In Piazza Venezia, there is a new Museum. Palazzo Valentini where you can see how was a House of a Roman Family of the Roman Republic. I usually suggest that experience to the Guests of Palazzo Ciancaleoni. More

This museum is seen by walking on a glass floor, over the archaeological site of a villa. The technology is simply amazing. No words or images can explain the experience. Just go!! At the time of our visit, there was one english tour per day, at 1:15pm. More

Do not miss the chance to see this museum: glass walkways allow you to peer into the ruins of a storied ancient Roman house. The fabulous light show and graphics fill in staircases from a single step or complete a mosaic floor from just a few blotches of remaining tiles. Incredible!! More

This is probably the most extraordinary high-tech "history facility" we have ever visited. As others have said, this Roman villa was destroyed by an earthquake and thereafter buried under a renaissance building and has recently been discovered. You go beneath the Renaissance Palazzo Valentini and are shown by the use of extraordinarily modern visual techniques, the way in which the... More

Just passing on an FYI on the booking engine - I actually called the reservation line from Canada (the booking on-line system showed all the english seats were reserved already) - I had no problem getting a reservation today, for 31May12... The June calendar, though will not be available until 20May12. Hope this helps anyone trying to book - also... More

90-minute or so tour of excavated Roman house with visual and sound effects. Entertaining and informative demonstration of how archaeologists peel back the layers and reconstruct the past, and how there remains much to be discovered. Groups are small, so book your tour well in advance. Only one English tour per day when we were there. Towards the end it... More

The use of high-tech to recreate this incredible Roman home is startling, breathtaking, and really gives you a sense of our (wealthy) people lived. This is really a fascinating experience. Book your tickets ahead to make sure you get the English language tour -- groups are very restricted and the time slots sell out quickly. More

Agreed with the great u can get in review. I had a roma pass which would allow me to enter this museum. However, there was no place for booking for Roma pass holders on the website. Calls to make bookings were not possible, I was put on hold on some voicemail. I went there 2x but all the english ones... More

Fantastic and educational, using real archaelogical remains, lighting and graphics. Really helped us visualise parts of roman life and the technology they brought into wealthy homes in those times. Also fascinating, was the different levels of archaeology within and beneath the palace - where once was a road, was then a palace, which was then converted, by recycling anything to... More