Published : 22/11/17 | November 17, 2022
Rome is a layered city that dates back centuries. You are always near ruins or amazing ancient or classical architecture. One moment you pass a modern building, the next you see Doric columns from the Roman Republic, a Renaissance palace designed by Michelangelo or a piazza surrounding a Baroque fountain designed by Bernini.
There are some cities - New York, London - that offer so many attractions that one can only make a list. And there are others where you want to wander around and soak up the vibe and aesthetic of it all.
Rome is both.
In some ways it's like a city with its dignified and scientific atmosphere and in another it's a cosmopolitan city with so many museums, historic sites and great restaurants.
It is clear that it is impossible to see everything in one visit. This is what happens when you have a three thousand year old metropolis.
The question arises: what if I never come back? How do you decide what to do?
To make the most of your limited time in this famous capital, here is a list of the best things to do in Rome:
1. Walking route
I like hiking. This is a great way to learn about your travel destination. I recommend the Free Walking Tour of Rome or the Free Tours of New Rome. They cover all the highlights and can introduce you to the city on a budget. Remember to tip the driver at the end.
If you're looking for a paid tour that goes even further, check out Take Walks, they offer one of the best walking tours in Rome, with expert guides who will take you behind the scenes of the best attractions. You'll get a behind-the-scenes tour like no other tour company, including early entry into the Sistine Chapel and skip-the-line Colosseum tour.
If you prefer a food tour, Get Your Guide offers a delicious 2.5-hour walking tour with 5 stops for €42, while Devour offers an in-depth street food tour and pizza-making workshop for €89.
2. The Colosseum
One of the most famous and magnificent sights in the world, this 1st-century amphitheater is one of Rome's top attractions. This super stadium had 80 entrances/exits: 76 for visitors/spectators, 2 for participants (eg gladiators) and 2 for the emperor. While the number may seem exaggerated, the Colosseum could hold as many as 50,000 people a day, and they had to get in and out quickly.
Violence was once the main feature here. Man against man, man against animal and sometimes animal against animal. The term "bread and glasses" dates back to the Colosseum's heyday, when a Roman poet warned that if given bread and glasses, people would be too happy, amused and distracted to focus on that tour. created an empire. .
Buy your tickets in Via San Gregorio 30, the closest entrance to the Palatine Hill, where the queue is much shorter, or buy online (your ticket gives you access to the Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum).
You can also book a tour with Italia Walks if you want a more in-depth experience.
Piazza del Colosseo, +39 06-699-0110, parcocolosseo.it. Open daily from 9:00 to sunset. Entrance costs 16 euros.
3. The Roman Forum
Once the center of the known world, the Roman Forum is now nothing more than marble ruins and standing temples, but it's one of the most visited sites in the city. It takes a little imagination, but this strip of earth and marble was once teeming with shops, open-air markets and temples.
The Via Sacra is the main road through the Forum, where all the roads of the Empire began or ended. With the fall of the empire, the forum became a pasture for cattle; In the Middle Ages it was known as Campo Vaccina or Kuhfeld. Over the centuries most of the marble was looted and the area was eventually buried as the center of Rome shifted. It was only in the 16th century that archaeologists began excavations and rediscovered the forum.
Via della Solaro Vecchia, +39 06-3996-7700, parcocolosseo.it. Open daily from 9:00 to sunset. Entrance costs 16 euros. With the ticket, visitors can visit the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill.
4. Explore the Vatican Museums
Home to the famous Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Museums have four kilometers of rooms and corridors adorned with one of the largest collections of works of art in the world. In addition to Michelangelo's masterpiece on the ceiling of the chapel, there are rooms decorated with frescoes by Raphael and paintings by Da Vinci, Titian, Caravaggio and Beato Angelico, among others, as well as rooms and halls with sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome, mummies Egyptian and Etruscan relics.
Don't queue like everyone else in the morning. Instead go there in the evening without waiting and you can embark right away.
The online ticket costs 26 euros. If you prefer a guided tour, skip-the-line tours cost €69 and last 3 hours.
Viale del Vaticano, +39 06 6988-4676, museovaticani.va. Open Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 18:00. Entrance costs 18 euros.
