Via Ostiense 106, tel. 0639967800.
09.30-19.00. Mon closed. €4,13. 7-day Capitolinicard includes entry to
Capitoline Museums, €8,30 + exhibition supplement.
Over 400 pieces of ancient sculpture from the Capitoline Museums are on show in a former power plant.
Getting there: Take the metro from the Colosseum towards Laurentina get off at Garbatella and walk (10 metro & 5 min walk).
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, tel. 0639967700. 09.00-19.30. Mon
09.00-14.00. €5. Guided tours for groups in English and Italian.
The 3rd-century AD bath complex that remained in use until the Goths cut its
water supply in the 6th century AD.
Getting there: The site is about 15 minutes walk from Hotel Lancelot, past the Colosseum and between the Celio and Palatine hills. Alternatively take the Tram 3 a few stops to Circo Massimo and then walk (5 min tram and 5 min walk).
Viale Enrico de Nicola 78, tel. 0639967700. Part of the protohistorical section of the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Baths of Diocletian plus the restored cloister by Michelangelo. 09.00-19.45. Mon closed. €5. Guided tours in Italian.
Getting there: The metro from the Colosseum to Termini and the walk. (20 min metro & 5 min walk).
4 Borghese Museum
Piazzale Scipione Borghese (Villa Borghese), tel. 0632810. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Booking compulsory: tel. 0632810, fax 0632651329 (groups). €8,50. Guided tours in English and Italian.
Sculpture by Bernini and Canova, paintings by Titian, Caravaggio, Raphael, Correggio.
Getting there: the metro from the Coloseum changing lines at
Termini. Get off at Piazza di Spagna and walk about 10 min.
Alternatively take the electric bus 117 to Piazza di Spagna or Piazza del
Popolo and walk through the Borghese gardens (30 min bus & 10 min walk).
5 Capitoline Museums
Piazza del Campidoglio, tel. 0639967800. 09.00-20.00. Mon closed. €6,20 + exhibition supplement. Guided tours for groups in English and Italian on Sat and Sun. 7-day Capitolinicard includes entry to ACEA (Montemartini) Art Centre.
The city's collection of ancient sculpture in Palazzo Nuovo and Palazzo dei Conservatori, plus the Tabularium and the Pinacoteca.
Getting there: Campidoglio is a 15-20 minute walk along the Fori Imperiali. Alternatively take the bus (85, 87, 81) and get off at Piazza Victorio and walk (10 min bus & 5 min walk)
6 Castel Sant' Angelo Museum
Lungotevere Caste/to 50, tel. 066819111. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €7 including temporary exhibition. Tel. 0639967600. Guided tours in English.
The Emperor Hadrian's mausoleum, then used by the popes as a fortress, prison and palace.
Getting there: Buses 87 and 81 getting off at Via Zanardelli (just after Piazza Navona stop) and cross the bridge (20 min bus & 5 min walk)
7 Colosseum, Palatine and Roman Forum
Colosseum: Piazza del Colosseo. Palatine: entrances at Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53 and Via di S. Gregorio 30. Roman Forum: entrances at Largo Romolo e Remo 5-6 and Piazza di S. Maria Nova 53. Tel. 0639967700. 09.00-19.30. Single ticket gives entry to the Colosseum and the Palatine (including the Museo Palatino; last entry 1 hour before closing). €10. Admission to the Roman Forum is free.
The political and commercial centre of the imperial Roman empire.
Getting there: All these magnificent sites are within easy walking
distance of the Hotel.
8 Crypta Balbi
Via delle Botteghe Oscure 31, tel. 0639967700. . 09.00-19.45. Mon closed. €4. Three-day pass combining Palazzo Massimo alle Terme and Palazzo Altemps, €7. Guided tours in Italian.
Museum dedicated to the Middle Ages on the site of the portico of the Imperial Roman Theatre of Balbus
Getting there: Buses 81 or 87 to Piazza Venezia or Largo Argentina and walk (10 min bus & 5 min walk).
9 Domus Aurea
Viale delta Domus Aurea, tel. 0639967700. 09.00-19.45. Tues closed. Booking essential. €5 + €1,50 booking fee.
Remains of Emperor Nero's once vast and magnificent residence; part of the wall paintings are still visible.
Getting there: 5 minute walk from the Hotel to the right of the
Colosseum.
10 Doria Pamphili
Gallery Palazzo Dona Pamphili, Piazza del Collegio Romano 2, tel. 066797323. 10.00-17.00. Ticket office closes at 16.45. Thurs closed. €8, reduced €5,70. Ticket includes audio guide.
Residence of the Doria Pamphili family, it contains the family's private art collection, which includes a portrait by Velasquez, a sculpture by Bernini, plus work by Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto and Caravaggio.
Getting there: Buses 81,85 or 87 to Piazza Venezia and short walk (bus 10 min walk 5 min).
11 Etruscan Museum at Villa Giulia
Piazza Villa Giulia 9, tel. 063226571. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €4. Guided tours in English and Italian on prior booking, tel. 0682077304.
National Etruscan collection.
12 Galleria Nationale d'Arte Moderna
Viale delle Belle Arti 131, tel. 06322981. National collection of modern art. 08.30-19.30. Mon closed. €9.Guided tours in English (on prior booking) and Italian tel.0632298451.
Italian modern art - mostly late 19th and early 20th century works.
