Rome: Along the Tiber

ome: Along the Tiber…Rome, 11th June —weekend in Rome will have the chance to take part
30th August 2009in country music show-lessons (on Fridays) or to
Summer nights in Rome are enlivened through aenjoy cabaret shows (on Saturdays).
series of free events addressed to both tourists andIf all this has not convinced you to book a bed and
the Roman citizens that stay in the city.  breakfast in Rome yet, you need to know something
“Along the Tiber…Rome” is a diversifiedmore about the programme of cultural events.
festival that takes place every summer from June toSundays will be dedicated to classical music, with the
August in the heart of Rome, between Ponte Sistoperformances of two groups: a string quartet that
and Ponte Palatino. Every night at 6 tourists andwill play both classical-romantic and more modern
Roman citizens can enjoy good food, various showspieces, and a vocal group that will make you discover
and other cultural and music events along thethe music of Roman Renaissance, with madrigals and
revalued and renewed area of the quays, or theyother kinds of compositions. Cinema lovers will enjoy
can simply take a relaxing walk along the Tiber,the short films festival “L’altro corto”
visiting the stalls. “Along the Tiber…Rome”,(every Monday): this year it will host works dealing
indeed, features many different happenings, whichwith two themes: memory and otherness. Space for
make the festival fit for people of all ages, tastesliterature lovers on Tuesdays, with novels readings,
and provenience.while Wednesdays will be dedicated to history
The programme of the 7th edition of the festival islessons, which will make you discover something
divided into two big sections: entertainment andmore about the story of the city, of the river and of
cultural events. The first section includes manythe bridges that cross it. Thursdays will be dedicated
different events that will be held cyclically everyto another important feature of the city’s
week: Sundays will be dedicated to comics andhistory and culture: Roman folk songs.
cartoons lovers, with meetings with drawers and“Along the Tiber…Rome” is always very
dubbers and the performances of a band specialisedappreciated by the tourists who stay in the hotels of
in cartoons music. On Mondays, Tuesdays andRome not only for all these events, but also for the
Wednesdays music will play the main role: you willstalls of local and international handicraft products
have the possibility to choose between differentwhich can be found along the quays and for the
music genres, from piano bar to jazz, and to enjoyrestaurants and bars arising in this area, the ideal
the performances of some high-quality emergingchoice to enjoy a drink or a dinner in a very
musicians. Literature lovers will certainly enjoy theimpressive location, choosing between dishes of
programme of Thursdays, featuring theatre andRoman traditional cuisine and ethnic food.
books presentations, while those who will spend a