Top 5 places to visit in Rome? Milano?

Question

I am planning a short trip in October to Italy. Can you suggest me top 5 places to visit in 3 days in Rome, Milano?Maybe somebody have been there resently? any ideas where the best to stay?

Answer 1

Rome:  Forums, Palantine Hill, Colloseum, Vatican, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain  

Milan: Duomo --

Answer 2

3 days for both rome and milano??

If It's so, maybe you won't have enough time to see out of your window :)

If you mean 3 days in Rome OR Milan, it can be enough to see most interesting places.

In Rome you could spend the days this way

1. you can have a nice walk starting from piazza della repubblica (republic's square)

http://www.italyguides.it/img/med/repubb...

going down on via nazionale

http://www.tesoridiroma.net/galleria/bar...

reach piazza venezia with the emanuele II monument (altare della patria)

http://toon.heindl-internet.de/rom/a800/...

walking straight on via dei fori imperiali and visit the roman forum

http://www.romantigua.com/foro%20romano....

and reach the colosseum this way.

http://www.partecipiamo.it/Roma/immagini...

It may seem a few things but it takes some time to visit all, and you'll lose a lot of time stopping in many corners, little churchs, streets... there are a lot of interesting things on the way. From the colosseum you can also reach the circo massimo on foot

http://www.activitaly.it/monument/imago/...

2. you need another day to visit the whole area of st peter's basilica and its vatican museums

http://www.eurogarden.net/img/l_pietro.j...

and the near castel sant'angelo on the river tiber (Tevere)

http://www.rositour.it/RomaLazio/Tevere/...

just near there, there's one of the old part of the city called trastevere, who deserves a visit (it's good to go there also to have diner and spend the night)

http://www.rome-roma.net/rome_roma/trast...

3. another area with a lot of things to see is from piazza di spagna (spanish steps)

http://www.resurrectionist.net/images/pi...

walking on via del corso (with a lot of shops)

http://www.tesoridiroma.net/galleria/vco...

to piazza navona (with the bernini's fountain and a lot of street artists)

http://astrolazio.altervista.org/images/...

and the pantheon

http://www.danheller.com/images/Europe/I...

and then to piazza del popolo

http://www.abcroma.com/P_popolo_N1.jpg

and pincio (panoramic terrace in the biggest green park of the city, Villa Borghese)

http://pastrin.bytez.org/images/roma_pin...

if you have more time (but you gotta be fast! :P) also the basilica di san giovanni

http://www.villadilivia.it/Foto560/basil...

and santa maria maggiore deserve a visit.

http://www.racine.ra.it/lcalighieri/Giub...

anyway, 5 things are:

piazza venezia

colosseum

saint peter

piazza di spagna

piazza navona/pantheon

for milan, I can't be so specific because even if I've been there a couple of times, it's not my city, but the most important things to see are surely

the Dom

http://www.gruppoartema.it/cattedrale.jp...

and the Castello Sforzesco

http://discountmilano.serverbox.net/tour...

then there's the Last Dinner by leonardo Da Vinci but you need to reserve!! you must call +39.02.8942.1146 ( the website is http://www.cenacolovinciano.org/english/... )

...have a nice stay in Italy! ;-)

Answer 3

Milano: Duomo, then walk along via Torino and look for S. Maria Presso S.Satiro, for the perspective. Go on and in largo Carrobbio turn left and see San Lorenzo columns. Then either shop in Corso di Porta Ticinese or pass through the Parco delle Basiliche to have a look at S. Eustorgio. Cross Piazza XXIV Maggio and go to the Naviglio Grande for an aperitivo or an ice cream. If you want to eat, good restaurant Ponte Rosso has Milanese-inspired cuisine. Next day: go to Castello Sforzesco and walk from there to the Pinacoteca di Brera.

Answer 4

3 days is short so the best bet is convenience, both places, stay close to the main train terminal. Rome, you should go to Colosium, Ventican (also 1 whole day), Petheon, Forum, Milan, you should go to the big Catherdral, make sure you go to the roof where there is a "forest" of colums of beautiful carvings, then go to the old biggest mall next to that catherdral to look at the architure of the ceiling of the mall.