Meet up for a fun tasting of romantic pink wines with sommelier and wine educator Sarah May Grunwald. We'll taste 4 rosato wines with an aperitivo. 

When: Tuesday, February 7, 6:30 pm

Where: L'Angolo Divino Enoteca Vineria, Via dei Balestrari, 12-14

€30 members; €35 nonmembers

*maximum 15 participants

Participants can buy whatever wines we taste with a 10% discount!!

The February meeting will be a lunch at the laid-back Numa al Circo restaurant on Viale Aventino.

The executive chef, Davide Cianetti, opened Numa just a few years ago. Before he was the executive chef at the prestigious Pier Luigi restaurant in Piazza de' Ricci.

When: Friday, February 17, 12:30 pm

Donation: €35 members; €35 guests 

Reservation and payment deadline is February 10!

Get in on this special small group visit to Montalcino, The Tuscan town famous for its Brunello wine. We'll start with a winery visit and tasting, followed by lunch and a stop in the gorgeous hilltop borgo of Pienza. Starting at 8:00 am, a private driver will pick us up at two points, one in the center and one in North Rome on Via Tiberina. Register and pay for the transportation costs online. All other costs (food, wine, etc) are to be covered personally as they arise. 

When: Wednesday, February 22 at 8 am

Cost: 75€ for transportation, plus individual food costs

Space is limited to 8 participants! Write to Wendy Holloway at president@awar.org if you have any questions.

EXPLORE THE ETERNAL CITY

Tours with Archeologist & Licensed Guide Livia Galante

Join AWAR members and friends for a series of four walking tours exploring the marvels of our home city. We'll visit some fascinating and often overlooked treasures of the ancient world, led by native Roman Livia Galante, an archaeologist and passionate licensed guide. Tour groups will be small (and in English) so that we can engage with the surroundings and our expert guide!

Registration: 

• You may sign up for any or all of the tours by registering and purchasing tickets through our website. Unfortunately, our system requires you to purchase tickets for each tour separately. If you wish to attend more than one, just go back to the event listing and click 'Register' again, choosing the tour you want from the list provided.

• The cost is €22 for members and €25 for guests, plus the cost of any entrance tickets (will vary by tour).

• Groups are limited to 12 total participants per tour and there will be a waitlist for eventual cancellations.
  
  

Please write Megan Todd at treasurer@awar.org with any questions.

TOUR ITINERARY

Capitoline Museums Collection

Saturday, February 25, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Livia will guide us through the permanent collection of the Capitoline Museums, spread out over two Renaissance palaces on top of the Capitoline Hill. This is the oldest public collection in the world, dating back to 1471, and one of the most important! You'll understand why as Livia tells you how the museum has evolved and shows you the highlights in each gallery.

Meet at the Capitoline Museums

Tickets: free with Mic Card or €16.00 for non-residents 

Baths of Diocletian and the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli

Saturday, March 25, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

We will explore the complex of ancient baths and the fascinating church built on its ruins. As it's one of the largest and most impressive thermal bath constructions of the ancient world, the site can be overwhelming, but Livia will guide us through on a targeted itinerary to see the most interesting details. We'll also learn how and why a Renaissance pope wanted to turn the site into a church, commissioning none other than Michelangelo to design the transformation.  

Meet at The Baths of Diocletian

Tickets: €8.00

Palazzo Venezia
Saturday, April 29, 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Palazzo Venezia is in the center of our day-to-day lives, but many of us have probably never bothered to see what's inside. Built in the 1400s as the residence for a cardinal, the building has huge historical significance: as papal residence, embassy of The Republic of Venice, and of course, headquarters of Mussolini’s party. Livia will spill the tea on a long list of fascinating characters who inhabited the Palazzo, as well as guide us through the modern-day museum collection.

Meet at Palazzo Venezia

Tickets: €12

Ostia Antica

Sunday, May 28, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

We'll conclude our tour series at Ostia Antica, the Roman site Livia is most passionate about and the perfect place for a spring afternoon outside the city. She will take us back in time to the “Pompeii of Lazio” and bring the everyday customs of the ancient world to life.  

Meet on-site at Ostia Antica (members can join by private car or by train from Piramide)
Tickets: €10