Rome Trip Overview
You could spend years, even a lifetime, in Rome and never see everything the city has to offer. As much as it seems like you’ve checked off just about every item in your guidebook, I promise: You haven’t.
There are always more fascinating, unique sights to see.
So whether you’ve already seen Rome’s main attractions, or you already have them in your itinerary and have more time to play with, here are some sights to add.
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Duration: 8 to 9 hours
Starts: Rome, Italy
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Rome, Lazio, Italy
You could spend years, even a lifetime, in Rome and never see everything the city has to offer. As much as it seems like you’ve checked off just about every item in your guidebook, I promise: You haven’t.
There are always more fascinating, unique sights to see.
So whether you’ve already seen Rome’s main attractions, or you already have them in your itinerary and have more time to play with, here are some sights to add.
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Stop At: Colosseum, Piazza del Colosseo, 00184 Rome Italy
The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is a large amphitheatre in the city of Rome. The construction of the Colosseum started around 70–72 AD and was finished in 80 AD. Emperor Vespasian started the work, and Emperor Titus completed it. … It is the biggest amphitheatre built by the Roman Empire.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Circus Maximus, Via del Circo Massimo, 00186 Rome Italy
The Circus Maximus (Latin for greatest or largest circus; Italian: Circo Massimo) is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine Hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Giardino degli Aranci, Piazza Pietro D’Illiria Above Circus Maximus, 00153 Rome Italy
The Orange Trees Garden (Italian: Giardino degli aranci) is the name used in Rome to describe the Savello park (Parco Savello). It is about 7,800 square meters and is located on the Aventine Hill. The park offers an excellent view of the city. The garden, as it is today, was designed in 1932 by Raffaele De Vico. [1]It was constructed to offer public access to the view from the side of the hill, creating a new ‘’belvedere’’, to be added to the existing viewpoints in Rome from the Pincian Hill and the Janiculum.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Knights of Malta Keyhole, Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, 3, 00153 Roma RM, Italy
The Story Behind Rome’s Aventine Keyhole. The keyhole of the Knights of Malta is one of the city’s more intriguing off-the-beaten-path sights. With its uninviting door and perfectly framed view of Saint Peter’s Basilica, it has become a favorite stop for travelers looking for alternative attractions in the city.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Piazza della Bocca della Verita, 18 Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome Italy
Situated in the portico of Santa Maria in Cosmedin Church, the Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Veritá) is a worldwide-famous enormous marble mask said to bite the hand of those who lied.
Stop At: Capitoline Hill, 00186 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Capitoline Hill is the smallest, but most significant of the seven hills of Rome. The hill is the political and religious heart of Rome and actually has two separate summits. Huge temples built by Rome’s kings once stood on top of Capitoline Hill. They became symbolic of Rome’s power and position in the world.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Ghetto, Ghetto, Rome, Lazio
The Roman Ghetto or Ghetto of Rome (Italian: Ghetto di Roma) was a Jewish ghetto established in 1555 in the Rione Sant’Angelo, in Rome, Italy, in the area surrounded by present-day Via del Portico d’Ottavia, Lungotevere dei Cenci, Via del Progresso and Via di Santa Maria del Pianto, close to the River Tiber and the Theatre of Marcellus. With the exception of brief periods under Napoleon from 1808 to 1815 and under the Roman Republics of 1798–99 and 1849, the ghetto of Rome was controlled by the papacy until the capture of Rome in 1870.
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Teatro di Marcello, Via Del Teatro De Marcello, Rome Italy
The Theatre of Marcellus (Latin: Theatrum Marcelli, Italian: Teatro di Marcello) is an ancient open-air theatre in Rome, Italy, built in the closing years of the Roman Republic. At the theatre, locals and visitors alike were able to watch performances of drama and song.
Stop At: Trastevere, 00153 Rome Italy
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Trastevere is a picturesque medieval area located on the west bank of the Tiber. The area escaped the grand developments which changed the face of central Rome, and is a charming place to wander, eat or relax. Trastevere (TrasTEVeh-ray)is named for its position ‘over the Tiber’.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Terrazza del Gianicolo, Piazzale Giuseppe Garibaldi, 00165 Rome Italy
Gianicolo is situated just outside the ancient city and is a great place to visit to get away from the bustle of Rome. Not to mention that the panorama from the top of the hill is breath-taking.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Chiesa San Pietro in Montorio, Piazza di San Pietro in Montorio 2, 00153 Rome Italy
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San Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard the Tempietto, a small commemorative martyrium (tomb) built by Donato Bramante.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Piazza di Campo de’ Fiori, 00186 Rome Italy
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Campo de’ Fiori (Italian: [ˈkampo de ˈfjoːri], literally “field of flowers”) is a rectangular square south of Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy, at the border between rione Parione and rione Regola. … Campo de’ Fiori, translated literally from Italian, means “field of flowers”.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Navona, 00186 Rome Italy
Piazza Navona (pronounced [ˈpjattsa naˈvoːna]) is a public space/plaza in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. … It is believed that over time the name changed to in avone to navone and eventually to navona.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, 00186 Rome Italy
Roman Pantheon. The Roman Pantheon is the most preserved and influential building of ancient Rome. It is a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods of pagan Rome. As the brick stamps on the side of the building reveal it was built and dedicated between A.D 118 and 125.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Piazza Venezia, 00187 Rome Italy
Piazza Venezia (Italian: [ˈpjattsa veˈnɛttsja]) is the central hub of Rome, Italy, in which several thoroughfares intersect, including the Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Via del Corso. … The piazza or square is at the foot of the Capitoline Hill and next to Trajan’s Forum.
Duration: 15 minutes
