Close up of one of the characters in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.

The Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.

The famous ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome, Italy.

The colonnade in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

The banner in St. Peter's Square on the day before the canonization of Padre Pio at the Vatican.

A portion of the Fontana della Barcaccia, the fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps.

Bernini's Fountain, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.

One of two identical clocks on the facade of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.

One of Bernini's "Breezy Angels" on the Ponte Sant'Angelo in front of Castel Sant'Angelo.

The interior of the Vatican Museum foyer in Rome, Italy.

The fountain, Fontana della Barcaccia, at the base of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy.

The fountain on the northern side of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.

The outside of the Roman Colosseum.

Michelangelo's "Moses" in a church near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Emmanuel Vitorrio II Monument in Rome, Italy.

The Forum in Ancient Rome.

A view of the inside of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

The lovely Charlotte in the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Roman Forum

The interior of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

la Fontana dei Fiumi, the fountain of the four rivers by Bernini in the center of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.

la Fontana dei Fiumi, the fountain of the four rivers by Bernini in Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.

The Vittorio Emanuele II Monument in Rome, Italy.

A view of St. Peter's Basilica from a window in the Vatican Museum.

The gardens behind the Museo Borghese in the Via Borghese area of Rome.

Me on the Spanish Steps in Rome.

The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy.

The view from the top of the Spanish Steps looking down on Via Condotti, the fashion center of Rome.

Statue of Castor and Pollux in the Piazza Nationale near the President's Palace in Rome, Italy.

The Grand Hotel Beverly Hills in northeast Rome, about 3 blocks from the Museo Borghese.

The view from the rear of the Grand Hotel Beverly Hills in Rome, Italy.

Museo Borghese in Villa Borghese, a picturesque park in the northeast section of Rome.

Sculpture in the Villa Borghese gardens behind the Borghese Museum in Rome, Italy.

Charlotte goofing on the statue in the gardens behind the Borghese Museum, Rome, Italy.

One of the ever-present food stands scattered throughout Rome. This one was near Piazza Brasil, at the top of the hill near Via Veneto.

Museum of Modern Art near the Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy.

Pizza al Taglio Meditteraneo, a great pizza place just off the main street going into St. Peter's Square near the Vatican in Rome.

Santissima Trinità dei Monti, the church at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy.

Fontana del Tritone in Piazza Barberini in Rome Italy at the base of Via Veneto.

The Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican City.

One of the Swiss Guard near St. Peter's Square in the Vatican.

Aquaduct and secret passageway that traverses Castel Sant'Angelo and Vatican City in Rome, Italy.

A view of St. Peter's Square and the Basilica from the area just in front of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome.

Dinner entertainment during our first night of the Insight Tour in Rome on Saturday night.

Ponte Sant'Angelo over the river in Rome.

Castel Sant'Angelo from Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome, Italy.

Lunch on a side street near St. Peter's Square in Rome.

The evening crowds in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.

The inside of our Insight Touring coach.

Our Insight Tour bus.

Inside one of the catacombs just outside of Rome, Italy.

The cask holding the chains that bound St. Peter on his way to and while in Rome. The chains are in the Church of St. Peter's in Chains.

The wooden platform at floor level of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

One of the interior concourses in the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

The northeast wall of the Colosseum in Rome.

Two of the character actors outside the Colosseum plying their trade -- trying to charge for pictures.

Stationary mime imitating statuary on Via Condotti in Rome.

The Colonna di Marco Aurelio, a massive obelisk/column inscribed with the exploits of the Roman Emperor that unfold in a spiral pattern along its length.

The interior dome of the Pantheon in Rome, Italy.

The inside of the Pantheon and the tomb of Renaissance painter, Raphael.

The plaza in front of the Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, in Rome, Italy.

Caravaggio's "The Inspiration of St. Matthew" in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi just off Piazza Navona in Rome.

The Church of Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona in Rome.

The view from in front of the Vittorio Emanuele II Monument looking to the northeast toward the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

The Courtyard of the Pigna and the famous orb (Modern Art). Vatican, Rome, Italy.

The famous pine cone in Cortile della Pigna at the Vatican in Rome.

One of the many sculptures in the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy.

The winding spiral exit to the Vatican Museum in Rome, Italy.

An arch in the Roman Forum near the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

The National Assembly Building in Rome, Italy, seat of government.

The Borghese Gardens behind the Borghese Museum in Via Borghese in northeast Rome.

Statues of Castor and Pollux in front of the National Palace near Via Nazionale in Rome, Italy.

The Roman Colosseum.

Michelangelo's "Moses" in the Church of St. Peter in Chains in Rome, Italy.

A scene along the perimeter of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.

Piazza Navona looking south across the plaza. Rome, Italy.

The church at the summit of the Spanish Steps, Trinita dei Monti, in Rome, Italy.

Tour guide of the Vatican Museum in the Courtyard of the Pigna, explaining the interior of the Sistine Chapel.

A sidewalk and gazebo along Via Veneto in Rome, Italy.

A pathway along the Via Borghese in northeast Rome.

Fresco in the interior of the Church of St. Peter in Chains in Rome, Italy.

Arch alongside the Roman Forum in Rome, Italy.

Ground level inside the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Roman Forum as seen from the top of the Colosseum.

Forum as seen from the top of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Forum as seen from the top of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

Emmanuel Vitorrio II Monument in Rome, Italy.

View of Rome from the top of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Statues inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy.

St. Peter's Basilica.

Crowd alongside the Trevi Fountain at night in Rome, Italy.

Trevi Fountain at night, Rome, Italy.