20:30 Christmas is now officially round the corner and that can only mean one thing...

CHRISTMAS PARTY TIME!

We are kicking the night off with Secret Santa, so if you can buy a little present and drop it into the giant Christmas stocking when you arrive. Later you will be able to pull a gift out for your very own!

Who will be your Secret Santa, Amico invisibile, Chris Kindle, Wichteln, Amigo Invisible?

Since it's not the best time for our wallets, bring as a present just a little object - it can be something used, as long as it would make a nice/humorous gift for someone else!

We'll start with Tortellini and Panettone,
continue with drinks and socialising together,
end with DJ set and DISCO!

FriendsInRome is the ideal way to socialize and network with international and local people.

Special offer!

• Free entrance to the club
  
• Buffet + tortellini + panettone + first drink + spumante 10€
• Second drinks (Wine 3€, beer 5€, cocktail 6€)

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards..

We're going to taste an amazing Aperitivo with typical regional food in the fascinating blend of modern and ancient.

The trendy Oppio Caffè is situated with a view into the heart of ancient Rome, just in front of the Colosseum. It's perfect to socialize and to network with international and local people.

Special offer!

• Food + drink: € 10
  
• Wine, beer: € 5
• Long drinks: € 8
• Cocktail: € 10

18:30 Make new friends in Italian class, and enjoy the typical foods and wine of Lazio.

Friends in Rome, in collaboration with Percorsi d'Italiano, is offering a "linguistic appetizer".
Since the last days extreme coldness, the next meeting, lead by a professional Italian teacher, will be in a close place while a short tasting of typical wine and food from Lazio region.

This linguistic meeting is part of the didactic principle of "learning on the move": improving Italian language skills during interesting excursions in and around Rome. These excursions give you the opportunity to learn and appreciate the Lazian region, its artistic wealth, history, and above all, the everyday life of the Romans.

programme and book the course

15:00 It's not only a tour.. Your new friends will make the difference!!

Lets go on a Walking Tour with professional guides through the narrow cobbled streets of Trastevere district and make new, international friends at the same time.

tour programme

20:00 Eat, dance and make new friends

If you're up for a fun night out, come and join our international crowd at Studio18, a lounge bar very close to Campo de' Fiori.

FriendsInRome & InLoveWithRome will all be meeting at 8:30pm and we will be expecting you when you arrive to say hi and settle everyone into the night.

We'll start with a delicious aperitivo,
continue with drinks and socialising together,
end with DJ set and DISCO!

When: On Thursday the 11th of December at 20:30

Where: Studio18 - Piazza Del Teatro Di Pompeo, 39

Prices

• Food + drink: € 10
  
• Wine, beer: € 5
• Long drinks: € 8
• Cocktail: € 10

20:00 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards..

Mingle with an international crowd and enjoy an amazing "lentils soup" and "polenta with sausages" in the picturesque Trastevere.

If you come alone, no worries...We'll introduce to the others, Having fun and meeting new people is as easy as drinking a glass of wine!

FriendsInRome is the ideal way to socialize and network with international and local people.

Special offer!

• Lentils soup 6€
• Polenta with sausages 6€
• First drink: wine or italian beer, Menabrea, 3€, cocktail 5€

21:30 Tanti auguri a Simone... muchas felicitaciones para Daniela...

Simone (friendsinrome) e Daniela la venezuelana più matta di Roma festeggiano il loro compleanno insieme, vieni a fargli gli auguri!!

Simone and Daniela are going to celebrate their birthday together, come and do the best wishes

Simone y Daniela celebraran su compleanos juntos, ven a desearles lo major

Drinks, cotillones, disco and at the end... Simone and Daniela LAP DANCE!

WHEN:
On Friday the 5th of December at 21:30

WHERE:
Le Bain - Via delle Botteghe Oscure, 33 (near Largo Argentina)
FREE ENTER

Beviamo e balliamo tutti insieme, we wait for you!!!!

20:00 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards..