5. San Pedro Square and San Pedro Cathedral
The largest church in the Catholic world, St. Peter's was designed by a Renaissance-Baroque dream duo: Bernini is responsible for the twin columns that surround the piazza, Bramante designed an early blueprint for the basilica, and Michelangelo designed the dome at the top . . 120 years after its construction, the church was finally consecrated in 1626. It stands where a 4th-century church once stood and where St. Peter himself was crucified. His bones are still below where the ancient necropolis is located.
Inside the basilica, you'll find large misty domes with cherubs and cherubs gliding happily across the sky, as well as large marble sculptures of saints, fathers, and biblical figures. Michelangelo's Piet sculpture is particularly impressive, as is Bernini's magnificent 30-metre-high canopy, a bronze canopy that impressively frames his father's throne.
For €8 you can climb the 551 steps to the top of Michelangelo's dome. For another 2 euros you can take the lift.
St. Peter's Square, +39 06 6982 3731, vatican.va. Open every day from 7:00 to 19:00. Admission is free.
6. Field of Flowers
One of the greenest squares in Rome, in this central area, whose name means "flower area", there is a morning fruit and vegetable market in the historic centre. The sculpture on the pedestal in the center of the square depicts Jordan Bruno, here cremated after injuring his father for criticizing the church. The sculpture was erected at the end of the 19th century, when the Italian state and the Catholic Church were at war with each other. It is not for nothing that the gloomy faces of the sculpture look towards the Vatican.
7. Visit Santa Maria del Popolo
Located in one of the most beautiful squares in Rome, this church is said to have been the place where the emperor Nero was buried. A millennium after his death, there were still tales of ghosts and ghouls that haunted the place, so his father built a church there to appease the spirits. It worked.
Parts of the church have been modified over the centuries, including the apse by Bramante and the frescoes in the chapels by Pinturicchio. But the real attraction are the two large paintings by Caravaggio displayed in the chapel to the left of the altar. Most people come for them, but the Chigi Chapel was designed by Raphael and finished by Bernini, so don't miss that either.
Piazza del Popolo 12, +39 06 361 0836. Open every day from 07:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00. Admission is free.
8. See Piazza Navona
The most famous square in Rome was born as an ancient Roman circus (as evidenced by its oval shape) where jumps and other sporting events took place. Today, the main sport is sitting in a sidewalk cafe and having a drink while watching the locals and tourists. Don't miss Bernini's best fountain in the center of the square, the Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi). This is pure rock drama.
9. Look for the tester
Located south of the huge city center, Testacha is a former working-class neighborhood. Young Romans can immerse themselves in the nightlife and discos, as there are many clubs near Monte Testaccio, the historic hill that has long been the center of the neighborhood.
In the Middle Ages carnival celebrations were held in the area, some of them dangerous because pigs, cows and other animals were driven down the mountain in carts. In the 19th century, restaurants opened at the foot of the hill.
Older Romans would associate this area with food, as it was the city's main slaughterhouse in the 19th century. As payment, the slaughterhouse workers took home a bag of raw meat, also called a "fifth quarter", including the tail, intestines and stomach. Instead of going home, workers would sometimes take "fifth quarter" to a local restaurant and cook it there. As a result, it became a de facto local cuisine and the most famous Roman dishes were created in this area.
10. Villa Borghese and Borghese Gardens
The 60 hectares of Villa Borghese, a strip of green grass dotted with umbrella pines northeast of the historic center, make up the second largest park in Rome. In ancient times, the area was known as the Lukulo Garden before being expanded into a vast vineyard. But in 1605 Cardinal Scipione Borghese - nephew of Pope Paul V and patron of the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini - transformed the land into a park. It was redesigned in the 19th century and the greens were landscaped with an English accent.
The palace is lined with temples and monuments, all extensively restored for the 1911 Universal Exposition, and its balustrade offers one of the best views of Rome. The center of the park, on the other hand, is the Galleria Borghese, one of the largest art collections in the city (including works by Bernini, Raphael, Titian and Caravaggio).
Tickets for the line (guide included) cost only 50€.
Piazzale del Museo Borghese 5, +39 06841-3979, galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it. Open every day from 9:00 to 19:00 You have to register in the gallery in advance (admission 13 euros), but the park is always free.
11. Mirastea Santa Maria della Concecione (The Capuchins)
Located between the elegant Via Veneto and the busy Piazza Barberini, this church dates back to the 17th century. It is a rather ordinary 19th century building. The Chapel of the Archangel Michael has a dramatic fresco by Baroque artist Guido Reni, but that's not necessarily why you should prioritize getting here.
