Rome is where you’ll find history in every step. You’ll find Colosseum, St Peter’s Basilica, Sistine chapel, Roman Forum, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Altar of the Fatherland & so on… Best food in the world is an added advantage here.
Rome is connected via three airports, but only two are main international airports. Leonardo Da Vinci Airport & Ciampino Airport. You can easily take buses from outside the airport which will take you to the City center or alternately you can get the trains as well. the currency used in Rome is Euro. Italian is spoken here. Buy the tickets beforehand as the lines can get huge and your whole will get spent in buying the tickets only. Buy a combination ticket of Colosseum, Roman Ruins & Palatine hill. And an entry ticket of Sistine Chapel & the Vatican museums. You can spend a lifetime wandering in Rome and still have stuff left to explore, but let’s plan a travel itinerary for three days. Pizzas here are simply best in the world. You can buy from any shop selling them. You get it by weight, so mix and match. Also, don’t forget to try gelatos, Tiramisu, pastas etc….
First Day, start with an early morning start to the Colosseum. This 2000 year old building used to be the home of gladiators and beasts from all around the world fighting and dying for public’s entertainment. The lines can get huge; so start early morning & have your ticket already with you printed. Once you come out of the colosseum, check out the Arch of Constantine. From there move towards the Palatine Hill. Once covered that, move towards the Roman ruins/ Roman Forum, its right next to the colosseum and it is a huge complex with roma era houses, temples, yards etc. Then get out of the ruins towards Piazza Venezia. Here you see the beautiful Altare della Patria. Even on the road to this palace, you will find history littered at every nook and corner of the city. You will find statues of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony etc. Old Pillars & living quarters which are thousands of years old. In the palace, checkout the statues on the top and checkout the palace from within- its beautiful. Then slowly walk towards the Pantheon– it is described as the perfect design of a building. Check out the dome from where you can see the sky. From here go towards Piazza Navona. There are two beautiful fountains here, where chariot races used to be organised in ancient times. Then roam around in the streets that are littered with Cafes and bars and spend rest of the night at your leisure.
Start the second day, cross the Tiber river by any of the bridges that connect the Vatican to Rome and reach the St.Peter’s Square in Vatican city. This is the world’s smallest country (it is completely inside Rome). Don’t forget to send a postcard from the vatican’s post office to yourself. Its a very good souvenir. Then go inside the St.Peter’s Basilica. This is the center of the Roman catholics religion. The Pope lives here. Check out the pope’s guards in their very colourful dress. Once out of there, move to Sistine chapel. This has the world famous ceiling painted by michelAngelo. Also, visit all other Vatican museums which houses some of the world’s most important documents and arts related to catholic religion. Once you are done with all this, come out towards the Castel Saint’Angelo which is on the banks of the tiber river. From here, walk towards the Piazza del popolo. Here you can end your day and go to the Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo or stroll in the Via del Babuino and the neighbouring streets-This has high end shops. Alternatively you could go to Villa Borghese.
On third day, start your day by going to the Spanish steps. You can spend some time here doing crowd-watching near the Fontana della Barcaccia or going up the spanish steps and sitting there (if allowed). From there you can walk towards the Trevi Fountain and throw a coin in the famous fountain if you wish to come back to Rome. From here travel towards the Market at Campo de’ Fiori– which is a food and flower market. In the path you will keep on coming across various sites- which I can’t even start to mention here as the list will keep on going forever. From here walk towards the Fontana del Mascherone. From go towards Ponte Fabricio which is the oldest Roman bridge built in 62 BC, from here cross Tiber river via the Tiberina Island and then let yourself wander in the streets of Trastevere . Then go to Basilica de Santa Maria in Trastevere.Then come back to the other side of the River using any of the bridges and spend time at places that you liked.