We're going to taste an amazing aperitivo just in front of the magnificent remains of the Temple of Hadrian, which stand among the beautiful 17th Century Piazza di Pietra.

The trendy Cafè Fandango is the perfect place to partake in food and culture. FriendsInRome is the ideal way to socialize and network with international and local people.

If you come alone, no worries... having fun and meeting new people is as easy as drinking a glass of wine!

extra drinks:

• Food + Drink 10€
  
• Second drinks: wine 5€

19:30 Thanksgiving Dinner - meet new people and experience new cultures.

Like the original Thanksgiving, people from different cultures will come together and eat at the same table. You can't miss it!

Enjoy American traditions in the Eternal City. Start with aperitivo and prosecco. Mingle with an international crowd, and enjoy the traditional American Thanksgiving Dinner with some added Italian dishes, such as Amatriciana and Carbonara.

Live American music throughout the evening.
Post-dinner festivities, dj and dancing will start at 22:00

19:30 Thanksgiving Dinner

• Mixed Starters with prosecco
  
• a typical Roman first course: Bucatini amatriciana or Spaghetti Carbonara
  
• Traditional Roasted Turkey
  
• Sweet potatoes with Marshmallows
  
• Carrots and Green beans
  
• Apple Pie
  
• Beer or Wine

Music and Entertainment:

• Mark Shattuck
  
• Natasha Valentina
  
• Joanito Liberti

22:00 Dj, Drinks and Dance...

How much is it?
35 euro for the dinner

extra drinks:

• Beer or glass of wine € 3
  
• drinks € 6

Event programme

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards...

We're going to taste an amazing Couscus (vegetarian or with meat) in the fascinating blend of modern and ancient.

The trendy Oppio Caffè is situated with a view into the heart of ancient Rome, just in front of the Colosseum. It's perfect to socialize and to network with international and local people

Special offer!

• Buffet + Couscus + Drink 10€
  
• Second drinks: wine 4€
  

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards...

Don't wear any Armani or Versace clothes, we're going to clean our bowls completely with bread: Facciamo la Scarpetta!

No dress code and no etiquette in FriendsInRome. Let's mop up three different kind of sauces (amatriciana, bolognese and vegetarian) from a plate of food with a piece of bread or with pasta.

Special offer!

• Food + wine 8€
• Only Wine 3€
  

18:00 A walk in the Suburra: the slums district of ancient Rome

Let's practice Italian language skills and make new friends at the same time!
Friends in Rome, in collaboration with Percorsi d'Italiano, is offering a "linguistic appetizer" - a short visit to interesting places and hidden treasures of Rome.

The next excursion, lead by a professional Italian teacher, will be a walk in the Suburra, the slums district of ancient Rome...

Course programme

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards...

What do you think about "una bella Pizza tra amici"?
"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, That's amore..." Dean Martin

Socialize with the other people and end the evening with the Rotolo alla nutella
Taste the best italian food with your new friends!

Special offer!

• Pizza + Rotolo alla nutella + wine 8€
• Only Wine 3€
  

15:00 Explore Rome and make new friends!

Let's go to discovery the masterpieces of the enigmatic, fascinating and rebellious Caravaggio!

Programme:
The first stop is at Caravaggio's most important public commission: the three revolutionary scenes on the life of Saint Matthew in the Church of Saint Luigi of France. We continue nearby in the Church of Sant'Agostino so as to admire the great canvas of the Madonna of the Pilgrims. This painting contains a tender portrait of Lena, one of the painter's lovers, dressed as the Virgin. The tour continues along Via della Scrofa and Via di Ripetta as we examine Caravaggio's most tormented and violent periods that were carried out in this zone of the city.

The tour finishes in Piazza del Popolo at the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo where Caravaggio painted the two masterpieces: the Conversion of Saint Paul and the Crucifixion of Saint Peter. Began in the 1400's, this church was modified in the 1600's under the influence of Coveting, Sansovino, Pinturicchio, Mino from Fiesole, Raffaello and Bernini.

Tour programme

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards..


