Rome, also known as the eternal city, is one of the founding cities of Western Civilization. Let the Free Rome application guide you through a city whose rich history and culture spans over two and a half thousand years.
We provide over eighty entries of free things you can do. Take advantage of nineteen different free museums whose collection ranges from, art and artifacts from the mysterious Etruscans, who predated the Romans; to the largest collection of works by Italian painters and sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries, to oriental art from Asia from Persia to Japan, over the period from prehistoric times to the present day - and much more.
Rome’s monuments and cathedral’s document the lives of saints pay tribute to kings, queens and emperors that ruled this ancient city, from the Sistine Chapel, to the Roman Forum to the majestic Arch of Constantine; to the Colonna Traiana a column that consists of 19 blocks of marble, to name just a few.
Rome is also the city of festivals. Find out about Mardi Gras in Rome or shows, concerts and art during the Enzimi Festival or meet your favorite author’s during Rome’s Literature festival. In the past writer’s such as Banana Yoshimoto, Paul Auster, Salman Rushdie, Susan Sontag, Doris Lessing, Jonathan Franzen, and Gore Vidal have all appeared.
For each listing you will find the phone number, address, web URL and other relevant information to help you plan the free trip or visit. With a touch, you can dial the phone number on your iPhone, open the address in Google Maps and browse given website URL in Safari.
The app lets you mark your favorite items and go through just the favorites in a separate tab. Just touch the star in the list or on the details page to add to the favorites. You can make new suggestions (please do, it is much appreciated) and report errors/updates to information. Periodic updates will include newer listings and corrections to the listings.
Free Rome is a matter of providing you valuable information, not price. To understand the concept, you should think free as in free speech not as in free beer! That is why Free Rome is nominally priced!
Free Rome is part of a series of apps that includes Free San Francisco, Free New York City (NYC), Free Los Angeles (LA), Free Boston, Free Toronto, Free London and Free Paris. Also coming soon: Free Hawaii.