The halls of Rome’s Museo dei Fori Imperiali are hosting an exhibition featuring about 400 works of art by some of the world’s most famous contemporary Japanese artists. A unique exhibit that describes the various techniques used by these magnificent artists. The works on display are proof of how composite contemporary Japanese art actually is: on the one hand it is innovative and on the other it is reminiscent of traditional art, an everlasting source of inspiration.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel in centre of Rome , located in a streategic position close to the city’s most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this special occasion. One of these is the Best of Rome:

The package includes:

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star superior hotel near the luxurious parks of Villa Pamphili and Villa Carpegna, at 3 km from the Vatican Museums and from the city center, also offers its customers convenient packages, like for example the Advanced Purchase Rate 25:
The above rate includes:

• 25% Discount on best available daily rate
• 10% VAT
• Free parking
• Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival date
• Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
• Children policy: Accommodation is free for 2 children less than 12 years old sharing parents’ room
• Breakfast not included
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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For the first time, an international group of scientists from different disciplines and coordinated by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, has reconstructed the roots and routes of human settlement. Geneticists, linguists, anthropologists and paleo-anthropologists have combined the results of their research into a wonderful fresco of the history of human evolution. The result is an international interactive and multimedia exhibition made up of six sections telling the stories of the adventures and extraordinary travels, largely unknown, which generated the mosaic of human diversity. A unique event that cannot be missed.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel in centre of Rome , located in a streategic position close to the city’s most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this special occasion. One of these is the Best of Rome:

The package includes:

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star superior hotel near the luxurious parks of Villa Pamphili and Villa Carpegna, at 3 km from the Vatican Museums and from the city center, also offers its customers convenient packages, like for example theAdvanced Purchase Rate 25:
The above rate includes:

• 25% Discount on best available daily rate
• 10% VAT
• Free parking
• Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival date
• Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
• Children policy: Accommodation is free for 2 children less than 12 years old sharing parents’ room
• Breakfast not included
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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The Città di Roma International SuperCat Show is organised and presented by Leaders Srl.
The Supercat Show is one of Italy’s most accredited cat shows of the sector and will host over 400 beautiful cats arriving from all over Europe and the world to win the many awards up for grabs. Aside from the contests, there will be opportunities to meet others, attend seminars and debates. All this makes the Supercat Show an authentic cultural event for all those who are fans of our fascinating four-footed friends.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel in centre of Rome , located in a streategic position close to the city’s most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this special occasion. One of these is the Best of Rome:

The package includes:

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star superior hotel near the luxurious parks of Villa Pamphili and Villa Carpegna, at 3 km from the Vatican Museums and from the city center, also offers its customers convenient packages, like for example the Advanced Purchase Rate 25:

The above rate includes:

• 25% Discount on best available daily rate
• 10% VAT
• Free parking
• Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival date
• Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
• Children policy: Accommodation is free for 2 children less than 12 years old sharing parents’ room
• Breakfast not included
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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Socialist Realism The Great Soviet Paintings 1920-1970: is the most thorough collection of this movement ever to be presented outside of Russia. The exhibit outlines the development is Socialist Realism from the last stages of the Civil War to the beginning of the Brezhnev Era. The movement ended in the early 1970’s since after that the official Soviet artistic trends took on various incoherent directions to the point that the cultural dominance of the Socialist – Realism movements were definitively extinguished.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, situated in the Renaissance heart of the capital, near most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this exhibition. One of these is the Advanced Purchase Rate:

The above rate includes:

• 15% Discount on best available daily rate
• Full American buffet breakfast
• Vat 10% per room per night included in room rate
• City tax 3.00 euro per person per night not included in room rate. Children up to 2 years old exempted
• Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival date
• Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star Superior Hotel in centre of Rome, located a few steps from the Vatican Museums and from the center of Rome, offers its customers special packages like for example the Visit Rome Package:

The package includes:

• Complimentary full american buffet breakfast for 2 adults
• VAT in included
• 20% discount on Food & Beverage
• Choice of one City Tour between the Vatican museums and the Sistina Chapel, a tour of Rome or Rome by night.
• Minimum stay of 3 nights

– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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Ben Harper and Robert Plant: one of the most anticipated events of the Rock in Roma 2011 season.
Californian guitarist and singer Ben Harper and legendary vocalist of Led Zeppelin Robert Plant will be performing on the stage of the Capannelle Racetrack.
Ben Harper is an acknowledged artist throughout the world and has always been able to display his ability of fusing black-music, melancholy folk and wild rock in his performances.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, situated in the Renaissance heart of the capital, near most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this exhibition. One of these is the Advanced Purchase Rate:

The above rate includes:

• 15% Discount on best available daily rate
• Full American buffet breakfast
• Vat 10% per room per night included in room rate
• City tax 3.00 euro per person per night not included in room rate. Children up to 2 years old exempted
• Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival date
• Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star Superior Hotel in centre of Rome, located a few steps from the Vatican Museums and from the center of Rome, offers its customers special packages like for example the Rome Pass Package:

The package includes:

• Complimentary full american buffet breakfast for max 2 adults and 2 children up to 12 yrs
• Rome Pass Card for 2 adults which includes:
  Free use of buses and metro for 3 days
  Free entrance in 2 museums or archeological sites
  Discount on entrance for other additional museums or archeological sites. Not valid for Vatican Museums and train to/from Fiumicino

– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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The National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome is announcing an important exhibition of English art from the last half of the 19th century. More than 100 works are on display that come from private collectors and international museums, many of which are in Italy for the first time. The main nucleus of the exhibition includes Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, exploring the particular reformation of Classicism in the Royal Academy carried out by artists such as Frederic Leighton and exponents of aesthetics and symbolism such as George Moore, George F. Watts and John William Waterhouse.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel, situated in the Renaissance heart of the capital, near most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this exhibition. One of these is the Rome Wellness Package

The package includes:

• Full American buffet breakfast
• 20% discount on body treatments at the Spa and free access to the Bagno Romano
• 15% discount on food and beverage at the exclusive restarant “I Sofà di Via Giulia”
• Vat 10% per room per night included in room rate
• Rate is based on 3 nights stay
• The package cannot be combined with any other offer
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

City tax 3.00 euro per person per night not included in room rate

The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star superior hotel near the luxurious parks of Villa Pamphili and Villa Carpegna, at 3 km from the Vatican Museums and from the city center, also offers its customers convenient packages, like for example Advanced Purchase Rate 20

The above rate includes:
• 20% Discount on best available daily rate
• Room accommodation only
• 10% VAT
• Free Parking
• Total stay will be charged on client credit card at time of booking. The booking is not refundable in case of cancellation
• Children policy: Accommodation is free for 2 children less than 12 years old sharing parents’ room
• Breakfast not included
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00
• Rate is bookable until 7 days prior to arrival day
City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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Eight companies of different sizes and thirteen performances throughout the month filled with young people and all the sensitivity and beauty of contemporary circus arts. The contemporary circus artists tell of their lives and today’s world, the destinies of this art and those of younger generations. This wonderful project with its international flair is being produced by the Fondazione Musica per Roma under the artistic direction of Gigi Cristoforetti.

St. George Rome, a 5 star Luxury Hotel in centre of Rome , located in a streategic position close to the city’s most important monuments and streets such as Navona Square, Castel St. Angelo and Campo dei Fiori, offers its customers convenient packages for this special occasion. One of these is the Rome Hideaway Package:
The package includes:

• Upgrade to Deluxe room upon availability
• Full American buffet breakfast
• Free High speed internet connection wired and via TV
• Free Pay TV movies on demand and music channel package
• Welcome Cocktail
• Romantic Dinner (4 courses tasting menu house wines included)
• VIP treatments
• Vat 10% per room per night included in room rate
• Rate is based on 3 nights stay
• The package cannot be combined with any other offer
• Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00

City tax 3.00 euro per person per night not included in room rate
The Crowne Plaza Rome St. Peter’s, 4 star Superior Hotel in centre of Rome, located a few steps from the Vatican Museums and from the center of Rome, offers its customers special packages like for example the Wellness Package:
The Wellness package includes:
• Full American buffet breakfast for 2 adults
• 20% discount on body treatments at the Spa and free access to the Bagno Romano
• 20% discount on food & beverage at the Restaurant
• Rate is based on 2 nights stay
• Smoking or no smoking, twin or king bed, are requestes and not confirmed.
• The Hotel reserves the rights to confirm the guest’s request
– City tax equal to EUR 3.00 per person per night NOT INCLUDED in the room rate.

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For Christmas in Rome this Christmas Concert is an extraordinary event that cannot be missed.
Renowned Maestro Antonio Pappano will conduct the Accademia di Santa Cecilia orchestra and chorus and the audience will be able to enjoy such masterpieces as Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Honegger’s Christmas Cantata and Ennio Morricone’s Vuoto d’Anima Piena.

Book our Christmas package and let the St. George Roma will spoil you with its captivating design, strategic location, comfort and unparalleled amenities.
Taste gourmet Italian Mediterranean cuisine at the restaurant “I Sofà di Via Giulia” or pamper yourself with one of the many treatments available at the St. George SPA a real Roman Temple of relaxation, the choice is yours!

Christmas Package
The package includes:
Accommodation and full American buffet breakfast
Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas lunch, drinks included
VIP treatment
10% VAT
Rate is based on a 3 night stay

Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00
Cancellation is free of charge if received 48 hours before the arrival day. In the event of late cancellation of the entire package rate will apply.

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There is no place like Rome to celebrate the magic of Christmas.
If you have never been to Rome and wish to discover its wonders or if you just want to visit the Eternal City once more, this is the ideal time to take advantage of its many attractions and sights.
Enjoy a stroll through the narrow streets of the centre, treat yourself and your family to some exclusive shopping attracted by the sparkling shop windows, mingle with the crowd and the folklore of Navona Square market brighten up by Christmas lights and colors.
Book our Christmas package and let the St. George Roma will spoil you with its captivating design, strategic location, comfort and unparalleled amenities.
Taste gourmet Italian Mediterranean cuisine at the restaurant “I Sofà di Via Giulia” or pamper yourself with one of the many treatments available at the St. George SPA a real Roman Temple of relaxation, the choice is yours!

Christmas Package
The package includes:
Accommodation and full American buffet breakfast
Christmas Eve dinner or Christmas lunch, drinks included
VIP treatment
10% VAT
Rate is based on a 3 night stay

Check in time: 15:00 – Check out time: 12:00
Cancellation is free of charge if received 48 hours before the arrival day. In the event of late cancellation of the entire package rate will apply.

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