Getting there: Tram 3 heading away from the Colosseum getting off
right in front of the museum (30 min). Or electric bus 117 to Piazza del Popolo
and walk through Borghese gardens (20 min bus & 15 min walk)
13 Keats-Shelley Memorial House
Piazza di Spagna 26, tel. 066784235. Mon-fri 09.00-13.00, 15.00-18.00; Sat 11.00-14.00, 15.00-18.00. €3.50. Guided tours on prior booking in English and Italian, tel. 066784235.
Museum dedicated to the lives of three English Romantic poets - John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.
Getting there: electric bus 117 to Piazza di Spagna (20 min)
14 Museo Canonica
Viale P. Canonica 2 (Villa Borghese), tel. 068842279. 09.00-18.30. Mon closed. €2,60. Guided tours in Italian, Sat morning, tel. 0682077304.
The collection, private apartment and studio of the sculptor and musician Pietro Canonica who died in 1959.
Getting there: electric bus 117 to Piazza del Popolo and walk through Borgese gardens (20 min bus & 15 min walk).
15 Museo della Civilta Romana and Planetarium
Piazza G. Agnelli 10, EUR, tel. 065926135. 09.00-14.00. Sun and holidays 09.00-13.30. Mon closed. Planetarium also Sat-Sun 09.00-19.00. €6,20 for either the museum or planetarium, €8.30 for both.
Replicas of ancient Roman artifacts, including a model reconstruction of imperial Rome. Great for children. Now includes a new planetarium and astronomy museum.
Getting there: The museum is a little out of the way in EUR. Metro to Laurentina and walk (30 min metro & 10 min walk).
16 Museo delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari
Piazza G. Marconi 10, EUR, tel. 065926148. 09.00-20.00. Mon closed.
€4. Guided tours in Italian on prior booking.
Traditional Italian tools, crafts, clothing, furniture, musical instruments,
jewellery.
Getting there: The museum is a little out of the way in EUR. Metro to Laurentina and walk (30 min metro & 10 min walk).
17 Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACHO)
Via Reggio Emilia 54 and Piazza Giustiniani 4 (Mattatoio), tel. 06671070400. Via Reggio Emilia 09.00-19.00. Mattatoio 16.00-24.00. Mon closed. €1.
The city's collection of contemporary art, plus temporary exhibition space.
18 Museo Napoleonico
Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1, tel. 0668806286. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. Guided
tours in Italian. €2,60.
18 Museo Nazionale d'Arte Orientale
Via Merulana 248, tel. 064875077. 08.30-13.30. Tues, Thurs, Sun and holidays 08.30-19.00.1st and 3rd Mon of the month closed. €4. Free guided tours in Italian on Sun (11.00 and 17.00), in English on request.
Getting there: 10 minute walk from the Hotel.
20 Museo Preistorico ed Etnografico L. Braschi
Piazza G. Marconi 14, EUR, tel. 06549521. Prehistoric Italian artifacts and ethnological material from various cultures. 09.00-20.00. €4.
Getting there: The museum is a little out of the way in EUR. Metro to Laurentina and walk (30 min metro & 10 min walk).
21 Museo di Roma - Palazzo Braschi
Via S. Pantaleo 10, tel. 0667108346. 09.00-19.00. Mon closed. €6,20. Guided tours in English and Italian on prior booking tel. 0682077304.
The city's collection of paintings, etchings, photographs, furniture and clothes from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
22 Palazzo Altemps
Piazza S. Apollinare 46, tel. 0639967700. 09.00-19.45. Mon closed. €5. Three-day pass combining Crypta Balbi and Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, €7. Guided tours for groups in English and Italian.
Ancient sculpture from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Ludovisi collection.
Getting there: Buses 81 or 85 to Tor San Giuliana just after Piazza Navona (20 min)
Via Baiterini 13, tel. 0632810. 08.30-19.30. Mon closed. €5 + €1,03 booking fee for visit to private apartments.
National collection of 13th to 16th century paintings.
24 Palazzo Corsini Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
Via della Lungara 10, tel. 0668802323. Entry at 09.30,11.00 and 12.30. Sun and holidays 08.30-14.00. Mon closed. €4.
National collection of 16th and 17th century paintings.
Largo di Villa Peretti 1, tel. 0639967700. 09.00-19.45. Mon closed. €6. Three-day pass combining Crypta Balbi and Palazzo Altemps, €7. Guided tours in English and Italian.
Important Roman paintings, mosaics, sculpture, coins and antiquities from the Museo Nazionale Romano, including the Kircherian collection.
Getting there: metro to Termini
Clivo di Scauro, tel. 0670454544 (Mon-Fri 10.00- 13.00, 15.00-18.00). 10.00-13.00, 15.00-18.00. Tues-Wed closed. €6. Guided tours on prior booking.
Ancient Roman buildings reopened to the public after extensive restoration.
Getting there: 10 minute walk from the hotel.
Viale del Vaticano, tel. 0669883860. Mon-Fri 08.45-15.20. Sat 08.45-12.20. Sun closed except last Sun of month (free of charge, times as Sat). €12. For group tours of the museums and Vatican gardens tel. 0669884667. For private tours (museum only) tel. 0669884947.
Not only the Sistine Chapel but also the Egyptian and Etruscan collections and the Pinacoteca.
Getting there: buses 87 or 81 until the end of the line and then short
walk (30 min bus 5 min walk).
28 Vittoriano
Piazza Aracoeli, tel. 066991718. Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II and Italian unity. Also Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. 09.30-17.30 monument, 09.30-18.00 museum. Admission free.
Getting there: 15-20 minute walk from hotel along Fori Imperiali. Buses 81, 85, 87 to Piazza Venezia (10 min).