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Dear participants, Welcome to Rome ! Here you can… ● Taste Italian cuisine ● Drink Limoncello and Italian wine ● Walk around the centre of the warm, sunny marvellous Eternal City! This is your Survival Guide, a gift from LBG Rome. Here you can find information about Rome, about our Course, what to bring with you, and common phrases which will help you a lot during your trip! Please do not hesitate to contact with the organisers for any questions or doubts. And now, enjoy reading...
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Index Core Team......................................................................................................... 4 What to bring with you: ............................................................................... 8 Info about Italy ................................................................................................ 8 About Rome ..................................................................................................... 9 What to see in Rome… ............................................................................. 10 FAQ about Italy: ........................................................................................... 11 How to get to Rome. .................................................................................. 11 How to get to “Ciak Hostel”: .................................................................... 12 How to move around the city… ............................................................ 14 How to stay safe and alive in Rome… ................................................. 15 Other useful facts about Italy…............................................................. 16 Here are some phrases you will surely use during your trip so... start to practice !!!…................................................................................... 19
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Let us introduce you our fantastic,
Core Team
Main Organizer Alberto Marinelli mgzeke0@gmail.com +39 3926370952
Participant Responsible Luca Giorgini luca.giorgini@best.eu.org +39 3394108516
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Academic Responsible Ludovico Ferranti +39 3389927190
Accomodation Responsible Daniele Paratore +39 3489651804
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Graphic & IT Responsible Gabriele Murgia +39 3471928046
Weekend Trip Responsible Michela Lo Conte +39 3398870912
Corporate Relations Responsible Giuseppe Amoroso +39 335399358 6
Party Responsible Francesca Londino +39 3202513353
Social Activities Responsible Alejandro Ramirez +39 3314206396
Food Responsible Fabrizio Conte +39 3403011935
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Before leaving,
what to bring with you: ● ● ● ● ●
Passport / ID card Health Insurance Typical food / drink from your country Neat clothes for Official Opening Clothes you can blemish
Info about Italy Italy is right in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, it is about 58 million people country and it consists of a main continental peninsula, almost completely surrounded by the sea, plus two large islands (Sicilia and Sardegna ) and a large number of small islands. The main land is about 301000 squared kilometers and its shape is similar to a “boot” and so the Italian people use to call their country “ Lo stivale” ( “the boot” ). Rome is from 1870, the capital of Italy, and historically it has always been considered the most important city of Italy for art, politics and social life.
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About Rome The legend says that after the fall of Troy, the Gods led a band of Trojans to a promised land in the west. There Romolo and Remo were born from a Vestal Virgin and nursed by a friendly She-wolf. Upon reaching manhood, the twins founded Rome on the banks of the river “Tevere” (April the 21st of 753 B.C.). Soon, after digging the borders of the new city, Romolo claimed and promised on his own life «anybody who dares to pass this borders without permission, will find here sure death! ». His brother Remo then, wanted to challenge Romolo and crossed the borders. Without hesitation Romolo killed Remo and became the first king of Rome. Many legends are involved in the history of but the most reliable theory tells that Rome was originally just a small village on a hill and close to the river “Tevere” where Romans could control the commerce. The small village became bigger and bigger and eventually Romans formed an army which started conquering the surrounding kingdoms, turning them into Roman provinces. This is the beginning of the huge spreading of the Roman Kingdom first, then the Roman Republic and finally the Roman Empire, who took over all the populations of the Italian peninsula and began to spread beyond, in central Europe and in the northern part of Africa. As the centuries go by the Empire became too big to be ruled and so it was divided into two empires, the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. Western one, whose Capital was Rome, had a quite short life due to several invasions by barbaric populations. During the Middle-age only the Church was able to keep culture and knowledge alive. Thanks to this Rome became the most important city for art and culture in the Renaissance. All the most important artist worked for the Pope and created masterpieces that you can still see and visit today. The Church played a main role in the roman area and exerted its influence until the year 1870. During the modern age Italy was formed by a lot of small States often fighting each other and has been conquered by many foreign countries (mainly from France and Germany). The definitive reunification of Italy culminated in the late 19th Century. Independence Wars were fought against Austria in the North and the Bourbon in the South, and Italy was unified under the Kingdom of Piemonte (a North-western Italian region), whose king became the king of Italy. At this point all Italy was united with the exception of Rome, which was the capital of the Vatican State, 9
ruled by the pope. After a formal invasion, the Italian army conquered the city and church power was defeated (20th September 1870) and eventually Rome became the capital of the Reign of Italy (June 1871).
