International Rome Film Festival
Auditorium Parco della Musica
October 15 - 23
www.romacinemafest.itThe third annual festival turns the Parco della Music into a movie village. All of the concert halls become screening rooms and huge tents on the grounds are set up as additional theaters. There are booths selling souvenirs, foods, and more, and a restaurant or two are added to keep everybody happy. Additional screenings are held at the Metropolitan cinema in Via del Corso, the Villa Medici and the Casa del Cinema. Visit us at www.InRomeNow.com for weekly reviews, gossip and trailers as the festival opens.
Several of the films in competition are in English. These are at the top of our list:
Up In The Air, by Jason Reitman staring George Clooney and Vera FarmigaRyan Bingham has made the break. A corporate downsizing expert, Ryan Bingham is overworked, thanks to the recession, and stressed out to the max. He makes a break and severs all ties, but his cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he's met the woman of his dreams.
Screens October 17. 7:30 pm; October 18, 3 pm, October 19, 10 pm
Triage by Danis Tanovíc, with Colin Farrell and Paz Vega. Mark and David sono are two Irish photojournalists working in Kurdistan. Tired of violence, David decides to return to Dublin and his pregnant wife, while Mark stays to continuing covering the war. When he is wounded, he too, returns home to find that David has succumbed to post stress trauma. From the autobiography by Scott Anderson.
Screens October 15, 7:30 pm; October 16, 8 pm;
and at the Metropolitan, October 17, 8 pm.
The Last Station by Michael Hoffman with Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti. After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy's devoted wife, finds that in the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title and his property in favor of poverty, vegetarianism and even celibacy. What's more, Tolstoy may have been persuaded by his disciple, Chertkov, to leave the rights to his iconic novels to the Russian people rather than his own family. The woman uses every strategy at her disposal to fiercely fight against the libertarian community that is installed in her house; trying to win back what she feels belongs to her. Ostracized from Tolstoy, she only manages to see him as he is dying, in the last station.
Screens October 18, 10 pm; October 19, 8 pm;
and at the Metropolitan, October 20, 10:30 pm
Out of competition films in English we don't want to miss:
Julie & Julia by Nora Ephron with Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci. Based on Julia Child's memoir "My Life in France," and "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell.
Interweaves scenes from the life of Julia Child and a young woman who attempts to cook all the recipes in her landmark first cookbook.Screens October 23, 6:30 and 10:30 pm A Serious Man, the latest film from the Coen brothers. In 1967 Minneapolis, of nebbish Larry Gopnik's life suddenly falls apart. An upright Jewish college teacher, Gopnik has a wife who is leaving him for his colleague Sy Ableman, while his children secretly dip into his wallet - Danny so he can buy joints, Sarah so she can save up for a nose job. . Black humor, grotesque comedy. With Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind , Sari Lennick. Screens October 22, 10 pm; October 23, 10:30 pm;
October 24, 8 pmThe City Of Your Final Destination by James Ivory with Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Ginsburg and Alexandra Maria Lara. Omar Razaghi is an Iranian-born graduate student at the University of Colorado, whose financial aid is contingent on his writing an authorized biography of the late Latin American author Jules Gund. Shortly into his first semester on the fellowship, Gund's estate unexpectedly withdraws its consent to the book. Following his girlfriend Deirdre's advice, Omar travels to Uruguay to ask the executors to change their minds. But he is instantly plunged into a snake pit of intrigue. Based on Peter Cameron's book of the same title. Screens October 16, 7:30 pm; October 17, 10:30 pm;
and at the Metropolitan, October 18, 10 pm.
Not in English, but we don't want to miss Carlos Saura's Io, Don Giovanni, loosely based on the story of the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte and the creation of Mozart's masterpiece.
Screens October 20, 6 pm; October 21, 3 pm; October 22, 7:30 pm
Other screenings of note:
In the children and young adult section, the sequel to last year's Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Hachiko: A Dog's Story, narrated by Richard Gere.
Author Paul Coelho will be in Rome to present, in a world premiere, his first feature film, Paul Coelho's The Experimental Which.
