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The Tiberina Island, located in the middle of river Tiber (Tevere), will be the location for the fourteenth edition of L’Isola del Cinema, one of the most important events of 2008 summer. The Island of Cinema will take place from the 23th June to the 31st: during this period, the capital’s nights will see the best of Italian, European and International cinema. The event is under the High Patronage of the Republic President, the Municipality of Rome and the patronage of Comunità di Sant’Egidio.The event will be attended by tourists and citizens: every evening from 7 pm there will be lots of cultural initiatives. The schedule contains:

• film festivals;
• meetings with directors, artists and writers;
• exhibitions;
• conferences and supportive events involving humanitarian associations.

Amog the many events related to cinema, there will be a tribute to the centenary of Anna Magnani’s birth, one of the best Italian actresses in the history of Italian movies. It is realized with films, photos and testimonies. The schedule is available on the web site L’Isola del cinema.

Island Tiberina has a charming atmosphere: its historical background makes it a special example of the glorious past of Rome.

If you want to spend a charming holiday in Rome, The Island of cinema will allow you to enjoy many pleasant evenings. Speaking about the accommodation, our choice will steer you on two hotel belonging to Groupe Valadier, great solutions for your stay in Rome. They are close to the downtown city and also you can easily reach Tiberina Island on foot.

Valdier Hotel is a 4 star Hotel, located in the heart of the city. It is close to the green area of Villa Borghese. You can choose between different styles of rooms: they are all air-conditioned and equipped with wi-Fi internet connection.

Diplomatic Hotel is a 3 star Hotel, located between Castel Sant’Angelo and Vatican City and it is near the river Tiber. It has been completely refurbished and its staff is eager to take care of the customers.

Book now your holyday at Groupe Valadier Hotels, great movies are waiting for you!
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The great popstar Madonna comes back to Italy, touring after her latest album “Hard Candy.”
The single Italian date is set for the 6th of September at the Olympic Stadium of Rome.

During 2000, Madonna Luis Veronica Ciccone was recognized as the most successful female artist of all times by Guinnes World Records, with an estimated worth of about $ 400 million. Since that moment Madonna’s career has always been on the rise. After her new album “Hard Candy“, a number one record according to charts around the world, Madonna will begin the Sweet & Sticky tour 2008. The long-awaited tour will start on the 23rd of August from Cardiff (Wales) and it will reach Rome on the 6th of September, after visiting some of the most important European cities.

The show will create a new musical and set design standard. We are all ready to dance on the notes of the new hits like “4 minutes” or “Give it to me“, but we would also like to sing the old hits of one of the greatest icons of pop music. The tickets for the concert are available online and they are much in demand!

The U.S. singer is ready to amaze her fans throughout the world. If the previous “Confessions Tour” was shocked by the showing of “Live To Hell,” in which Madonna sang tied to a cross, what will she present during her new shows? You will discover it by participating to this unique musical event: this will also be a great opportunity to visit the beautiful city of Rome.

You can enjoy the concert and, at the same time, have the opportunity of a pleasant holiday in Rome in September: you will find a warm, lovely climate to visit the city and its surroundings. We would then suggest to book in one of the Groupe Valadier Hotels, the Zone Hotel.

The Zone Hotel is a modern 4 star hotel and it is located in a elegant district inside a green area, ideal for a relaxing stay full of comforts. The hotel is located only 3.4 km far from the Olympic Stadium, which can be reached with the bus line 990.

Don’t miss Madonna’s concert in her single Italian date, book at Zone Hotel!

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From the 19th June to the 17th August there will be Fiesta! at Ippodromo di Capannelle, the great International Festival of Latin American Culture and Music.

The festival has come to its fourteenth edition an it is now a favourite occasion loved by many. If you love dancing to the rhythm of South American music, then you only have to choose between the many events scheduled for the Festival. The best international artists will perform playing Brazilian rhytms, bachata, drums and traditional Latin music.

The roman capital will dance for the whole summer and it will be embraced by warm Caribbean Atmospheres. The admission to Fiesta is available also when concerts are not scheduled. In July, two of the most important concerts have seen on stage Marc Anthony, who came to Italy together with his wife Jennifer Lopez and their twins, and also Aventura. Terra Samba will be on stage during the night of August 10th.

This is a great opportunity to enjoy special music nights together with the visit of the beautiful city of Rome. In order to ensure you a pleasant holiday in Rome, we would like to recommend to you one of the Groupe Valadier’s Hotels. Diplomatic Hotel, for example, is located just a few minutes away from Piazza Navona, a great starting point in order to visit the heart of the city. From this very location you can easily reach Ippodromo di Capannelle by car or with public transport.

