Exploring Rome with the UNWG

Welcome to the Exploring Rome Page! The Exploring Rome Group (ERG) is part of the United Nations Women's Guild of Rome (UNWG-Rome) and twice annually (in autumn and in the spring) proposes a series of ten walks aimed at introducing / explaining the many wonders and gems (art, architecture, history) of the Eternal City to Members and Friends.
The visits are available to UNWG Members/Associate Members at Euro 60; Euro 70 to Non-Members. Single visits are Euro 8 for Members and Euro 10 for Non-Members. (Some of the visits may involve an entrance fee.)
The fees cover the cost of the guide; whatever is left over is donated to the UNWG Welfare Fund at the end of the year for projects that assist women and children in need throughout the world.
All outings take place on Wednesdays at 9:45 unless otherwise stated and usually finish around midday.
Our resident guide is Gino Mazzone, the author of the articles on the walks (unless stated otherwise) is Nelia Ruiz Cortez, and the photographer is Anne Marie Hupin. (Since 2010, our new phtographer is Dirk Van Gansberghe, who happens to be Anne Marie's brother.)
One piece of advice: try to view the photos as a slideshow, to be able to read the hidden comments under each photo. You can find the Fall 09 Programme below in the section "The Eternal City Has More to Offer."

UNWG Exploring Rome Group’s Fall 2009 Program

  We welcome you back to the Exploring Rome Group after the summer holidays. Another exciting ten visits – varied and some of which required a special permission - have been planned for this Fall Program. We hope you will join us as we... more

Previous blog entries:
Mar 5	-	Exploring Rome in the Spring of 2009 Programme
Oct 10	-	A Crick in the Neck Was Too Small a Price to Pay
Sep 29	-	Exploring Rome with the UNWG in the Autumn of 2008

The Exploring Rome Group Visits the Santi Quattro Coronati

To begin our tour, Gino Mazzone, our guide, gave a brief talk about the meaning of the Middle Ages in Roman history. He suggested that it was a time when Rome had lost its “old glory”; a time of transformation and in some ways, decay. “Barbarians” -... more

ExploringRome's favorite reviews:
Jul 20	-	A Visit to Farfa in Sabina
Dec 7	-	The Esquiline MOSAICS