In homage to Heath Ledger, there will be a screening of his last film directed by Terry Gilliam, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, with Ledger, Johnny Deep, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, screens October 18, 10 pm.
Franco Zefirelli will stage an Homage to Rome with the participation of Monica Bellucci and Andrea Bocelli.This year's Golden Marc'Aurelio Acting Award goes to Meryl Streep, with a retrospective screening of her films. Richard Gere will be honored with retrospective screenings as well, and the city's top hotels will be booked with plenty of celebrities for the duration!
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 CLASSICAL MUSIC | 
At the Parco della Musica - Via Coubertin (Flaminio)
- tel 892 982
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
The opening concert of the season of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, with music director Antonio Pappano conducting, and soloists soprano Emma Bell, contralto Anna Larsson, tenor Roberto Saccà, bass Georg Zeppenfeld.
Saturday, October 24, 6 pm; Monday, October 26, 9 pm;
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Tuesday, October 27, 7:30 pm
Europa Galante: Scarlatti's La Santissima AnnunziataThe celebrated baroque ensemble, conducted by Fabio Biodi, with sopranos Roberta Invernizzi, Marta Almajano and Emanuela Galli, mezzo soprano Romina Basso and tenor Magnus Staveland.
Sala Sinopoli, Wednesday, October 28, 8:30 pm Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
conducted by Antonio Pappano with piano soloist Lief Ove AndsnesSaturday, October 31, 6 pm; Monday, November 2, 9 pm;
Tuesday, November 3, 7:30 pm
Ljadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rachmaninoff: Concerto for piano n. 4 in G minor op. 40
Tchaikovsky: Symphony n. 4 At the Teatro dell'OperaPiazza Beniamino Gigli (Esquilino) www.operaroma.it Pelléas et Mélisande
Claude Debussy's opera in an interesting new co-production with the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels. Directed by Pierre Audi with sets by the sculptor Anish Kapur.
Friday, October 2, 8:30 pm; Saturday, October 3, 6 pm; Sunday, October 4, 5 pm; Tuesday-Friday, October 6-9, 8:30 pm At the Auditorium Conciliazione
Via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
tel 899 500 055
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Francesco La Vecchia conducting
Sunday, October 17, 5:30 pm; Monday, October 18, 8:30 pm
Beethoven: Symphony n. 9 in D minor op. 125 "Choral"
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Sunday, October 25, 5:30 pm; Monday, October 26, 8:30 pm
Rossini: Overture from "L'Italiana in Algeri"
Mozart: Concerto n. 4 in A major K 218 for violin and orchestra
Brahms: Symphony n.1 in C minor op. 68
At the Aula MagnaPiazzale Aldo Moro (San Lorenzo) tel 06 49 91 Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Wayne Marshall, conducting, Francesca Dego, violin soloist
Music by Prokofiev, Sibelius
Saturday, October 17, 5:30 pm
Angela Hewitt piano with the Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Tuesday, October 20, 8:30 pm Andrea Lucchesini, piano
Music by Schubert, Beethoven
Saturday, October 24, 5:30 pm
Concert-Lecture with Andrea Bacchetti, piano
"The piano, prince of instruments." Performance and discussion (in Italian) of works by Villa-Lobos, Chopin, Bach
Sunday, October 27, 11 am
Uto Ughi Per Roma
The renowned violinist Uto Ughi each year presents a series of free concerts, his way of "giving back" to the city of Rome. Ughi is nearly as famous for the instruments he plays as he is for his virtuosity. He alternates between a Stradivarious and a Guarnieri del Gesù. The concerts are free, but tickets must be picked up at the Mondadori Multi Center in Via del Corso 472 (near Piazza del Popolo).
