Useful informations

Holidays

Many places are closed including banks, museums and most stores.

January 1 New Year’s Day

January 6 Epiphany

Easter Sunday and Monday

April 25 Liberation Day

May 1 Labour Day

June 29 Sts. Peter and Paul, patron saints of Rome

August 15 Assumption of the Virgin

November 1 All Saints Day

December 8 Day of Immaculate Conception

December 25 Christmas Day

December 26 Saint Stephen’s Day

Phone calls Italy to USA The numbers below will get you an overseas operator. You can then give the operator your calling card number or you can call collect. AT&T – 1721011 Sprint – 1721877 MCI – 1721022 USA to Rome 011-39-06 plus the local number
The Four Papal Basilicas St. Peter’s St. Maria Maggiore St. John Lateran St. Paul’s Outside the Walls
7 Hills of Rome Capitoline, home of the local government Quirinale, palace of the president of the republic Palatine, ancient home of Romulus and Remus, now only ruins Esquiline, north of the Colosseum Coelian, south of the Colosseum Aventine, south of the Circus Maximus Viminale, between the Quirinale and Esquiline hills
WEATHER
Month	Temperat.				Rainy days
January	54/40				8
February	56/42				11
March	62/45				6
April	66/50				6
May	74/55				6
June	82/63				2
July	88/67				2
August	88/67				3
September	83/61				6
October	73/55				9
November	63/46				9
December	56/41				9
Conversion Table
Celsius			Fahrenheit
0			32
5			41
10			50
15			59
20			68
25			77
30			86
Metric Conversion Table
1 centimeter		=		4 inch
1 meter		=		39.4 inches
400 meters		=		about ¼ mile
1000 meters		=		1 kilometer
1 kilometer		=		0.62 miles
1 mile		=		1.6 kilometers
28 grams		=		1 ounce
1 kilogram		=		2.2 pounds
1 liter		=		1.06 quarts
1 quart		=		.95 liter
1 pound		=		.45 kilogram
Multiply the number of kilometres by .62 to get the number of miles.