What to see in Rome‌ Walking around the centre you will notice that buildings from different age are mixed together and sometimes are built on several layers. This is due to the fact that the city had many artistic influences according to the historical period and each art movement tried to rebuild the city in a new way. The impression you will get is that many historical periods survive at the same time in the same place. Ancient Rome had hundreds of buildings with magnificent marble columns; if you wonder where have they gone, the answer is inside the hundreds of churches that you can see. After the Roman Empire, many churches were built with columns taken from ancient and ruined temples. Some parts of the Colosseum are also missing, because it was allowed to use its stones as building material. In order to give a short list of what you are supposed to visit once in Rome you shouldn’t definitely miss some masterpieces as the Colosseum, the Vatican Museums, Piazza di Spagna, the Foro Romano, Fontana di Trevi and Piazza Navona, Castel Sant’Angelo, but as you walk in the city centre your attention will be caught by many other masterpieces and monuments which are really worth a look.
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FAQ about Italy: • Do the Italians always eat pasta and pizza? Yes of course! At every possible moment! No just kidding…but considering it’s one of our main dishes it’s usually eaten once a day. That probably is more pasta than you usually eat at home! • Are there more churches than houses in Rome? Rome was the capital of the Vatican State for centuries. So don’t be surprised if in the city centre you’ll find a church at every corner. • Is it true Italian do it better? Of course, you’ll see! • Do Italians always gesticulate while talking? What??? No it’s totally false. We talk with our hands. • Are the Italians the best lovers? Well, there’s only one way to answer to this question, IYKWIM
How to get to Rome. “All roads lead to Rome” (ancient Roman saying)
By Plane : The cheapest way to get to Rome is by a low cost flight: Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) are the most famous, but many more are available on www.adr.it (Aeroporti di Roma Official Website). Rome has got two airports, Roma Fiumicino and Roma Ciampino.
By Train: Train in Italy may be expensive or cheap according to the class of ticket you want to buy. The national company is Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com) and Italo (www.italotreno.it) and connects Rome to everywhere. Main station is Roma Termini, while Roma Tiburtina is a connection mainly for trains coming from north Italy. However, we wouldn’t recommend going by train because especially the cheap ones are very slow and Rome is pretty far from the north 11
border. Fast trains (Frecciarossa/Italo) are instead comfortable and always in time but they will cost you more. We can’t say anything about buses companies even if there are some that serve Rome and seem to be quite cheap; you should check out at your own place.
How to get to “Ciak Hostel”: Hostel address is: Via Manzoni, n°55
From Ciampino Airport: You have to main options: ● Take the bus from the company “ Terravision”, it will take you directly to Termini Station with no intermediate stops . You can buy tickets online or on board but it’s cheaper if you buy them online. Online tickets cost €4 one way/€8 return trip instead of €6/€11. (To book and to have further information check the website http://www.terravision.eu/rome_ciampino.html ) ● Take the bus from the company “Bus Shuttle” and it will take you directly to Termini Station. The ticket price is 4€ for one way trip from the airport to the city center and 6€ for one way trip from the city center to the airport. However if you buy a round trip ticket ( return ticket) the price is 8€ . You can buy them at the airport or on the website http://www.sitbusshuttle.com/en/. The journey by bus usually takes about 40 minutes, according to the traffic. Once you are in Termini take the line METRO A (Direction: ANAGNINA) for 2 stops. Get off at ”Manzoni” stop. Walk for 200 meters until you arrive at viale Manzoni n°55.
From Fiumicino Airport: Considering it’s the biggest airport of Rome you have several options to reach the city: ● Take the bus from the company “Terravision”, it will take you directly to Termini Station. You can buy tickets online or on board but it’s cheaper if you buy them online. Online tickets cost €4 one way/€8 return trip instead of €6/€11. (To book and to have further information check the website http://www.terravision.eu/italiano/rome_fiumicino.html ) 12
● Take the bus from the company “Bus Shuttle” and it will take you directly to Termini Station. The ticket price is 6€ for one way trip and 11€ for a round trip ticket (return ticket) You can buy them at the airport or on the website http://www.sitbusshuttle.com/en/. ● Take the train “Leonardo express” from the airport and it will take you directly to Termini Station. The price is 14€ for oneway and 28€ for a return ticket, but it takes only 32 minutes to reach the destination. The journey by bus usually takes about 1 hour. Once you are in Termini take the line METRO A (Direction: ANAGNINA) for 2 stops. Get off at ”Manzoni” stop. Walk for 200 meters until you arrive at viale Manzoni n°55.
