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Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
Saturday morning, April 18th, dawned bright and sunny, in fact probably a bit too hot especially as it is only April. Having spent Friday morning running up and down Via Nazionale followed by a full day of site-seeing in Rome, we decided to catch a taxi to the Concorso held at Casina Valadier, rather than take the Metro or walk, very reasonable at only 10 Euros.
The object of our exercise.
Exclusive story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
The first event of the first Anantara Concorso Roma, the Giro d’Anantara, held on the 17th April, took lucky entrants on a journey through the heart of Rome to Frascati, and back to Rome. The start point was the Anantara Palazzo Naiadi Hotel, finishing at the Casina Valadier in the Villa Borghese, where the main event was to be held over the weekend, with suitable stops for coffee with a lunch break at the Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati.
Now that is my kind of coffee shop. Maserati Tipo 26 located in the coffee shop at the Anantara Palazzo Naiada Hotel, the base hotel for the whole event.
Story and photos by Jonathan Sharp
This is a continuation of the start of the Giro d’ Anantara on April 17th. I was so blown away by the cars I saw outside the Anantara hotel I had not realized that there was another selection waiting for the start of the tour across the square, I am so glad that somebody told me as it would have been a shame to have missed them. So I hurriedly photographed as many cars as I could as they snaked their way through the streets. This was a rare event in Rome, and apparently no one minded being a little late for work.
We will report on the actual Anantara Concorso Roma next week. [Read more…] about Giro d’ Anantara…catching up with the rest…