The reason is in the basement, accessible from the church street. Commonly called the Capuchins, it's one of the most sinister sights in all of Europe: the bones of 4,000 monks, many still in skeletal form (and many still in their brown robes), adorn the walls of a long, narrow room of five. the chapels Other bones were used to make decorative objects, shinbones chandeliers hung from the ceiling and pelvic bones to form sand. In the last chapel, a plaque recalls, if somewhat aptly, 'What you are now, we once were; what we are, you will be."
Several historians have commented on this strange place: the Marquis Sade said: "I have never seen anything more strange". And Mark Twain, who came here in 1867, talked about the cappuccino in five pages entitled "Innocents Abroad".
Via Veneto 27, cappuccino viaveneto.it. Open every day from 10:00 to 19:00. Admission costs 8.50 euros.
12. Spanish Steps
The most famous stairway in the world was built in 1725 to allow parishioners to climb what was then a muddy hill to the Trinità dei Monti church. At the bottom of the stairs is a modest fountain by Bernini. The name comes from the fact that the Spanish Embassy has long been located in the square where the stairs come from.
A recent law prohibits sitting on the stairs, so the age-old tradition of eating ice cream while lying on the stairs is now only a thing of the past. But it's still worth going east.
13. Trebi Fountain
The famous Trevi Fountain looks more like a hydraulic theater than a fountain. It is best seen in the morning or evening when the area is clear of tourists taking pictures. Every year at least one crazed tourist - usually under the influence of Italian wine or some other substance - decides that going for a swim is a good idea.
Fun fact: the coins that people throw into the fountain (thousands of euros in total every day) are donated to the Red Cross.
14. Ara Patis
The Ara Pacis - or Altare del Mondo Augusteo - is a magnificent marble altar built ten years before the birth of Christ. It was created to celebrate the Pax Augusta, the peace that reigned in the empire under the emperor Augustus. In particular, it was made in honor of the imperial conquest of the north of the Alps in AD 13. The four walls of the altar depict scenes from Roman mythology. Be sure to see the interesting depiction of a pig slaughter on the Western Wall, which was common when the Romans made a peace treaty.
The altar was Mussolini's obsession, determined to become the next Augustus. When the altar was damaged from centuries of neglect, he collected pieces from other museums and dug a large chunk out of the ground. The Ara Patis, overlooking the tomb of Augustus commissioned by Mussolini, is surrounded on three sides by buildings from the Fascist era. Duc wanted to turn the area around the altar into a "fascist amusement park". Fortunately he didn't succeed.
The white building that currently houses the Ara Patis was designed in 2006 by the American architect Richard Meyer. It was the first civic building built in Rome's historic center after World War II and is a popular target for conservative politicians, who regularly threaten its demolition.
Lungateveri Augusta, +39 06-060-608, arapacis.it. Open every day from 9:30 to 19:30. Admission costs 13 euros.
15. San Pietro in Vincali
Tucked away in the central but busy Monti district, nestled between the Roman Forum and Termini station, this ancient place of worship has little more than its simple arcaded façade. But those who venture will be rewarded. Inside this 5th-century church, whose nave is flanked by Doric columns, hangs one of Christendom's most precious relics: the chains that once held St. Peter's (hence the church's name, San Pietro in Vincoli) . under the dome of the altar
And while this is a place of pilgrimage for devotees, art lovers flock here for another reason: Michelangelo's magnificent sculpture of Moses. The sculpture of the bearded biblical figure was originally intended to become part of Pope Julius II's monumental tomb of 47 statues in hopes that it would be his final resting place. But the plans were scrapped - the boldness and audacity of the project heavily criticized - and today we are left with nothing but Moses and some unfinished (but elegant and almost erotic-looking) slaves.
Had Michelangelo completed the tomb of Julius II, the work would have become an instant masterpiece. But Giulio had other plans for the Renaissance artist: He forced him to paint the Sistine Chapel instead.
Piazza S. Pietro in Vincoli 4a, +39 06 488-2865, Lateranensi.org/sanpietroinvincoli. Open every day from 8:00 to 12:30 and from 15:00 to 18:00. Admission is free.
