What do you recommend to see in Rome?

Question

Apart from the obvious places like the Vatican, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and all that.

If you have been, what did you see that you liked most that isnt really well known?

Im going in September.

Answer 1

i recommend you see the holy stairs opposite the church in san giovanni in laterano

Answer 2

The first restaurant u see

Answer 3

Everything that you will come across is worth remembering.The fact that you'll be visiting Rome is a unique experience not everyone is entitled to.

Enjoy your visit there.Take care and God bless.

Answer 4

i am italian and i live in rome.

a foreign friend of mine has just come to visit me and so I brought her around in the city. Apart from the places you have mentioned, I would reccomend you to go to Ostia Antica -the ancient roman port-: it is a wonderful place, a sort of small city whose today are visible a lot of ruines and amazing mosaici. It is 30 km south of roma. You can get there by metro, it is very easy to go.

A lot of turist don't know anything about this place.

Then to Galleria Borghese where you can see a lot of Canova sculptures.

Then you should go to San Clemente Basilique near Colosseo and Santa Cecilia Basilique in Trastevere. Both of them are really interesting not only because of some beautiful paintings but also because they have been built above old roman houses. so, you can visit the first floor where the Basilique stays and then go down to all diferent levels. They are really nice!

...if you go to Rome on 8 of september, you'll fnd the White Night: it means you can enjoy for free a lot of visit and entertainments during all the night.

And it is good cause it won't be to hot anymore!

Have fun!

Answer 5

We went to Rome in February, and the place which I hadn't heard of which I really liked was the Basilica of San Clemente. You've got a marble and mosaic church at ground level, which is worth a look on its own, but then you can go underground and see the remains of a really early Christian church, which itself was built on top of a Roman Mithraeum. It gives you a great sense of just how old Rome is, and how many layers of history are literally packed one on top of the other. You can even hear the sound of underground rivers. The site below gives you a fuller idea (though I can't quite see how you're supposed to start at the bottom and work up!)

Answer 6

the leaning tower of pizza hut is good

Answer 7

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Answer 8

well you need to go have gelato in this small shop in piazza navona. if you go the right way as in the direct way you go all through the right side and at the very end theres a fork. and you take the right one and you'll find some of the best gelato in all of rome.

Answer 9

the following are known but not on anyone's list:  1/  go out to see  underground crypts on the appian way....i recall you can go down only in in groups that leave on the hour...you just show up, no reservations...the appian way was the original roman highway which went thru italy,  2/  also, nero's palace -- it's good to have reservations but i think not mandatory....

3/  walk thru the forum -- good to have a map of what was what but not necessary

Answer 10

I'am Italian.. I recommend to see

"Piazza del Popolo,

Terme di Caracalla,

Fori Imperiali,

Pantheon,

Isola Tiberina,

Giardini del Pincio,

Le fosse Ardeatine,

Circo Massimo,

Vittoriano,

Via del Corso,

Piazza della Repubblica,

Terme di Diocleziano,

San Paolo,

Villa Medici,

Villa Borghese,

Piazza della Minerva,

Trastevere,

Campo dei Fiori and other things, Rome is very big and there are a lot of monuments to see.."

Rome is a fantastic city, the people is very nice and the weather is often pleasent.. I love Rome! I'm sorry for my terrible English.. Good Travel! Kisses..

Answer 11

I like the Patheon, but if you have about a day, I really recommond Viterbo, an ancient Estrucan town about an hour train ride away. The train trip is cheap, less than 20 euro round trip. Google the train connection. It's one of the most beautiful ancient town I have ever seen, it's quiet and only very, very few tourist.

Answer 12

I love Rome!

I suggest that you try to take public transport as little as possible (obviously you have to, to get to the Vatican as it's a fair way), get a good map and walk it ... you will see the most amazing little run down Roman temples that are not even marked in guide books and discover nice little shops and squares.

Also the Keats-Shelley memorial house by the Spanish Steps in good.  I was moved tears when I spent time in the room John Keats died in.

Have fun, am jealous!

Answer 13

1  Villa Borghese (Public Park)

If it's a fine day, go for a stroll in the Villa Borghese. Its very nice. A good map should show named paths to follow around the Fontana dei Cavalli, the Tempio di Esculapio and onto the Pincio gardens where there are views over the city.

2 San Clemente

I much agree with booklady, San Clemente is outstanding. I can think of no other comparable building where you descend the floors and travel back in history.

3  Musei Capitolini

Located up a grand staircased hill, the Piazza dei Campidoglio is home to the Capitoline Musuem - three impressive collections including classical sculpture and Renaissance works. Around the back of the complex are excellent views over the Forum. The setting of the museum is superb, an elegant elevated piazza, particularly fine at evening time when flood-lit.

4 Santa Maria in Cosmedin with San Giorgio in Velabro

OK, if you are of my generation you will regard this as a well-known place, but if you are younger, perhaps not. SMC is a beautiful medieval church. In the portico is the "Mouth of Truth" made famous by the film Roman Holiday. (the DVD of which you should buy or rent NOW if you haven’t seen it already). Combine visit with nearby San Giorgio in Velabro – an ancient basilica beautiful and humbling in its bareness (a good antidote to the sometimes overpowering lavishness of Rome's grander churches.

5  Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

A modest church which I include because of a single but very moving statue of Saint Cecilia by Stefano Maderno. Cecilia came from a patrician family whose house stood on this site. She refused to worship Roman gods and when her Christian faith was discovered she (and her husband) were tortured and executed. She is shown lying on her side, face down, just as she was found when her tomb was unearthed and opened in 1599, at which time  the sculptor Maderno saw the remains and made a drawing. In his work he shows the cuts in her neck caused by the three blows that failed to kill her outright.

Rome is a fabulous city. I hope you have a lovely time.

Answer 14

A WHITE DOVE in the vatican square