From Termini Station: Once you are in Termini take the line METRO A (Direction: ANAGNINA) for 2 stops. Get off at ”Manzoni” stop. Walk for 200 meters until you arrive at viale Manzoni n°55. 13
How to move around the city… The Best way to go around the city is the underground: there are only three lines which connect the most important places in town. As we move outside the historical centre you will probably need to catch buses. The underground in Italy is called METRO. There are 2 lines: - linea A (red): from Anagnina to Battistini Station; - linea B (blue): from Rebibbia to Laurentina Station; - linea B1 (blue): from Bologna to Jonio; - linea C (green): from Monte Compatri/Pantano to Lodi; Termini Station stop is on the two main metro lines. Tiburtina Railway station is located along the B line. Usually the metro is open from 05:30 to 23:30 and from 05:30 to 01:30 on Friday and Saturday. The ticket costs 1,5€ and it’s valid for one way trip in the metro. With the same ticket you can also take buses all around Rome and it’s valid for 100 minutes since the first validation. There are a lot of buses in Rome and sometimes information about the destinations and stops is not very clear. So always ask for the help of the organizers first because sometimes the drivers don’t speak English fluently.
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How to stay safe and alive in Rome… Criminality: Rome is a 4 million people city and like in very big city you must pay attention, especially during the night and in crowded places. The most common thefts are usually performed by small gypsy children, they usually look for tourists. They are very skilful and sometimes you don’t even realize you got robbed, so just be aware of them and watch out for your stuff when you are on buses, metro or in crowded places. Like any other big city you should avoid some areas like the main railway station especially at night, but anyway you will be always with some of the organizers so you don’t need to worry about that; keep in mind that you can rely on our experience, so just ask us any question concerning places you want to go to, in order to know whether they are safe or not. In Italy we have CARABINIERI (gendarmery), POLIZIA (ordinary police) and VIGILI URBANI (city police); unfortunately they rarely speak English fluently (you should look for a captain at least) but they will certainly help you in any case.
Alcohol & Drugs: In Italy you can buy as much alcohol as you like and nobody will bother you anyway, maybe this is the reason why people don’t drink very much, and the good news is that you can find alcohol everywhere, especially beer. You are not allowed to drive if you drank more than a certain amount (you may get your driving license suspended) but this doesn’t concern you because we will take you everywhere and you won’t need to drive. In the last years, a communal ordinance doesn’t allow you to drink in the streets after midnight in some parts of the city, in order to prevent problems for the public order. It’s valid in the summer months until the end of October but it 15
shouldn’t be a problem for us because we will drink inside places or before midnight. So just enjoy the Italian wine and the Limoncello of course. Italian beer is not very strong (4%-5%) so maybe that’s why tourists prefer wine. About drugs in Italy is not legal to take and sell drug. This means that if police is going to catch you with any kind of drugs (including Marijuana) you are going to be prosecuted. Anyway you are not allowed to cross the border of Italy with any kind of drug since the control might be quite strict. Just for your information, it is worth noting that public intoxication is not allowed if your resulting behaviour can be considered molest (drunk and disorderly).
Other useful facts about Italy… Some Prices (€ Euro): • • • • • •
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1 beer 4-5 € (0.4l in a pub) 1,50-2 € (0.66l supermarket) 1 pizza + 1 beer 8-15 € (according to the area) 1 packet of cigarettes 5,20 € (Marlboro) 1 can of Coke 1,50 € 1 ice cream 1,50-3 € 1 sandwich 1,50 € (at our University) 3 € or more outside 1 McDonalds Maxi Menu 6-7 € A bottle of wine (supermarket - restaurant) 3-15 € 1 postcard 1 € 1 Bus/Tram/Metro ticket 1,50 € 1 6-pack of condoms 6-8 €
Telephones: The prefix for Roma is 06. The international code for Italy is 0039. If you bring your mobile, there should be no problems to find a network for roaming. There are 4 operators: Tim, Vodafone, Wind and H3G. 16
Money & Banks: The local currency is Euro. Rome is quite expensive but not as much as Paris or London. You can change money in the banks and in exchange offices. Both are open on weekdays from 9 to 17:00, with a 1h30 lunch break around noon. Don’t change too much money at the airport or railway station. When you arrive in Rome, you can change in the banks at a much better rate! ATMs are widely available. VISA and other credit cards are also widely used.
Restaurants: Prices vary according to the place, just keep in mind that in many restaurants you have to pay a fixed amount of money for each person (1 or 2 euro) that is only cover charge (tablecloth etc.). This doesn’t apply to fast food, such as McDonald’s, in which there’s no tablecloth. A small tip is always a good habit but it is not compulsory.
