Rome in October- any advice?

[TheFlyingCamera]

I'm planning my fall vacation for early October and looking to head to Rome, Italy, and to Florence. Can anyone recommend any photography galleries worth checking out? I'm going to hit the Alinari museum in Florence, but I'm curious about other venues for seeing photography. Also, can anyone recommend camera stores in either town where I might be able to re-stock on 120 film should I run low? I mostly shoot Tri-X and Ektar 100 if that helps. Also, any events during the first two weeks of october in either city that would be must-see things?

 

[ToddB]

That sounds like a great trip!! I was there in 2012. I can't give you any advice for photo galleries but there is a lot of art from day one. I just made sure to bring lots of film to start with.

Todd

 

[foen]

Hi

In Rome take a look to "ars imago"

In Florence you can find 120 rolls at "bongi foto" (more expensive than ars imago)

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

I'm planning on bringing a ton with me - at least 50 rolls. I've been to Florence before, so I'm familiar with the art saturation. I'll probably use it as a second base to hit some of the things I missed last time and then do day trips to Lucca and Siena. I've not been to Rome yet, so I'll be certainly on information (and art) overload.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Florence, Lucca and Siena are great walking cities. Rome can be walked in zones but is too big to cover without using the bus or the metro. I found that when I would concentrate on one time period [Roman, Renaissance, Vatican, ...] and spend the day seeing only those things in Rome, that I learned the city faster and better than doing it regionally.

 

[mr rusty]

Don't know if you've booked accommodation yet or what standard or location you are looking for, but this B&B is excellent http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g187791-d1637009-Reviews-A_View_of_Rome-Rome_Lazio.html.

Also, do get on the short train ride to Ostia Antica if you have any interest in Roman stuff. Amazing place - size of pompeii, but hardly any people. Wandering down the streets of roman houses is quite strange.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Ostia Antica and Tivoli are both on my list of side trips from Rome. I'm looking at an apartment in Trastevere through VRBO right now.

 

[mr rusty]

we didn't get to Tivoli because public transport is not that easy and there was plenty to see in Rome itself. (there is a bus, but it gets very busy and takes nearly hour) Trastavere is a nice area - just down from where we were. If you want to visit vatican/st peters, you can buy a timed ticket for vatican online that avoids the queues. (and the tour sellers). If you visit Vatican first, after going through the Sistene Chapel there is a door on the right that says "tours only" that goes straight in to St Peters. Join the back of a tour and avoid the St peters queue.

Have great fun showing your analogue camera to the zillions of people trying to sell "selfie sticks"

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Will Italy still be Italy in October?

I'm not being a smart-a**. I truly wonder.

What is the genesis of your question?

 

[RattyMouse]

I'm planning on bringing a ton with me - at least 50 rolls. I've been to Florence before, so I'm familiar with the art saturation. I'll probably use it as a second base to hit some of the things I missed last time and then do day trips to Lucca and Siena. I've not been to Rome yet, so I'll be certainly on information (and art) overload.

There's a film store that I visited in Rome that had a good stock of 120 film.

http://www.ars-imago.com

Very close to Vatican City, maybe a 10 minute walk away at most.

This store even had Fuji Superia 400 in 120 size! Never saw that before.