16. Baths of Caracalla
It is named after the Roman emperor Caracalla, who built the baths in AD 217. That is, this huge bathing complex was more than just a place to relax by the pool. Baths were an institution in ancient Roman society. Indeed, gymnasiums littered the city in much the same way as modern cities.
However, the Baths of Caracalla were the largest of all. It could hold 1,500 bathers at a time, who normally went through the whole process: a steam room, then a few minutes in one step (similar to a sauna), then a tepidarium (a pool of hot water), ie. then a dip in an ice frigidarium, and finally a natatorium, a huge open-air bath where Romans gathered to gossip and discuss politics. The baths lasted some 300 years before invading Goths destroyed the aqueduct and caused a fatal hemorrhage.
This 33-hectare complex was also the second bathhouse with a library, in fact there were two, one for Greek books and one for Latin books.
The seaside landscape was the fashion for city living. Today 20th Thanks to an early 20th-century zoning act, it's a quiet and idyllic neighborhood in central Rome, dotted with umbrella pines and half-standing ruins.
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 52, +39 06 3996 7700, superintendencyspecialeroma.it. Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 19:00. Admission is 10 euros.
17. Pantheon
Построенный около 125 gneh., this "temple of all gods" is one of the most majestic buildings of antiquity and must be visited at any time of day (even if there are fewer people here in the morning). Then the rotunda's revolutionary design became a model for the following century's buildings. Today the Pantheon is the final resting place of some of Italy's most famous citizens, including the artist Raphael, King Vittorio Emanuele II, King Umberto I and Queen Margherita of Savoy.
The building had a dynamic copper roof. That is until artist Bernini used five fingers to create the copper for his 35-metre-high canopy in the newly built St. Peter's Basilica. An audio guide can be purchased for €8.50.
Piazza della Rotonda, +39 347 82 05 204, pantheonroma.com. Open every day from 9:00 to 19:00 Register for FREE.
18. Santa Maria sopra Minvera
During the Middle Ages Rome was in serious decline: at one point its population dwindled to just 20,000 people. Even the popes didn't want to be there (many fled to Viterbo, 80 miles north of the Eternal City, and even to Avignon in southern France). For several centuries no large buildings were built, so Santa-Maria-sopra-Minerva, a stone's throw from the Pantheon, is the only Gothic church in the city.
The church, in fact, takes its name from the temple to the pagan goddess Minerva on which it was built. Inside, admire the starry sky from the ceiling, but don't miss Michelangelo's sculpture of Christ holding the cross. There is also "Madonna and Child" written by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico.
In the square in front of the church is one of the most unique sculptures in the history of art: an Egyptian obelisk striking a sculpture of an elephant. Bernini found an obelisk in the church's monastery garden, and the monks suggested placing it in the center of the square in front of the church. An artistic genius with a wonderful sense of humour, Bernini sculpted an elephant - a symbol of piety and wisdom - and mounted an obelisk upon it. It was originally intended as a joke, but has stayed that way ever since.
A stone's throw away, in the nearby chapel, Galileo (whose discoveries undermined the idea that the earth was the center of the universe) was accused of heresy in the 17th century.
Piazza della Minerva 42, +39 06-679-3926, santamariasopraminerva.it. Open every day from 11:00 to 15:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00. Register for FREE.
19. Аппиева дорога (Appia Antica)
The Roman road system was one of the wonders of the ancient world. And the Via Appia - or as the locals call it, the Appian Way - was once a superhighway that stretched from the capital to the boot "Cap" (up to the city of Brindisi). The “Korolevy dorog” area, as they called it, located not far from Rome, is today a 6000-hectare public park and one of the best hidden corners of the Eternal City.
Дорога начание у стен Аврелиана третьего века н.э. His name is San-Sebastian, and the time that comes from Christian Catholic cat drugs. Soon the brick-sized cobblestones are replaced by large, irregularly shaped, pizza-sized basalt stones with ruts left by centuries-old Roman chariots moving up and down the road. The crumbling thousand-year-old mausoleums and umbrella pines frame the road, which is completely closed on Sundays. Remains of villas with mosaic floors and roadside stadiums - a great place to relax.
Appieva doroga – one of the trendiest places to live these days. The palaces hidden among the ancient streets belong to the rich and famous.
