Historic Museum of the Liberation of Rome
Free: All time This small, modest museum is housed on several floors of a nondescript apartment building. However, what makes the Historic Museum of the Liberation of Rome site interesting is that it was once the headquarters of the German SS Kommandateur during WWII. It was then transformed into a prison in January 1944, where...
Altare della Patria (The Wedding Cake)
Free: All time The Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) a.k.a “II Vittoriano” is a controversial monument built in honour of Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It also holds a guarded eternal flame at the tomb of an unknown Italian soldier from WWI. The monument is controversial since its construction...
La Bocca della Verità (The Mouth of Truth)
Free: All time La Bocca della Verità (The Mouth of Truth) is an image, carved from Pavonazzo marble, of a man-like face, located in the portico of the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. The sculpture is thought to be part of a first-century ancient Roman fountain, or perhaps a manhole cover, portraying one of...
Gallery of the National Academy of San Luca
Free: All time The Accademia di San Luca, (the “Academy of Saint Luke”) was founded in 1577 as an association of artists in Rome with the purpose of elevating the work of “artists”, which included painters, sculptors and architects, above that of mere craftsmen. In 1620s, Pope Urban VIII extended broad rights to the academy...
Vatican Museums
Free: Last Sunday each month 8:30am – 2pm (last admission at 12:30pm) What started as a group of sculpture collections by Pope Julius II in the 16th century has today become the 5.5 hectare Vatican Museums complex. Perhaps best known for its Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo’s famous nine-panelled murals, the Museum also houses many other...
Westin St. Francis Hotel Glass Elevator
Free: All time Head over to the Westin St. Francis Hotel in Union Square, and you’ll get treated to a bird’s eye view of San Francisco, for free! The hotel has a 32-floor glass-walled tower elevator that will bring you outside after the 4th floor. Once at the top, feast in the superb panorama, snap...
Church of St. Stephen of the Bulgars
Free: All time The Church of St. Stephen of the Bulgars is one of the world’s last surviving pre-fabricated cast iron churches. After the original wooden structure suffered from a fire, the decision was to utilize iron instead of concrete due to the weak ground conditions. The casting of the iron actually took place in...
Caddebostan Beach
Free: All time Caddebostan Beach is located in the Asian side of Istanbul in Kadikoy area. It was a popular spot in the 1950’s and has recently reopened after being closed for almost 40 years. What’s considered Caddebostan are actually three beaches lined up one after another. However, only two of the three are free....
International Student Identity Card (ISIC)
Free: Student discounts in worldwide (USD 4-22 card application fee) One of the most popular travel discount card is perhaps the International Student Identity Card (ISIC). Students are normally entitled to cheaper prices in a lot of attractions and the most globally accepted proof of your student status is the ISIC card. First established in...
Tax-free/ VAT Refund
Free: All time Many countries, mostly those of the EU area, offer tax-free (VAT-free) shopping for foreign tourists. VAT (Value-Added Tax) is the tax that residents have to pay for goods and services. As of now, roughly 320,000 stores in 40 countries worldwide participate in the tax-free campaign (check the Wikipedia link below for the...
U.S. Airlines Price-Difference Credit | Yapta
Free: All time Ever booked a flight ticket then found out later on that the price had dropped? Well, this may be helpful for you to know that all U.S. airlines allow you to get a credit for the price difference. And to save you the hassle of having to keep tracking the price changes,...
Skype
Free: All time Okay, so Skype is nothing new. It’s a free internet phone service for your computer or smartphone. Most of you probably already use it to “skype” other users. However, the best usage of it that we discovered when travelling abroad was to use it to call toll-free numbers in your home country....