Shops: Shops close around 7:30 p.m., meaning that some of them will close at 7:00 and some at 8:00. In the centre you will find small shops and little supermarkets; keep in mind that taxes are always included in the price. Especially for girls there are some streets in the centre where you will find many most famous brand’s fashion in the world; these streets are Via del Corso, Via Nazionale and Via del Tritone but you will find much more. The whole area around these streets is really worth a walk. For more specific information you can always ask us where to go.
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Pubs and discos: If you are going to look for a good Disco in Rome, you’ll be surprised how expensive they are. While disco-pubs are places where you can both drink and dance from 5 up to 15 euros, the entrance at a disco can instead range from 15 to 30 euro. Usually the ticket includes the first drink, while the next ones can be about 10 euro. Pubs are usually quite expensive in the centre (5-6 euro for a 0,4 l) while they are cheap as you get out of the centre. If you want some advice just ask us.
Health: You will need to get a medical insurance which might be useful if you accidentally get hurt for any reason (you should bring with you at least E-111 Form for EEC citizens otherwise known as European_Health_Insurance_Card (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Health_Insurance_Card). If you are looking for a pharmacy (in Italian: FARMACIA), then you have to look for a green or red cross on the streets. There are many of them so it will be quite easy to find one. Every pharmacy is open during normal shopping hours, but there are some who are open also during the night and during holidays (usually they will charge you with 4 euro more). If you have any particular need, don’t forget to bring your personal medicine pack, since it will be probable that you will not find exactly the same here. If you are on a diet or if you have any allergies, please let us know in time so we can arrange something for you. If you need an ambulance, the 118 phone number is always the one to use.
Italian People: Italians are the result of a quite strong mix of many European and non-European races, but still some characteristics are predominant, like the black hair and brown eyes and things like that. But remember that thinking that all Italian are like this is like thinking that all people from Sweden are blond with blue eyes or that all Martians are green. Italian people are friendly and usually open to the dialogue. While on the streets of Rome, you can ask people for help and they will probably do their best. Keep in mind old people usually don’t speak English while young people usually do. 18
Here are some phrases you will surely use during your trip so… start to practice !!! Basic Italian
English
Ciao
Hello/Bye
Buon giorno
Good Morning
Buona sera
Good Evening
Buona notte
Good night
Arrivederci
Good bye
Come stai?
How are you?
Come ti chiami?
What’s your name?
Mi chiamo…
My name is…
Grazie/Prego
Thank you/You’re welcome
Si/No/Forse
Yes/No/Perhaps
Mi scusi
Excuse me
Ho…anni
I’m…years old
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Advanced Italian
English
Che ora è?
What time is it?
Io non parlo italiano
I don’t speak Italian
Non capisco…
I don’t understand
Dove è?
Where is?
Per favore
Please
Salute
Cheers
Uscita
Exit
In the shops Italian
English
Quanto costa?
How much is it?
La mia taglia è…
My size is…
Voglio questo…
I want this…
Il conto, per favore
The bill, please
Cambio/Denaro
Change Office/Money
Vino/Birra/Acqua
Wine/Beer/Water
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Pick up techniques and more... Italian
English
Sei bellissima/o
You are very beautiful
Hai una sigaretta?
Do you have a cigarette?
Voglio fare l’amore con te!
I want to make love with you!
Facciamolo ancora
Let’s do it one more time
Io pratico sesso sicuro
I practice safe sex
Doveva essere solo un bacio
It was supposed to be only a kiss
Facciamo a casa tua o a casa mia?
Your place or mine?
Sono una fragola, mangiami!
I’m a strawberry, eat me!
Vuoi vedere la mia collezione di farfalle?
Do you wanna see my butterfly collection?
Vuoi sposarmi per una notte soltanto?
Do you want to marry me just for one night?
Allora, che fai nella vita, oltre ad eccitare gli uomini e renderli pazzi di desiderio?
So what do you do in your life, apart from getting men excited and crazy about you?
Tuo padre era per caso un ladro? Was your father a thief? Because Perché qualcuno ha rubato le stelle dal someone stole the stars from the sky cielo e le ha messe nei tuoi occhi. and put them in your eyes. Stai facendo un video? Bravoh
Are you recording a video? Bravoh
Sai quanto pesa un orso polare?
Do you know how much is weight of a polar bear? Enough to break the ice!
Abbastanza da rompere il ghiaccio! Scopare!
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Emergency Local number: 112 Public emergency service 113 Police 118 Ambulance emergency 06 67 691 Municipal Police 06 58 20 10 30 Emergency Doctor 06 49 06 63 Poisons emergency
Taxi companies: 06 35 70 06 66 45 Pronto Taxi 06 88 177 Cosmo Taxi
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Brace yourself,
LGB Rome is waiting for you!
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