www.utoughiperroma.com
Jin Ju, Piano Recital
Music by Beethoven, Chopin
Sala Accademia del Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia,
Via dei Greci 18 (near Piazza del Popolo)
Thursday, October 1, 9 pm
Franco Maggio Ormezowski, cello and Barbara Lunetta, piano
Music by Bach, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Brahms
Sala Accademica del Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia,
via dei Greci 18 (near Piazza del Popolo)
Saturday, October 3, 9 pm
Orchestra Sinfonica Abbruzzese
conducted by Vittorio Antonellini with Uto Ughi, violin soloist
Music by Beethoven, Cimarosa and Rossini
Auditorium Conciliazione, via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Monday, October 5, 8:30 pm
Orchestra da camera I Filarmonici di Roma
Uto Ughi, conductor and violin soloist
Auditorium Conciliazione via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Wednesday, October 7, 8:30 pm
Surprise program
RomaEuropa Festival
The exciting annual festival, which brings together an international roster of cutting-edge artists at venues throughout the city. For the first time this year, the festival has expanded to include the art of the Internet, with "Webfactory" (www.romaeuropawebfactory.it) Book tickets through the festival site: www.romaeuropa.net. Infoline: 06 4555 3050
Francesco Tristano Schlimé: Not For Piano
The composer, classical and jazz pianist
Palladium, Piazza B. Romano 8
Saturday, October 3. 8:30 pm
Marc Ducret, guitar recital
The Parisian jazz musician
Palladium, Piazza B. Romano 8
Sunday, October 4, 8:30 pm
Shuffle Bach: Cellist Mario Brunello
and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
For the first three programs in this series, Brunello alternates Bach concerti with music of the 20th century, inviting the audience to vote for their preferences. For the fourth concert, the music that has received the most votes from the previous three will be presented.
Palladium, Piazza B. Romano 8
October 7 - 16
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto n.1, n. 2; Giya Kanchel: Morning Prayers; Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question.
Wednesday, October 7, 8:30 pm
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto n. 4, n. 5; Philip Glass: Piece in the shape of a
square; George Crumb Vox Baenae
Friday, October 9, 8:30 pm
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto n.3, n. 6; Alfred Garryevi Schnittke: Concerto grosso n. 1; Giovanni Sollima: Violoncelles vibrez
Tuesday, October 13, 8:30 pm A program dedicated to audience favorites from the first three concerts in the series.
Friday, October 16, 8:30 pm
Sinfonica Abruzzese, conducted by Marcello Bufalini
An evening of 20th century music.
Palladium, Piazza B. Romano 8
Sunday, October 11, 8:30 pm
Anton Webern: Variations for orchestra op. 30
Arvo Part: Fratres for piano, violin, strings and piano
György: Ligeti Melodien
Luciano: Berio Variazioni per orchestra da camera
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano
The composer and pianist, who came to fame with his Yellow Magic Orchestra, and later became known for his Oscar-winning film score for "The Last Emperor."
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Ceclia
Wednesday, October 28, 9 pm tel 892 982 
POPULAR MUSIC, JAZZ, WORLD
"Le canzoni di Pasolini"
An homage to the filmmaker and poet Pierpaolo Pasolini, in song and imagery. Aisha Cerami and Nuccio Siano, vocals; directed by Nuccio Siano, Enrico Zaccheo, video.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Friday, October 2, 9 pm tel 892 982
Roland Extravaganza: Night of the Keys
An exhibition of the new electric keyboards from Rolan. Howard Jones, composer of electro/pop in the 1980s, performs on the new Roland VPiano, along with Enrico Pieranunzi, one of Italy's premier jazz pianists and composers, American organist Hector Olivera, accordionist Sergio Scappini on the Roland V-Accordian and Ruggero Laganà on the digital Roland C-30 harpsichord.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Sunday, October 4, 9 pm tel 892 982
Gino Paoli
The singer and songwriter has created a long string of hits in his more than fifty year career. In performance, and in conversation with Ernesto Assante and Gino Castaldo.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Petrassi
Tuesday, October 6, 9 pm tel 892 982
Kocani Orkestar
Always a hit with Roman audiences, this exuberant Romani brass band from Ocani, in the Republic Of Macedonia combines traditional gypsy tunes with Turkish army band music and Latin rhythms.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Wednesday, October 7, 9 pm tel 892 982
Ambrogio Sparagna and his Orchestra Popolare Italiana
Sparagna has dedicated his life's work to the traditional music of the Mediterranean. He presents a lineup of extraordinary musicians, singers and dancers. Part of the Ottobrata Romana series of traditional music.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Thursday, October 8, 9 pm tel 892 982 Serenata fuori Porta
Cristina Vetrone, Gianni Aversano and Napolincanto, Banda di TestaccioPart of the Ottobrata Romana series of traditional music.Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala PetrassiFriday, October 9, 9 pm tel 892 982
Wayne Horvitz and Briggan KraussThe American jazz saxophonist and pianist. Part of the "Be music, night" seriesAuditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro StudioFriday, October 9, 9 pm tel 892 982
Mary Halvorson and Jessica PavoneThe guitarist and violist combine jazz and folk sounds. Part of the Dialogues series.Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro StudioTuesday, October 27, 9 pm tel 892 982
Jack DeJohnette and The Ripple effectThe famed American drummer performs from his latest album, with an ensemble featuring John Surman, Marlui Miranda, Jerome Harris, Ben SurmanAuditorium Parco della Musica, Sala SinopoliTuesday, October 27, 9 pm tel 892 982
Dream Theater
Techno metal rock.