Finally, the U.S. election day has arrived and the fate of the world depends on your vote….
Choose the right candidate between Sformato di patate e formaggio or Stufato di manzo!

Continue to taste the best italian food and make new friends in the picturesque Trastevere!

Special offer!

• Sformato di patate e formaggio: 5€
• Stufato di manzo: 5€
• First drink: wine of our bottles or italian beer Menabrea 3€, cocktail 5€
  

23:00 CONDOMINIO: Music meetings, various & possible @ Rialto Santambrogio


We are going to live the real roman nightlife at the cool Rialto Santambrogio in the Jewish Ghetto area of Rome.

This inexpensive and friendly centro sociale hosts performances, art exhibitions, live music and disco nights - all with cutting-edge electronica DJs and VJs.

21:00 Anniversary Party Specials

Everyone is invited to have a drink with us at the Living Room Café for the 4th anniversary of hostelineurope.com.

Special offer!

• One free drink.
  

19:30 Don’t worry be Aperitivo!

For some people, Chocolate is an aphrodisiac. For others, an addiction. For those women with a broken heart, it's medicine. For us, the elixir of friendship…
Enjoy our Bread and Chocolate and taste our selected wines:

• Barigliott, a red dry aglianico by paternoster (basilicata)
  
• Clivus - a sweet moscato by paternoster (basilicata)
  
• prosecco
  

Make new friends to hang out and chill out with, in the picturesque Rione Monti!

Giving chocolate to others is an intimate form of communication, a sharing of deep, dark secrets
Milton Zelman, publisher of "Chocolate News"

There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE
Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"

Special offer!

• Buffet + Bread and chocolate + first wine 8€
  
• Wine 3€
  

15:30 Explore Rome and make new friends!

Have a walking tour with a professional tourist guide through the most interestings sights in the Aventino, one of Rome's seven hills, now an upscale residential neighborhood with private gardens and several early churches.

Our tour highlights include:

• Santa Prisca church
  
• Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta
  
• Santi Bonifacio e Alessio Basilica
  
• Santa Sabina Basilica
  
• Giardino degli Aranci

Tour programme

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards..

Choose between Pesto alla Genovese and Pesto alla Siciliana and make new friends to hang out and chill out with.
Taste our selected wines:

• Falanghina (white wine)
• Montepulciano d'Abruzzo (red wine)

Make new friends to hang out and chill out with, in the picturesque Rione Monti!

22:00 REGGAE LIVE NIGHT in Testaccio!!!


Let's go to the Villaggio Globale, an amazing "centro sociale" (squat used as social center) that is home to a lively underground art and music scene, for a real Jamaican reggae concert.

Let's meet at On the Rox pub for a quick beer and then go all together to the concert.

5€ for the concert

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo: be lazy at work, not afterwards..

Don't sweat the small stuff, forget about all your problems and enjoy our amazing Pasta al forno (baked pasta) - Classic Italian cuisine!

Socialize with other people and end the evening with the Ciambellone al cioccolato!

Make new friends to hang out and chill out with, in the picturesque Rione Monti!

18:00 Life without drugs free concert in Piazza del Popolo


The Colombian Embassy has begun in 2007, the project "Life without Drugs - a global commitment", aimed at raising institutions and the public about the consequences of cocaine use.

19:30 Don’t worry be Aperitivo!

We've got two of the most delicious italian dishes we've ever offer you and we're throwing them both away in the same day, the friselle with fresh tomatoes and the stuffed courgette with meat.

Continue to taste the best italian food and make new friends in the picturesque Trastevere

Special offer!

• friselle: 5€
• stuffed courgette: 5€
• First drink: wine of our bottles or italian beer Menabrea 3€, cocktail 5
  

18:30 Learn italian and make new friends!

In collaboration with Percorsi d'Italiano, Friendsinrome offers you a linguistic appetizer, by means of a short visit to interesting places and hidden treasures of Trastevere.

Practising the Italian language by means of interesting excursion through Trastevere, to learn and appreciate the country, its artistic wealth, history, traditions and above all the everyday life of the Italians.