20. St. John Lateran
This huge barn church is one of the most important in the Catholic world. The ornate Baroque and Rococo facade belies its age, despite being the oldest of Rome's four main basilicas (the other three being St. Peter's Cathedral, Santa Maria Maggiore, and St. Paul's Cathedral Beyond the Walls). The entire complex, also made up of the building in front of the square (today separated by a busy road), was the original residence of the Pope; All popes were crowned here until 1870. Today the church is still the official ecclesiastical residence of the Bishop of Rome (who happens to be the Pope).
The basilica was completely restored in the 18th century and received the full flowering of decorative Baroque design. Alessandro Galileo won the competition for the reconstruction of the exterior (giving the facade a more sumptuous appearance) and Francesco Borromini was commissioned to reproject the interior. He left the central Gothic baldachin (baldachin) above the altar, which looks wildly out of place today.
An Egyptian obelisk was installed in many squares of Rome, the result of the attraction of all of Egypt about 2000 years ago (actually today there are 13 more obelisks in the Eternal City than in all of Egypt). The one in the square in front of the basilica is probably the best known. At 42 meters (140 feet) high, it is the tallest of its kind in the world.
Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano 4. Open every day from 7:00 to 18:30. Register for FREE.
21.Trastevere
Trastevere literally means "beyond the Tiber" and is the most charming, if not the most charming neighborhood in Rome (and my favorite neighborhood to stay in when visiting the city). The narrow, winding streets are lined with atmospheric cafés and bars, so grab a table on the cobbled path, order a glass of wine or beer, and enjoy the people-watching.
22. Holy Cross in Jerusalem
The floor of this legendary basilica on the outskirts of Rome's historic center may look like ordinary tile today, but when the church was first consecrated in AD 325, it was covered in earth. But this was no ordinary filth. They brought him from Jerusalem. Which is quite fitting, since this magnificent basilica, hidden from tourists, was built to house the supposed True Cross.
It was founded by the aforementioned Saint Helena, mother of the first Christian emperor (Constantine) and one of the first fanatics of the Catholic Church. She went to the Holy Land in search of the cross on which Jesus was crucified. And when she returned home, she had much more than just a piece of the True Cross. Today, in the fascist-era chapel in the back of the church, the objects of their travels to the Holy Land are displayed: the thorns of Christ's cross, the six on which he was scourged and the thumb of Saint Thomas (Jacob himself stuck in the side of Christ).
Some historians believe that Elena's journey to the Holy Land in search of the relics was motivated by her son's behavior. Constantine, the first Roman emperor to officially embrace and accept Christianity, was not a saint. When he suspected his second wife of having an affair with his son from her first marriage, he killed him. He is in one of the two houses you came across a chip.
Although the church is 1700 years old, it underwent a Baroque transformation in the mid-18th century, which determined the current building typology.
Piazza Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 12, +39 06 701 4769, santacroceroma.it. Open Monday to Saturday from 7:00 to 12:45 and from 15:30 to 19:30. Register for FREE.
23. Castle of the Holy Angel
This gigantic stone structure on the banks of the Tiber began as the monolithic mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century AD. In the Middle Ages it served as a fortress for the Pope, who was trapped inside when the city was attacked. Now that the Pope no longer has to worry so much about barbarian sieges, the Castello del Santo Angelo has become a wonderful place to stroll. Positions a pair of unwavering pandas for some time in a melting pot, a fantastic video about Rim and the Vatican will open.
Lungotevere Castello 50, +39 06 681 9111. Open today from 9:00 to 19:30. Tickets for 22 year olds.
24. Санта-Мария-della-Vittoria
Эта скромная церковь в стиле барокко, расположенная недалеко от исторического центра, является обязательной достопримечательностью для любителей искусства. В четвертой часовне слева находится массивная скульптура Бернини «Экстаз святой Терезы», на которой изображен испанский мистик, лежащий на облаке и находящийся в состоянии почти оргазмического транса, пронзенный горячей стрелой ангела.
If you like, this theme is not twice, you have to. The artwork show all went to the sculpture theater, but it was not preceded by two. Постаного кажется, что у ангела нежная улыбка; With other STORONы, та же самая улыбка выглядит как улыбка гнева.
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Via Venti Settembre 17, +39 06 4274 0571. Open today from 9:00 to 12:00 and from 15:30 to 18:00. Вход свободный.
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