Palalottomatica, Tuesday, October 27
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Gianna Nanni: "Giannatour"
One of Italy's top pop singers.
Palalottomatica, Friday, October 30
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"Hairy Bones"
The German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann was one of the founders of the free jazz movement in Europe. With his ensemble, "Hairy Bones," he blends free jazz with elements of noise rock.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Friday, October 30, 9 pm tel 892 982
Bill Frisell: "858 Quartet"
The great jazz guitarist and his ensemble featuring Ron Miles, Eyvind Kand and Hank Roberts.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Sinopoli
Friday, October 30, 9 pm tel 892 982
Laras de coraduu: Songs of the Women of Sardinia
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Teatro Studio
Saturday, October 31, 9 pm tel 892 982
 Exclusive fashion in a gallery setting. | | DANCE & THEATER
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At the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Piazza Beniamino Gigli (Esquilino)
tel 06 48 16 02 55
La Gitana
A ballet in three acts directed by Beppe Menegatti with music by Daniel F.E. Auber and Johannes Schmidt, choreography by Paul Chalmer, and Spanish dances by Jose Antonio.
Friday, October 2, 8:30 pm; Saturday, October 3, 6 pm;
Sunday, October 4, 5 pm
At the Teatro Nazionale
Via Viminale
tel 06 48 16 02 55
Les Sylphides
The ballet classic with Gudun Bojesen/Laura Comi in the title role, and Thomas Lund/Riccardo Di Cosmo dancing the role of James. The 1836 August Bournonville choreography has been re-realized by Niels Kehlet and Carla Fracci.
Thursday, October 15, 8:30 pm; Saturday, October 17, 6 pm;
Sunday, October 18, 7 pm.
RomaEuropa Festival
A festival of cutting-edge dance, theater and art at venues throughout the city.
infoline: 06 4555 3050 Book tickets at www.romaeuropa.net
Saburo Teshigawara: Glass Tooth
An extraordinary performance in which the noted Japanese choreographer and his company dance on a square made of countless glass fragments.
Auditorium Conciliazione via della Conciliazione (near the Vatican)
Friday, October 2, 8:30 pm
Myriam Gourfink and Olivier Dubois
Gourfink, whose works is inspired by yoga breathing, creates meditative dances with slow movements employing long complex body positions and balances. Her work "Corbeau" is a play on the French words for crow, and beautiful heart. The young French choreographer Dubois follows with a solo dance to music by Tchaikovsky.
Teatro Vascello, Via G. Carini 78 a (Monteverde Vecchio)
Saturday-Sunday, October 10 - 11, 8:30 pm
Raimund Hoghe: Boléro Variations
For many years the dramaturg for the revered Pina Bausch company, Hoghe turned to choreography in 1984. This innovative work, uses the Ravel music, as well as other pieces.
