VIA VENETO AND AROUND

Introduction
The Via Vittorio Veneto became famous as the vibrant heart of the 'dolce vita', or 'sweet life', made famous by the Italian film-director Federico Fellini. Though the street has lost its fame as meeting-point of the rich and famous, it is still lined with some imposing and expensive hotels and terraces. At the top-end of the via Veneto lies the Villa Borghese. This park, the biggest of Rome, houses the Galleria Borghese museum with an impressive collection of art, including works of Bernini, Caravaggio and Rubens. The park itself is a great place to get away from the hustle, the traffic and the crowds of the Eternal City.

To read more about the Via Veneto, Federico Fellini and the glorydays of Italian cinema, click here.

For more information on the Villa Borghese and its museums, including the Galleria Borghese, the Etruscan museum in the Villa Giulia and the National Gallery of Modern Art, read more here.