Lucci Hotel Rome Blog

Our blogger: Marcelo

From February 7^th 2009 to the 15^th “Casa Idea” will take place in Rome. One way to translate the title of this event would be something like “Ideas for the home”. Italy has a lot to say about design. Its roots and tradition concerning family remain as strong as ever. The space for creativity in Italian life is directly linked to the space they regard as the most important… the space made available for the family. 

Spread out over more than 40,000 square metres, this event will house more than 100,000 visitors. Professionals interested in the latest innovations in the market will be able to discover the trends of the market and propose new trends.

Business agents, and also householders in search of solutions, can get fresh and new ideas to give a stylish look to their homes, to change its face or just put a smile on it. Often, a single detail is so important.

There are also different sections at the exhibition: contemporary, classic, Etna, green spaces, decorative bathroom, decorative kitchen accessories, furnishing and restructuring & interior finishes.

You can also speak directly with the designers and get their opinions. It’s organized by the institute Mides: Tel: 06 684 251, Fax: 06 68802433 email: info.casaidea @ forumpa.it

Opening Times:

Weekdays: 15.00 -21.00
Saturday and holidays: 10.00-20.00
The ticket office closes an hour before closing. 

There is free admission for:

• architects and their escorts, by presenting their card
• students of architecture and design equipped with a card or equivalent document
• Children up to 16 years

Fiera di Roma – North Entrance

How do you get there from Yes Hotel Rome? It’s easy. Take the underground (line B) until the station Magliana and from there the train in the direction of Fiumicino. Stop at Fiera di Roma. So book a room at our hotel where you can ask for further information if necessary.

Our Blogger: Rhodora

Christmas is coming and everybody is rushing to find the perfect gift for friends and relatives.There are many nice ideas and many nice special things to buy…but for sure, the perfect gift is a high tech accessory.

For example, Apple offers you different things, laptops and Mp3’s, but the last novelty of this company is the new I-pod touch, the perfect gift for those who love music…if you want to buy a mobile phone instead, why not buy a mobile phone and an I-pod, all in one!! This is now possible, with the all new I-Phone. The price is slightly expensive (around 500 euros), but Christmas is only once a year.. And talking about hi-tech, some gifts are just irresistible…From the new Play Station 3 to the Nintendo DS… From the Dinosaur robot called Dino to the Nintendo Wii, the choice is endless.

One thing’s for sure, high tech gifts are a little bit expensive, but for sure, they are always appreciated!

So why not come to Rome for some great shopping fun this Christmas and –new year? There are some great areas to go shopping, including, Via Dei Condotti, Via del Corso, and even Porta Portese, the capital’s biggest and best flee market every Sunday. Pop in for a stay at Hotel Des Artistes and we’ll direct you to all the best shops, shopping centres and markets Rome has to offer. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Our Blogger: Beppe

On Sunday March 1 2009 the 35th edition of the Roma-Ostia Race will take place.

The race starts at 9.30 in the morning, so all the runners have to gather at the starting gate at 8.30 at the “Palazzo dello Sport”, Palalottomatica (Roma Eur) and they must be in the starting grid by 9.15.

Starting at the Palazzo dello Sport, the route runs the entire length of via Cristoforo Colombo, then up and down the seafront to the finish line at the round-about i(La Rotonda) in Ostia. Ostia itself is famous for being the port where the romans sailed from during great battles. The marathon also happens to be one of the most popular marathons in the Lazio region.

Water will be provided for thirsty runners during the marathon. There will also be an ambulance behind the last athlete. At the finish line there will be refreshments including water, tea and fruit.

Each runner’s time will be monitored from the moment he (or she) passes the starting line until the moment they pass the finish line. Time and ranking will be available immediately after the race.

If anyone wants to run in this 21 km-race (or 13 miles), the price is 20 euros from November 29^th to January 9^th, 25 euros from January 10^th to 30^th, or 30 euros from January 31^st to February 9^th.

At the starting point, the runners will be subdivided into five grids according to their bib numbers. The bibs of each grid will be different colours. If you are thinking of taking part in the race or coming to watch, why not look at the great rooms you can stay in at Yes Hotel, Rome. Being so well connected to Ostia and the centre of Rome, getting there is little hassle.

Contact information

Once again this year the Roma-Ostia offers its participants a personalised photographic service.