Teatro Vascello, Via G. Carini 78 a (Monteverde Vecchio)
Saturday-Sunday, October 24 -25, 8:30 pm
Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey
The original "greatest show on earth" complete with clowns, elephants, horses and tigers. At the Palalottomatica, Palazzo dello Sport (Eur) October 14-18.
www.the-base.it | | ART
Caravaggio / Bacon
Galleria Borghese celebrates 500 years since the death of Caravaggio and 100 years since the birth of Irish born artist Francis Bacon. Twenty of Caravaggio's most celebrated works will be shown along side 10 oworks of Francis Bacon. The exhibition aims to drawn parallels between the intensity and inventiveness both artists expressed in their works,their revolutionary interpretation of the human figure and their extraordinary depiction of torment.
Galleria Borghese Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5 Tuesday - Sunday 9 am-7 pm; through January 24, 2010. Reservations necessary. tel 06 841 3979 Guerrino Tramonti - Antologica
A retrospective dedicated to ceramicist Guerrino Tramonti, comprised of 50 works in terracotta, vases in polychrome maiolica, glazed discs in large dimensions, porcelain, and oil painted slabs in bas relief.
Palazzo Venezia, Via Del Plebiscito, Tuesday - Sunday, 8:30 am-7 pm; October 22 through November 8 Gérard Garouste - Le Classique et L'Indien
A collection of 50 portraits represent a return to the classic pictorial tradition in painting. The show includes sculpture and oil paintings in large dimension on indien paper. The artist hangs his large canvases like tapestry.
Villa Medici - Accademia Di Francia (Atelier del Bosco) ,
Viale Della Trinità Dei Monti 1 (top of the Spanish Steps)
Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-7 pm; October 14 through November 29 tel 06 676 1291 Giordania. Crocevia di popolo e di culture
An exhibition from the museums of Amman and Petra, the Neolithic civilization and the Bronze Age as witnessed by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and Arabs. The works celebrate Jordan as the crossroads of populations and civilizations.
Palazzo del Quirinale Piazza Del Quirinale
Tuesday- Saturday 10 am-1 pm and 3:30-6:30 pm; Sunday 8:30 am-12 pm;
October 21 through January 31
William Forsythe / Peter Welz
German sculptor Peter Welz and American choreographer William Forsythe have created a multi-media performance installation around the final unfinished self-portrait of artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992). A figure inscribing a figure, the installation is in continuous movement vascillating among sculpture, painting, video art and dance. The work celebrates the bond between the visual and performing arts and Bacon's enigmatic and original artistic style.
GNAM - Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Moderna, Viale Delle Belle Arti 131 (Parioli)Tuesday -Sunday, 8:30 am-7:30 pm;
October 3 - 25 tel 06 322 981 Palma Bucarelli - Il museo come avanguardia
A retrospective exhibition honoring the legacy of Palma Bucarelli, Rome's cultural supervisor and Director of the Galleria Nazionale dell'Arte Moderna from 1942 to 1975. GNAM - Galleria Nazionale D'Arte Moderna, Viale Delle Belle Arti 131 (Parioli)Tuesday -Sunday, 8:30 am-7:30 pm;
through November 1tel 06 322 981 Jan Fabre - Le temps emprunté
Belgian artist Fabre is considered one of the most complex and irreverent among his contemporaries. The exhibition includes sketches elaborated with 10 large photographs, among which, are works of Robert Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton. Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera Di Villa Borghese,
Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4
Tuesday-Sunday 9 am-7 pm; October 28 through January 31, 2010
Maxxi vede la luce - Tobias Rehberger
A light installation created by Tobias Rehberger, this year's recipient of Leone d'oro (best artist exhibiting) at the Biennale Venezia.
Maxxi - Museo Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, Via Guido Reni 6 (Flaminio)
Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am-7 pm; October 3 through January 10, 2010
tel 06 321 012181 Calder
The artist's iconic mobile sculptures realized from iron wire, bronze sculptures, gouache, drawings and works in oil.
