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From gladiators to pasta: Top Roman courses to take

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| By Duncan Garwood, Lonely Planet

A ancient mosaic featuring gladiators When in Rome, do as the Romans do from wine, language and cooking, to gladiatorial combat. Read more…

Lonely Planet's top 10 city parks

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| By Amelia Thomas, Lonely Planet

Central Park, New York If you have an hour or two to spare, consider getting outside to clear the mind and exercise the calf-muscles in some of the best outdoor spaces in cities around the world. Read more…

The dark side of Rome

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| By Cristian Bonetto, Lonely Planet

Chiesa Di Santa Maria Della Concezione, Rome Rome has some eccentric hot spots–from macabre rooms lined with bones to the massive burial grounds along Appian Way. Read more…

Going underground at the Colosseum

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| By Abigail Hole, Lonely Planet

Rome's Colosseum Rome has many great spectacles below street leve and the latest are the underground chambers and passageways at the Colosseum, due to open to the public from late August 2010. Read more…

Lonely Planet's top 10 sights in Rome

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| By Cristian Bonetto, Lonely Planet

St Peters Square, Vatican City, Rome Rome is cityscape as theatre, filled with monumental spectacle where the past thrusts through the walls of the present. It is packed with wonders around every corner. Read more…

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