Romaostia S.r.l.
Viale Marco Polo, 104
00154 Roma (RM) – Italia
Tel             +39.06.57.28.80.29       
Fax +39.06.57.13.61.47
E-mail: info@romaostia.it

Our Blogger: Stefano

Ennio Morricone is an Italian composer and musician, born in Rome. His long artistic career includes a wide range of composition genres and he has always produced, as well as worked as a conductor.

He worked at the RAI television company in Italy as a music assistant too. But he became famous working with Sergio Leone, the great Italian director of western films. For Leone’s films he composed the music for: A Fistful Of Dollars (1964), For A Few Dollars More(1965), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966), Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)and A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971). Many of this films remain very popular in Italy today.

From that time, Morricone has scored over 400 films working with many Italian and international directors, including Sergio Leone, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Oliver Stone, Pedro Almodovar, Giuseppe Tornatore, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski, and Warren Beatty.

Among the most famous films he worked on include: The Battle Of Algiers; Sacco and Vanzetti; Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon A Time In America, and The Untouchables.

Ennio Morricone is an acclaimed Italian Academic at the prestigious Accademy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. Infact, he has conducted many orchestras worldwide, including the Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy for many symphonic seasons. He also conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Theatre, the National Brazilian Orchestra, the Budapest Opera House Orchestra, Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Munich Rundfunk, the Orquesta Nacionales de España, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra. He was a composer for theatre, radio too.

In his long career, Ennio Morricone has received many awards: a Golden Lion, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy Award, 7 David Di Donatello, 1 European Film Award and after 5 Oscar Nominations. But on February 25 2007 he received an Oscar for his career.

Quentin Tarantino even used several of his compositions for the Kill Bill trilogy and many musicians continue today to make Morricone part of their concerts. The Ramones used the soundtrack from “the good, the bad, and the ugly” as an introduction to their concerts while Bruce Springsteen used “ Once upon a time in the West” for his entrances. If you would like to go to a concert at the Accademy of Santa Cecilia, why not check into our elegant Yes Hotel? Being so well located you can travel with ease.

Our blogger: Raul

If you look for Silvio Berlusconi on Wikipedia you’ll discover he’s “an Italian politician, entrepeneur,  real estate and insurance tycoon, bank and media proprietor,  sports owner  and songwriter".

Berlusconi is a man of many faces, and undoubtedly this versatility is one of the virtues that have allowed him to stay in power for more than ten years.

To understand Berlusconi is to understand Italy: its fears, its dreams. The man owns (successfully) a powerful world-class soccer  team, is the third richest man in Italy and a charming figure who has convinced the Italians to elect him on two different occasions. On the other hand, the initial sources of his wealth are still subject to debate. He is well known for tailoring laws that fit his needs, and has been deemed in more than one occasion “unfit to lead” , in the words of The Economist.

Berlusconi started doing business in his Native Milan, with a huge real estate project called Milano 2. Then he jumped to the media industry and banking and then went on to found his own party in 1994. According to some, he did this to save himself from jail and his interests from bankruptcy, or, in Berlusconi’s version , to become “a public servant because I do not want to live in an illiberal country, ruled by immature forces and by people who are well and truly bound to a past that proved both a political and economic failure”. In the last part of this sentence, he was trying to exploit the Italians fear of communism, a common weapon in his media arsenal..

Even if you don’t agree with his ideas or his life its difficult not to like Berlusconi, and that’s perhaps his most dangerous talent. He is, maybe, the ultimate entertainer: he wrote the anthems for his own party, Forza Italia; of his soccer team, AC Milan, and takes care of his image with the compulsion of an actor: For example, its well-known in Italy that he has had a face-lift and several hair transplants. There is also something dramatic, or better, tragicomic in some of his most famous “Berlusconisms”, the most recent defining Barack Obama, as a “handsome tanned man.” Berlusconi incarnates Italy, as it is right now. And this Italy will live as long as Berlusconi. And Vice-versa.

If you want to have a chance to see Berlusconi while you are in Rome, try taking a walk on Via del Corso: Palazzo Chigi, the seat of the Italian government, lies there. To have easy access to this and many other Roman curiosities, make sure to book a well located hotel. Yes Hotel, and Hotel Des Artistes are two excellent  options.