Rome: The most beautiful 24 Hours in the world, 25 – 27 September 2009

Many 24 Hours mountain bike races take place all over the world, but if one of these is hosted in a wonderful city like Rome, its name cannot but be “The most beautiful 24 Hours in the world”!

The most beautiful 24 Hours in the world is a mountain bike relay that has taken place in the eternal city since 2006, and which is now become an unmissable event not only for the cyclists that want to compete against other sportspeople coming from all over Italy and from abroad too, but also for all those who take advantage of the race to travel to Rome and enjoy, while riding their bike, the view of some of the most beautiful sights of a city that always succeeds in taking your breath away. The course includes some of the most interesting landmarks of Italy’s capital city, like the baths of Caracalla, Appia Antica and the Circus Maximus, and for this reason this mountain bike relay can be considered as a unique event.

However, this bicycle race is considered as an unmissable event not only for the charm that the eternal city has, but also for the festive atmosphere that characterises the event, and that turns it into a good chance to have fun, eating something tasty or listening to live music. The 24 hours of Rome, indeed, is a very diversified happening: a sport, fun, music and gastronomic event at once, ant it is probably for this reason that many tourists decide to book 2 stars hotels in Rome just in the days when the race takes place (this year from the 25th to the 27th of September). Fun is guaranteed starting from the 25th, when the village and the refreshments stalls will be open. On the 25th also the “Bicycle Ride through History” will take place (this is a tour on the streets of Rome under the fascinating evening light) and the day will end with the toga party, the best way to get ready to the race having fun. During the evening the election of Miss Rome 24 Hours will take place too.

The 24 Hours race begins on Saturday, the 26th of September at noon and ends on the 27th of September at the same time. The prize-giving ceremony will be held at 2 p.m.: the 24 Hours Trophy will be awarded to the first classified team, no matter its category (in the race various team categories can take part: teams with only one participant or with 2 to 12 members), but prizes will be awarded also to the three first classified teams of each category, as well as to the team with the most fanny outfit, to the one that has set the most original camp, to the eldest, the youngest and the heaviest participant, and to the cyclist that comes from furthest. To sum up, everyone in a way or another, and using their sport ability or their imagination, will have the possibility to compete for a prize, and this is an evidence of the fact that the 24 Hours of Rome is not only a sports competition, but also an amusing event. Book now a youth hostel in Rome!


Date: 25 – 27 September 2009
Location: Parco degli Acquedotti, Rome, Italy



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Rome: ¡Flamenco!, 10 – 20 September 2009

If you have a passion for flamenco, or if you simply would like to learn more about this traditional Spanish form of art, do not miss ¡Flamenco!, in Rome from the 10th to the 20th of September.

The third edition of ¡Flamenco!, an appreciated festival that the eternal city dedicates to one of the most famous Spanish forms of art, will be a good chance for all those who will travel to Rome and at the same time will take a journey to another land and into another culture. During the festival the Auditorium Parco della Musica and other venues in the city will be enlivened by the performances of some important flamenco artists that will turn Italy’s capital city into a Spanish oasis.

Thanks to this festival flamenco, an important heritage of Andalusia and of Spain in general, which has been exported all over the world, will be protagonist also in Italy, giving all the tourists who will take advantage of cheap hotel reservations in Rome the possibility to see with their own eyes and listen with their own ears to this beautiful music and dance. Although many people may think that flamenco is only a type of dance, we should not forget that it is divided into three categories: el cante (traditional singing), el toque (typical music played with guitar accompanied by hands and feet beat), and el baile (dance). El cante, el toque and el baile will all be protagonists of this festival, which is meant to introduce all forms of flamenco in an exhaustive way and through the performances of first-level artists.

The festival will open with el cante, in particular with the performance of Esperanza Fernández, an important flamenco singer who is very appreciated for her deep knowledge of traditional flamenco but also for her capacity to deal with different music genres. In Rome she will offer wonderful interpretations of flamenco classics. Also you cannot miss the concert of Diego el Cigala, who will delight the Roman audience with his latest project, after the great success achieved by “Lagrimas Negras” in 2004. If you want to know something more about el toque, enjoy the concert of saxophonist Perico Sambeat and his ensemble, who will play an original mix of flamenco and jazz.

And if you have a passion for dance, you definitely have to book discount accommodation on the 12th of September and attend the show “De entre la luna y los hombres” with Fuensanta La Moneta, an artist that in spite of her young age has already performed in various festivals and theatres all over the world. The artist will also help all those who would like to try to dance flamenco: as has happened in the past editions, also this year the programme of the festival includes some lessons with two great teachers: Fuensanta La Moneta and Isabel Bayón, a dancer from Seville who is considered as one of the best interpreters of gypsy art. Both dancers will give two lessons, one for beginners and one for advanced dancers, to give all flamenco and dance lovers the possibility to personally experience this fascinating form of art.


Tickets: various prices
Date: 10th – 20th September 2009
Location: Rome, Italy


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Rome: Festa d’Africa (Africa festival), 8 – 15 September 2009

Many features of African art and culture are not well-known all around the world, and when we think about the black continent our mind goes to its wonderful, exotic landscapes, to its rhythms and to its colours. However, contemporary African art and culture are definitely worth being known and supported, both for their aesthetic value and because they give us the possibility to discover another point of view and a different world view.

One of the best ways to discover African culture is taking part in “Festa d’Africa” (Africa Festival), an event that will take place in Civitavecchia, Ladispoli, Sacrofano and Rome from the 21st of August to the 15th of September 2009. The 8th edition of the festival will end in the eternal city: travel to Rome from the 8th to the 15th of September and learn something more about African theatre, dance, art and music. The festival, which always attracts a number of visitors in 4 stars hotels in Rome, is meant to help the dialogue between different peoples and cultures and to make people learn something more about what is different from themselves, because only knowledge can destroy barriers and incomprehension. No wonder that the keyword of the event is dialogue: it is only through dialogue that we can listen to and understand other points of view, and dialogue implies being willing to respect and to accept different opinions. The word dialogue is meant as dialogue between different forms of art, dialogue through art and dialogue as an instrument to build peaceful relations between peoples. All forms of art are powerful means of expression and communication, which can be used to deal with problems of vital importance.

Festa d’Africa is not only meant as a festival of African art and culture, but also as an important chance to make people know some of the most urgent issues of the black continent: just to make an example, the festival will host the screenings of the movie “Mooladè” and of the docu-fiction “Vite in cammino”, which deal with the serious problem of female genital mutilation.

The programme of the festival includes dance and theatre shows, screenings of films and documentaries, performances of singers and bands, but also debates and discussions, in order to go deeply into all the features of African culture. On the 8th of September there will be a debate on the importance of music in African society: in Africa music is not only entertainment, it is also a powerful tool to criticize the society and to give advice to the community, and it is in some way considered as people's consciousness. The festival will host other interesting debates on African dance (“Dogon: the water dance”) and cinema, in particular on Nigerian film industry, the so-called “Nollywood”, which is now considered as the second more productive film industry in the world.

Other unmissable events are the dance performance of Vincent Mantsoe, whose Afro-fusion style combines African dance and other forms of contemporary dances, Macire Sylla’s concert and the theatre show “Un homme ordinaire pour quatre femmes particulières” by Slimane Benaisse. Book now a discount guest house in Rome!


Tickets: various prices
Date: 8th – 15th September 2009
Location: Rome, Italy

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