The Ideal Rome Show ; Sumptuous Hotels,Delis Stacked to the Ceiling,Ice Cream to Die For...Our Travelwriters Sharetheir Secrets of the Glorious Eternal City Red Rome: Sunset Over St Peter's Sums Up the Beauty of the Eternal City

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WITH its monuments, museums and ancient ruins, Rome is one of the world's great cities for sightseers.But it's packed full of secrets, too.

Here, Mail on Sunday travel writers share their favourite things about the glamorous and romantic Eternal City.

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The Ideal Rome Show ; Sumptuous Hotels,Delis Stacked to the Ceiling,Ice Cream to Die For...Our Travelwriters Sharetheir Secrets of the Glorious Eternal City Red Rome: Sunset Over St Peter's Sums Up the Beauty of the Eternal City

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Benedict Allen THE STONES OF ROME I LOVE the stones of Rome the stories each one tells of the decline and rise of a civilisation. Take the blue marble roads, worn down by chariot wheels.

These paving slabs now lie higgledypiggledy because Napoleon heard there was gold hidden beneath but his soldiers didn't have the skills to put them back together again. Meanwhile, you'll find the pearly-white stone seats at the Colosseum have been pilfer...

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