It’s hard to walk down the streets of Rome from your vacation rental in Rome without being swept up in the history, architecture, and religion of the region. Dubbed the Eternal City for the long and often bloody history, Rome vacation rentals exist in the spiritual center for the Western World. Vacation rentals in Rome gain access to a private world caught between the old and the new...the spiritual and the earthly...the expressive and the restrictive. Hosting the widely noted Vatican, the vacation homes in Rome are an insight into the intertwined bloody history of Rome and the spiritual evolution of the Catholic Church. A short distance by cab or scooter from your vacation rental home Rome leads to the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano. From many vacation rentals Rome, you can visit Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, the first Christian Basilica inside the city of Rome, where much of the architecture is a mixture of many periods and styles due to the constant rebuilding and obvious upkeep. Of course, the largest attractions to visitors to vacation rental homes in Rome are not to Christian religious structures or in observance of the hordes of religious loot “collected” in the chapels of today. Most people to Rome vacation rental homes find their footsteps quickly drawn to one of two places. On the trip from the airport to their vacation rental home Rome, the opposing views of the Coliseum and the Pantheon rise over the city. Standing in the Coliseum, the ground literally vibrates with the ghostly cheers of the crowd as gladiators battled fierce animals. Not far away from your Rome vacation home, the Pantheon stands as the Temple to all Roman Gods and the burial place for several Roman kings accompanied by the blessed painter Raphael. With so much to do and see, you might need to plan a few extra days in your Rome holiday home.