Palazzo delle Exposizioni, Via Nazionale 194
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10 am-8 pm;
Friday-Saturday, 10 am-10:30 pm; October 23 through February 10, 2010 Michelangelo Buonarroti - Architetto a Roma
A unique opportunity to view Michelangelo's plans for projects executed in Rome. The works include drawings and plans for Saint Peter's; two of the most powerful works projected for the Sistine Chapel, the Creation of Adam and The Last Judgement; as well as plans for the splendid Palazzo Farnese (the inner courtyard), the Capitoline Square and the majestic Porta Pia.
Capitoline Museum, Piazza Campidoglio
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am-8 pm; October 6 through February 10, 2010
Il Potere e la grazia
An exhibition dedicated to the patron saints of Europe.
Palazzo Venezia, Via del Plebiscito 118 (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday- Sunday, 9:30 am -7pm;
October 7 through January 10, 2010
Roma: La Pittura di un Impero
This exhibition frames the complexity of Roman painting while emphasizing the artistic level reached during a pivotal period in western civilization. Beginning with the advent of Julius Ceasar in the 1st century BC and following through the 4th century AD, this exhibition charts the rise, development and expansion of the Roman Empire.
Scuderie del Quirinale, Via XXIV Maggio
10am-10:30 pm, through January 17, 2010 New York Minute
Foundation Depart presents its first exhibition in Rome, launching 60 artists, most of whom are connected to the New York art scene.
MACRO Future - Ex Mattatoio, Piazza Orazio Giustiniani (Testaccio)
Tuesday-Sunday, 4 pm-12 am; through November 1
| | GETAWAYS: DAY SPAS
In Imperial Rome, magnificent public baths were built with three main halls: the caldarium (hot bath), the tepidarium (warm bath) and the frigidrium (cold bath). Some structures also featured the sudatorium, steam bath and the laconicum, a dry steam bath.These thermal baths were public monuments and a meeting place, where all classes from the nobility to freed slaves could socialize. Romans still love their public baths, but nowadays, we call them day spas, and they have taken on a decidedly international flavor. These are some new additions worth trying.
Kami Day Spa
The recently opened luxury facility, spread over three stories in a grand period building, brings the traditions of Japan, China, Thailand and Indonesia to Rome. Once you've been buzzed through the massive doors sculpted in Asian motifs, Kami's skilled spa therapists begin the pampering. Kami has developed its spa philosophy around a passion for physical, emotional and spiritual health.On offer are men's and women's saunas, a variety of body scrubs, body mask, massage, depilation, hair and scalp care, hand and feet care and much more. The spa uses products by the English cosmetic house, Elemis.
Via degli Avignonesi, 12, (historic center)
tel 06 42010039 www.kamispa.com St George Hotel Day Spa
One of Rome's most exclusive spas strikes a delicate balance between sleek modernist style and the Imperial bath tradition. Three words: Amore (Love), Calore (warmth) and Passione (passion) describe the concept behind the spa's health and fitness program. Likening itself to a Roman Temple, the St. George wellness center is equipped with a Roman bath, sauna, Turkish bath and heated hydro-massage. In addition to aesthetic and body treatments, the spa offers traditional Thai massages and stone therapy. Trained spa therapists offer cosmetological consultation, and the wellness center staffs a personal trainer. Spa packages include treatments for both men and women.George Spa features products by Carita, the well-known French cosmetic brand.
Via Giulia, 62 tel 06 686 611 www.stgeorgehotel.it
El Spa
This atmospheric refuge offers an intriguing combination of treatments from a variety of cultures: Hammam (traditional Turkish bath), Indian Ayurvedic, aromatherapy massage with Bach flowers, Shiatsu, Swedish stone therapy, foot reflexology, and Thai massage. Following the Roman bath tradition of various pools, they offer a hot pool enriched with minerals, aromatic pool, and a cool pool to stimulate circulation, with breaks for massages between each dunking! Among the intriguing treatments the Mandi Lulur from Indonesia starts with a Balinese oil massage, followed by a sprinking of rice powder and a scrub, then a yogurt mask and bath with flowers.
Via Plinio 15 c/d ( Prati ) tel 06 681 92869 www.elspa.it
For more spa ideas, visit our health and beauty pages.
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