What are the best spots to see in Rome in August?

Question

What are the best spots to see in Rome in August?

Answer 1

Have to see the Colosseum.  Best place to go in Rome.

Then the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain.

After that the ruins ( near the Colosseum) and the Vatican are good places to see.

Answer 2

First of all I hope you are aware that Rome shuts down in August.   The Romans get out of town and head for the sea or the mountains, anywhere to escape the heat.  The centre will still be busy, but there will most likely be lots of little shops closed.  As for must sees.  Let's recap the last answer

☻Castel Sant'Angelo (very cool, but not really a have to you'll see it strolling the centre without needing to go in)

Papal Fortress

castle ; fortress

Lungotevere Castello

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☻Colosseum (definitely, but hit the Palatine hill first and you'll have your pass for both that and the colosseum and you can skip the line at the colosseum)

Truly Colossal

archaeological site ; stadium/oval

Piazza del Colosseo

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Museo e Galleria Borghese (good, but you have to book)

Art Attack

art-related ; art gallery

Piazzale del Museo Borghese

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Pantheon (two thumbs up, must see)

Temple of All Gods

monument ; religious/spiritual

Piazza della Rotonda

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Pincio Hill(nah, way over rated)

☻Roman Forum (right beside Palantine hill and the colloseum, a great stroll)

Imperial Hub

archaeological site ; government

Piazza Santa Maria Nova 53 & Via di Monte Tarpeo

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Trastevere (a walk in this neighbourhood is a must)

☻Trevi Fountain (yup)

Toss a Coin

square ; film/tv locations

Piazza di Trevi

I also love Campo dei Fiori on a weekday morning when the market is on.  It's great.  

I would also tack on a trip to St-Peter's Basalica and a trip to the Sistine Chapel, but that is a full day.

Answer 3

☻Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano

The Pope's Seat

religious/spiritual

Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano 4

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Capuchin Cemetery

Boney M

religious/spiritual ; cemetery

Via Vittorio Veneto 27

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Castel Sant'Angelo

Papal Fortress

castle ; fortress

Lungotevere Castello

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Colosseum

Truly Colossal

archaeological site ; stadium/oval

Piazza del Colosseo

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Museo e Galleria Borghese

Art Attack

art-related ; art gallery

Piazzale del Museo Borghese

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Pantheon

Temple of All Gods

monument ; religious/spiritual

Piazza della Rotonda

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Pincio Hill

The view of St Peter's from the Pincio just has to be seen to be believed. This elegant park with its avenues of shady trees gets its name from the Pinci famaily, who owned it in the 4th century. It's a popular place for a weekend passagiata.

Giuseppe Valadier designed the lofty gardens (which adjoin Villa Borghese) around 1809-14. Roman families, cyclists and skaters continue the tradition of past strollers, including Keats, Severn, Richard Strauss, Mussolini, Ghandi and King Farouk.

☻Roman Forum

Imperial Hub

archaeological site ; government

Piazza Santa Maria Nova 53 & Via di Monte Tarpeo

Tel: [phone] (info)

☻Trastevere

Palazzi of Old

Although its traditionally proletarian nature is changing as the crumbling palazzi become gentrified, a stroll among the labyrinthine alleys of Trastevere still reaps small gems of a bygone past. Washing strung out from the apartments in best Mama-leone tradition has everyone sighing and reaching for the Kodaks.

The lovely Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere is the area's heart. It's a true Roman square - by day peopled by mothers with strollers, chatting locals and guidebook-toting tourists, by night with artisans selling their craft work, young Romans looking for a good time, and the odd homeless person looking for a bed. The streets east of the piazza is where you'll find the most photographed washing in the world.

☻Trevi Fountain

Toss a Coin

square ; film/tv locations

Piazza di Trevi

The famous custom is to throw a coin into the fountain over your shoulder to ensure you return to Rome. A second coin will have you falling in love with an Italian, and the third marrying him or her. Needless to say, the terraces around the fountain are always packed with tourists throwing coins.

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