Diplomatic Hotel is a 3 star Hotel and it has 45 air-conditioned rooms. All of them are beautifully furnished, with a touch of Italian classic elegance. Book now your relax in Rome and amazing evenings of Fiesta!
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The Nike Human Race 2008 is a great running event involving people from all over the world: it will also take place in Rome on the 31st of August 2008, together with 24 other cities in the planet. This event will collect millions of runner who will run together in a 10 km long run.

In order to run the race, you will need to register at www.nikeplus.com: you can decide to run as competitive as well as non competitive.

The registration fee is 25 euros: part of this money will support one of these charities associations: ONU Agency for the Refugees, Lance Armstrong Foundation and WWF. The income will be proportionately distributed in comparison to the kilometers traveled by each participant.

The start will be in Viale delle Terme di Caracalla at 8:00 pm. The route, which will be 10 Km long, has been planned to pass by the most important monuments and historical places in Rome, like the Colosseum, Piazza Navona and Piazza di Spagna. The race will end inside Circo Massimo, where there will be a music concert involving lots of artists, including the Italian band Subsonica.

You can’t absolutely miss this unique event combining sport, music and charity. In order to satisfy those who are sports enthusiasts and those who want just walk in the city enjoying the show, we would like to suggest a nice stay in Rome and book at Caprice Hotel.

Caprice Hotel is located in a strategic position, between Spagna Steps and Vatican City. It is located near the route of the Human Race and quite close to Circo Massimo. It is the best solution to relax after the race and enjoy all the comforts proposed by the Hotel.

Take the opportunity to combine a visit in the beautiful city of Rome with your Human Race 2008, book now at Caprice Hotel!

The Rome Jazz & Image festival in Villa Celimontana is an event that lets people enjoy jazz music in Rome since 1993.

This jazz music event will last till the 15th of August and counts a lot of open-air concerts in Villa Celimotana.

The so called “Jazz Villa” is close to Palatino and Terme di Caracalla, just some of the best ruins of the capital.

A striking atmoshere, made by lights, statues, plants, architectures, will embrace the audience in these roman music nights.

The Jazz & Image Festival schedule is available on-line: there are prime and second time shows which are waiting for your ears!

Villa Celimontana, the location in which the Jazz & Image festival takes place, is very easy to reach because it is very close to many bus or metro stops, like the “Colosseum” Metro B stop.

Those who love Jazz music will also appreciate the roman culture and the magnificent past of the Italian capital: Roma has a never ending quantity of artistic and architectural pieces. It is possible to combine a cultural journey with the Jazz & Image Festival by booking an accomodation in Rome.

We would like to suggest two Groupe Valadier hotels in a position which is strategic in order to let you visit the city:

• Diplomatic Hotel: with its elegant structure, it is very close to many tourist attractions such as Castel Sant’ Angelo or Vatican City and you could admire Trevi Fountain or Navona Square simply by crossing the Tevere river.
• Caprice Hotel: recently restored, it is located in Via Veneto, the Dolce Vita street, full of boutiques and cafés and a few steps from Villa Borghese, a city park in wich you can relax .

What are you waiting for? Do not miss the Jazz & Image festival in Villa Celimontana and the Roman beauties: book now one of Groupe Valadier Hotels.

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Luciano Ligabue is one of the biggest stars of 2008 live music, thanks to his European tour and the new tour of July into the Italian stadiums. After having perfomed in the entire Europe, reaching the cities of Amsterdam, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris, Hamburg, Munich, Berlin, Zurich and London, Ligabue is back in Italy for the month of July.

Summer 2008 will be very hot for Luciano Ligabue, how has announced five stages in five Italian stadiums. His tour is entitled

A curiosity about this event is the fact of being an “Impact Zero” concert. Impact Zero® is an initiative promoted by Lifegate, that tries to reduce all CO2 emissions, according to the Kyoto Protocol, and compensate them by creating new forests. To compensate the 592.511 Kilos of CO2 that will be produced by his tour, Ligabue will make plant 152.906 square meters of forest.

Zone Hotel of Group Valadier, is the best solution to partecipate at this event and to relax at the same time during your stay in Rome. With his fantastic position, you will be able to reach the Olympic Stadium in few minutes, that is only 3,4 kilometers far from the Hotel. Click here to see the route with the bus line 990. Moreover Zone Hotel is few minutes far from the center and from the Vatican City.

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Book now one of the 70 rooms of Zone Hotel on the website www.helpinrome.com/EN and participare to Ligabue’s concert at Rome Olympic Stadium!

The “Agenzia della Moda” (Agency for Fashion) was born in 1998 by the Rome Chamber of Commerce and Municipality’s will.

