In Transit Blog: Lights, Camera, Action . . . Vacation!

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 20 Juli 2014 | 17.35

Photo The Rome Cavalieri, which holds tours of places in Rome relevant to the film "La Grande Bellezza."Credit Rome Cavalieri

Rome's tourists are venerated and degraded in "La Grande Bellezza" ("The Great Beauty"), a film by the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino that won this year's Oscar for best foreign film. Whatever its views of visitors, the movie acts as an irresistible invitation to the Eternal City's more subtly beguiling attractions, as its suave protagonist and the audience are coolly guided through hidden courtyards, historic palazzos and less-frequented works of architecture.

It's a journey worth emulating, according to the Rome Cavalieri, a Waldorf-Astoria Hotel offering guests their own guided tour of destinations featured in the film, including the apartments at Palazzo Sacchetti (the palace of the Marquis Sacchetti, normally open to the public only for a hefty price), a luncheon at the home of the Marchioness Violante Guerrieri Gonzaga, and a few inevitable sites, like the Colosseum.

The full-day excursion begins at the Fontana dell'Acqua Paola on Janiculum Hill, followed by a visit to the Tempietto (tomb) at Donato Bramante's San Pietro church in Montorio and a walk across Baccio Pontelli's Ponte Sisto bridge to see Borromini's illusory corridor at the Palazzo Spada in Rome's historic district, where the courtyards of Renaissance palaces will be open. Later, the tour stops for a private lunch and reception on the rooftop terrace of the Marchioness's Palazzo Taverna before heading to the Via Veneto neighborhood and the ancient baths at Caracalla. It finishes with a rarely seen view of the city through the keyhole of a door on Aventine Hill.

Alexandra Massini, the hotel's resident art historian, is the guide. The tour, as well as lunch and transportation, can be customized but must be booked at least 10 days in advance and at least three weeks ahead if participants plan on lunch at the Palazzo Taverna. Rates start at 1,345 euros, or about $1,790 at $1.33 to the euro, for five and vary for smaller groups and individuals. Those rates do not include the hotel, which starts at 290 euros for a room with a twin bed. Reservations: 39-06-3509-2040 or romhi.concierge@waldorfastoria.com.

A version of this article appears in print on 07/20/2014, on page TR3 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Lights, Camera, Action ... Vacation!.


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