous, Bernini and Borromini squared off, one with the Fontana dei Fiumi, and the other with the Church of Sant’Agnese .
Ancient Rome The itinerary starts with the Temple of Minerva Medica, a huge nymphaeum dating from the 4th century A.D. and located at number 100 on Via Giolitti, at 200 meters from Hotel Caracciolo. It has an imposing size and is an example of late ancient architecture, a precursor of the techniques used in the building of Byzantine basilicas with central layout. With bus 70, go to Piazza Venezia where the Colonna Traiana stands, a masterpiece of Roman sculpture.
From here starts the Via dei Fori Imperiali, an amazing scenario of unequaled charm, flanked on the left by the Foro di Augusto and the Foro di Nerva, and soon after, on your right, by the unmistakable and grandiose "Colonnacce", the imposing vestiges of the Basilica of Massenzio (or of Constantine). A little further up, can be seen the outline of the ultimate symbol of eternal Rome: the Amphitheater of Flavio, renamed in the Middle Ages Coliseum, for its majestic size.
Hotel Caracciolo | Via Cairoli 86/88 - 00185 Rome - Italy | Ph. +39.06.4462983 - Fax +39.06.4440102 | info@hotelcaracciolo.com
