Rome is a city that every day of the year is constantly being stormed by tourists ... but if there is a time during which the visit is particularly pleasant and even not too stressful, well , that is the summer!
In July and August the capital empties, but at the right point: roman people goes on holiday, and traffic jam reaches unexpected heights of acceptability. But you can see the phenomenon of empty cities only immortalized in old movies....

So, in recent years are really so many initiatives, cultural and not, to offer entertainment and relaxation to those who have no way and time to looking for elsewhere. Look next, a lot of proposals for who spends Mid-August holiday in Rome..

The island of cinema 2008
In the suggestive and only frame of Tiberina island you can assist until the end of August to projections, film festivals and premieres. Two arenas where you can also attend special meetings with famous actors and directors, for evenings under the banner of memories and light entertainment along the picturesque banks of the Tiber.

Fiesta 2008
At Capannelle in Rome until August 17 held the fourteenth edition of Fiesta! International Festival of Music and Latin American Culture. The South American rhythms will be replicated by major international artists (such as Aventura with their "bachata", or Marc Anthony). A billboard rich, for those seeking involvement in dance and sounds pleasant summer.

Readings in the summer along the river and among the trees
Better location there could be: a cultural initiative to free admission is at Castel Sant'Angelo's gardens t until next August 17 to enjoy the Romans and tourists in the capital interesting evenings of entertainment. Many are the stands where to buy books, or simply browse .... a sort of library where outdoors but there is also scope for live concerts, stalls of objects and where they can even eat!

Of course museums will remain open in Mid-August. Among the retrospective on Mario Schifano and Correggio, spans centuries of art, everywhere!. And so, the opportunity to immerse yourself in culture certainly not lacking. Let's spend Mid-august holiday in Rome, city as always well organized in its wide range of hotels, b&b and receptive structures may be the classic one winning alternative to the usual dip in the sea ...