How To Get There

Flights: Translift Airways, ex Dublin, £199: insurance and taxes, £32 each.

Flights: Translift Airways, ex Dublin, £199: insurance and taxes, £32 each.

Accommodation: Hotel Santa Pressede (near S. Mari Maggiore). Double room, including breakfast and service charge, £60 a night.

Transport: Weekly bus/Metro ticket, £11.50 each

Dinner: For two, including wine, £20£25 average.

Best value: Vatican Museum, £6 each (dearest museum in Rome, they say).

Recommended eating places: Il Pulcino Ballerino, Via delgi Equi; Hostaria da Nerone, Via delle Terme di Tito.

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