Then, with the help and contribute of private partners, this society born to promote and revalue the Roman haute couture turned its name into “Alta Roma Spa”.

Through the fashion shows runways scenographies Alta Roma Spa wants to give a renewed value to the Italian Capital’s spaces and monuments: just another way to conciliate creativity, style, culture, traditions.

This year, the rendez-vous with “Alta Roma Alta Moda” is waiting for you from the 6th to the 11th of July at the “Auditorium del Parco della Musica” and the “Santo Spirito in Sassia” Church, in the heart of Rome, in order to show you Italian fashion designers’ new ideas.

As every year happens, the Group Valadier’s Hotels are ready to host all those people who comes to Rome to participate to the Alta Roma fashion event and who obviously have to find an accomodation in Rome for its all duration.

If you are just spectators, or promoters or, why not, interpreters of the various scheduled events and fashion shows what are you waiting for? Book your hotel in Rome with Helpin Rome and enjoy Alta Roma Alta Moda!

Golden Gala is one of the most eminent Italian Track and Field meetings.

Since 1980 it takes place in Rome, in the so called “Stadio Olimpico” and it is attended by the best Italian and foreign track-and-field athletes.

The sporting show is going to start on Friday, July the 11th, and it will be the last Track and Field manifestation before the beginning of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

During the Golden Gala 18 competitions we will see the best world wide and Italian athletes, such as the high jump specialist Antonietta di Martino, who are going to participate to the Olympic Games.

Do not miss Andrew Howe or Oscar Pistorius show: book Golden Gala tickets right now and choose the best hotel in Rome in line with your needs.

Group Valadier’s Hotels in Rome are settled in the main City streets and are very close to the public lines in order to let you enjoy the “urbe” and easily reach the olympic stadium to make you participate to the Golden Gala sport show!

The Romarock Festival takes place every year at Capannelle’s Hippodrome. It’s now become an unmissable event for rock and pop music.

In the last years, it has bring to Rome the most important italian and international artists, earning one of the first places in the best European musical events.

The Romarock Festival 2008 will take place from June 30th to July 26th. It’s going to offer concerts to a heterogeneous audience exciting the youngest and the adult audience, with rock music, elegant ambiances and electronic sounds. One of the greatest italian singer-songwriter, Francesco De Gregori, will open the festival on June 30th. This will be the first date of his new summer tour “Live in Summer” .

The concerts scheduled for summer 2008 at Romarock festival are:

• June 30th – Francesco De Gregori
• July 3rd – Subsonica
• July 4th – Fabrizio Moro
• July 6th – Tokio Hotel
• July 11th – Pino Daniele
• July 14th – Diavan
• July 15th – Fiorella Mannoia
• July 16th – Duran Duran
• July 18th – Massive Attack
• July 19th – Max Pezzali
• July 24th – Finley
• July 26th – Ben Harper

If you like to attend at one of Romarock Festival’s events, an option to stay in Rome is to choose one of Groupe Valadier’s hotels: Valadier Hotel, Zone Hotel, Diplomatic Hotel and Caprice Hotel. Choosing between our 3 and 4 stars hotels, you will surely find the best solution for you, depending on your taste. Book now your stay in Rome on our website www.helpinrome.com.

The Rome Quadriennale has reach his 15th edition. This is the most important italian exhibition dedicated to the new tendencies of contemporary art. This year the Quadriennale is returning to its historic seat, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, where it will be held from June 19th until September 14th. It will be the only exhibition on the summer 2008 calendar.

This edition looks at the future: about one hundred artists are presenting their works, showing where the art “Made in Italy” is going and helping to understand the significant changings in visual art. The exhibition is centred on young emerging artists that are presenting a perspective over experiences and artistic researches of the last twenty years.

The exhibition walk is developped in all the 3000 square meters of the Palace in via Nazionale. This space offers to visitors an opportunity for a stimulating exploration of contemporary creativity, ranging from traditional genres - drawing, painting, sculpture - to photography and video projections, including innovative installations and settings that involve the visiting public. The organization had to consider the need to offer a balanced presentation of works that are very different one from the other and very large in size.

Caprice Hotel is the best solution to visit Rome Quadriennale enjoing a relaxing stay in the italian capital city. Located only 2 kilometers far from the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Caprice Hotel with his 3 stars offers you 40 comfortable wide rooms. After being recently renewed, our Hotel greets his guests with an intimate atmosphere joined with a careful and precise service.

If you want to reach the exhibition in few minutes by feet, book in advance your stay at Caprice Hotel on our website www.helpinrome.com. In this way you can choose the best solution at your needs: a classic or superior room, single, double or triple.

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