This has to be one of the coolest places we've stayed so far. As the picture shows,the view from the hotel couldn't get better, right next to the 2nd century roman colosseum. So well preserved that they actually hold bullfights and gladiator games in it to this day. These pictures are literally right out of our window.
The city was founded by Greeks in 6th century BC, then the romans took it over, the celts moved in, it was invaded by Sareceans and Vikings. In medieval times, they built a whole town inside of the colosseum. Van Gogh painted several works here until he became so unstable that the city petitioned to have him leave.
The old city is medieval in design but modern in use which means
that cars are tolerated but not necessarily accommodated as you can see by our photos trying to get out of town.
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