While planning your journey to Rome, it is important to take the season into consideration. Decide for yourself what you like most – spring, summer, autumn or winter. April, May and the beginning of July is the time of flowers and fragrant plants. It is not very hot yet, and the whole city is like a garden with flowers in blossom.

No doubt that Rome is one of the most “green" European cities, and history played a significant role in this, especially if we take the time of a thousand-year desolation after the collapse of Roman Empire and till the 16th century. Thanks to its spacious centre, in middle ages Rome was occupied by pastures, gardens and vineyards. However, when the city started its revival, noble families got an opportunity to build their villas in the city boundaries. One of such villas is Orti Farnesiani, situated at the Palatine Hill where, according to the legend, Romul founded “the eternal city". Nowadays this place is a wonderful park with lots of medieval fountains as well as antique ruins.

Another green massif of Rome is the Borghese gallery, located not far from the Spanish Square and Piazza Del Popolo. There are lots of green places in Rome, each having its unique atmosphere, especially in spring, when the world of stone and pavement turns into a blossoming garden. That is just what Aldobrandini villa appears to be, where you find yourself at the house-top level, up to the Tower of Militia and Trojan Column, far from noise and bustle.

At the same time, there is a short period of time in Rome, when the city becomes completely silent – its August. The city gets deserted because people escape from sizzling heat and scorching pavement. It may seem that shops, bars and restaurants are closed and tourists are all by themselves. This is not the best time to walk along Rome; for this, you will need to have a good stock of water like you are going to cross the desert. However, this season is the best time to avoid hectic traffic and noise and observe the grandeur and calmness of Roman ruins. The Italian capital will take care of you, protecting you from the heat with the shadows from the trees and coolness of its stone churches.

Those who like the city hubbub should go to the centre of Rome. The later at daytime it is, the more people there are in the streets and its really hard to get to the shop windows and get through the traffic. If you do not give up at the very beginning of your trip, you should definitely go to the Condotti street with lots of boutique and designer shops.

In the twilight, Rome changes completely. Partly because you can’t see the dirt in the streets (which are, in fact, rather muddy), but the main reason is that at nighttime here you lose the sense of time. Probably that is why Rome is called an eternal city, where at night all that you have seen turns mysterious and unreal.

Rome has much to see, but even more – to feel. Go to this place and sense it all by yourself.