In this meeting the participants will have the opportunity to interact with the others, and by doing so test their linguistic abilities in an entertaining fashion

Course programme

Dance and make new friends!
If you're up for a fun night out, come and join our international crowd at Living Room, a New York style club very close to Termini Station.

FriendsInRome & Expats Living in Rome & International Friends will all be meeting at 8pm and we will be expecting you when you arrive to say hi and settle everyone into the night.

We'll start with delicious food while listening chill out music,
continue with drinks and socialising together,
end with DJ set and DISCO!

Enjoy the Roman nightlife & make new friends over drinking and dancing!

Living Room - Via Solferino 9a/b
20:00

Special offer!

• Free entrance to the club
  
• Food + first drink 10€
• second drinks 4€
• cocktails 5€
  

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo, be lazy at work not afterwards...

Pick yourself up with the amazing home made tiramisù by "la signora Maria"!
Tiramisù is the famous italian creamy dessert whose name literally means "pick me up."

Taste our selected wines made by "Villa Sparina" in Piemonte:

• Montej bianco, a blend of Chardonnay, Muller Thurgau , Sauvignon grapes. A very clean and extremely refreshing wine. The 'nose' of the wine gives off various floral aromas. On the palate, it is a medium-bodied wine with hints of peach flavors and other citrus fruit.
  
• Montej rosso, a fresh Barbera, a percentage of which undergoes a short passage in barriques to soften the young wine's often astringent acidity. Lots of classic cherries, berries and a twist of vanilla.

Make new friends to hang out and chill out with, in the picturesque Rione Monti!

Special offer!

• Buffet + Tiramisù + first wine 8€
  
• Wine 3€
  

16:30 Discover Rome and make new friends

Have a tour with a professional tourist guide through the most interestings sights in the Parco dell'Appia Antica, a regional protected area, and enjoy the extraordinary scenic beauty and the many elements and monuments that bear witness to the history of Rome.

This tour takes place in English and the walk lasts approximately 2 hours.

Our tour highlights include:

• Terme di Caracalla (from outside)
  
• Porta S.Sebastiano
  
• chiesetta Domine quo Vadis
  
• Chiesa S.Sebastiano
  
• Tomba Cecilia Metella

Tour programme

19:30 The Tuesday Aperitivo, be lazy at work not afterwards...

It's hard to imagine something tastier than tortellini with ham and peas in a cream sauce....

Socialize with the other people and end the evening with the Rotolo alla nutella!

Our selected wines:

• E' Arte, white wine with a blend of Sauvignon and Pinot bianco grapes
  
• Bordeaux, red wine.
  

Make new friends to hang out and chill out with, in the picturesque Rione Monti!

Special offer!

• Tortellini + rotolo alla nutella + first wine 8€
  
• Only wine 3€
  

19:30 Don’t worry be Aperitivo!

After last week's friday night welcome back party, we’re going to start the Tuesday Aperitivo again!. Next Tuesday is going to be a relaxed and fun evening of Tuscany tastes with a friendly and sociable crowd.

Join the lardo di cinta senese over a potato cake, the famous pork lard from Siena whose recipe dates back to 1300 a.d.

Our white wine bottle:
- “Cantele” Chardonnay 2007, from Salento (Puglia). 100% Chardonnay showcasing pale yellow color, intense bouquet and a delightfully balanced palate showing ripe fruit and subtle oak.

Our red wine bottle:
- “Dei” Rosso di Montepulciano 2005, a blend of Sangiovese and Canaiolo grapes from Tuscany. A young wine with a lively ruby-red colour. It is winy and full of fruity fragrances. It is dry to the taste, fresh and pleasantly tannic.

Make new friends to hang out and chill out with, in the picturesque Rione Monti!

20:30 Trastevere Friday party, let's have fun all night long

After a so long holiday we're going to start again our events, don't miss the first one!
Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with in the picturesque Trastevere!

Special offer!

• Special offer! Polpette al sugo: 5€
  
• Melanzane alla parmigiana: 5€
  
• First drink: wine of our bottles or italian beer Menabrea 3€, cocktail 5

21.00 - The End of Season Party in Trastevere

Friendsinrome is going on holiday therefore you can't miss the End of Season Party!
Please don't cry, time goes by so fast and we'll start our events in September again...

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with in the picturesque Trastevere!

Special offer!
First option: Ariccia's Porchetta + coppietta + little sausage 5€
Second option: Caprese salad 5€
First drink (wine of our bottles or italian beer Menabrea): 3€

19.30 Don't worry, Be Fresh Fruit Aperitivo!

It's a very hot summer in Rome but don't worry... join the Fresh Fruit Aperitivo (plums and speck, ham and melon, cheese and coconut), Fruit Macedonia and red wine strawberrys!
Choose between Sicilian and Piemontese wines and end with the Iced Agricanto, an exstraordinary italian cherry liqueor.
Our white wine bottles:

• montej bianco (villa sparina) from Piemonte
  
• inzolia (abbazia sant'anastasia) from Sicily
  

Our red wine bottles:

• barbera (villa sparina) from Piemonte
  
• nero d'avola (abbazia sant'anastasia) from Sicily
  
  

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with in the pictoresque Rione Monti!

Meet up for triple the fun! 3 amazing groups are organizing together......don't miss it!!!

When: FRIDAY JUNE 27 AT 8:30PM
Where: ZTL RISTOCLUB (ZONA PIAZZA VENEZIA)
Via di Sant'Eufemia 8, ROMA

19.30 Don't worry, Be Tapas and strawberry Tiramisù!

Join our Italian Tapas (some tastes of pasta, pizza, frittata, salumi, formaggi, cruditè) and end the evening with the strawberry Tiramisù.

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with in the pictoresque Rione Monti!

Are you in love with Rome but frustrated because you don't know all of it?
Join our amazing Celio walking tour with a professional tourist guide and make new friends at the same time.

Our tour highlights include:

• S.Stefano Rotondo church
  
• SS Giovanni e Paolo basilica
  
• Villa Celimontana

Tour programme

Taste the best Ricotta whilst the Football match!

Join the best buffalo ricotta cheese by the Silicella company, one of the best in Italy (www.salicella.it), and later watch the Italy vs France football match (if the France team win french people will pay for everybody!!!)

Taste the buffalo ricotta cheese with:

• Oil and Pepper
  
• wine and beer Jelly
  
• thyme Honey
  
• various fruit jams
  
• peel of orange Syrup
  
• Turin Chocolate spread
  

Meet up for triple the fun! 3 amazing groups are organizing together......don't miss it!!!

When: FRIDAY JUNE 13 AT 8:30PM
Where: ZTL RISTOCLUB (ZONA PIAZZA VENEZIA)
Via di Sant'Eufemia 8, ROMA

This evening there will be a live singer from 10 to 11pm and DJ set after the concert.

A first-class American Artist for a high and fine Italian production.

Tiramisù, taste the best Italian food!

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with in the pictoresque Rione Monti!

Tuscany vs Sicily, challenge of tastes.

Join Sicilian and Tuscan oil over bread, tomatoes and bruschetta and vote the best one!
Later the challenge will continue with wine,
- Red wine from Tuscany: Chianti 2005 (cantina Leonardo da Vinci)
- White wine from Sicily: Inzolia and Grillo di Abbazia Sant'Anastasia

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with in the pictoresque Rione Monti.

Orecchiette provola e pachino, taste the best Italian food!

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with!
Come and meet our international group in a wine bar in the pictoresque Rione Monti.

Are you in love with Rome but frustated cause you don't know all of it?
Join our amazing Ghetto walking tour with a professional tourist guide and make new friends at the same time.

Tour programme

Melanzane alla Parmigiana, taste the best Italian food!

Make new friends to hang out, chill out and go out with!
Come and meet our international group in a wine bar in the pictoresque Rione Monti.