What to see in Rome: 15 unmissable places
The top 3 according to 11 votes from people: Colosseum · Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel · St. Peter's Basilica. (Updated Jun 7, 2022.)
From the Colosseum to the Vatican, the stops every guide and traveller considers essential in the Eternal City.
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Top 15
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Colosseum
The Flavian Amphitheatre, inaugurated in AD 80, held more than 50,000 spectators.
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Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
Papal collections with the Raphael Rooms and Michelangelo's ceiling and Last Judgment.
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St. Peter's Basilica
The world's largest church, with Michelangelo's Pietà, Bernini's baldachin and a climbable dome.
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4
Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
The political heart of ancient Rome and the hill of imperial palaces, on one ticket with the Colosseum.
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5
Piazza Navona
Built on the site of Domitian's Stadium, with Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers.
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6
Spanish Steps
The 18th-century staircase of 135 steps rising from Piazza di Spagna.
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Trevi Fountain
Nicola Salvi's Baroque fountain completed in 1762; tradition says to toss in a coin.
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Borghese Gallery
Villa with Bernini sculptures (Apollo and Daphne) and six Caravaggio paintings; entry by reservation only.
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Trastevere
Neighbourhood of lanes and trattorias across the Tiber, with the basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.
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Castel Sant'Angelo
Hadrian's mausoleum turned papal fortress, linked to the Vatican by the Passetto di Borgo.
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Capitoline Museums
The world's oldest public museum (1471), on Michelangelo's Piazza del Campidoglio.
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12
Villa Borghese
80-hectare park with a lake and the Pincio terrace overlooking Piazza del Popolo.
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Altare della Patria (Vittoriano)
Monument to Victor Emmanuel II on Piazza Venezia, with a panoramic terrace over the city.
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14
Baths of Caracalla
Ruins of the great 3rd-century baths, which host a summer opera season.
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15
Appian Way
The 'queen of roads' from 312 BC, lined with the catacombs of St Callixtus and St Sebastian.
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16
Santa Maria Maggiore
One of the four major papal basilicas, with 5th-century mosaics.
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Pantheon
Hadrian's temple from AD 125, with the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome and its oculus.
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Comments (7)
Le Terme di Caracalla d'estate con l'opera all'aperto, spettacolari.
Tornata a Roma a settembre, la Fontana di Trevi ora ha l'ingresso a numero limitato.
Domanda: per i Musei Vaticani conviene il primo turno della mattina o il pomeriggio?
Primo turno sicuramente, alle 8 la Cappella Sistina è quasi vivibile.
Manca il Gianicolo per il tramonto! Gratis e con vista su tutta Roma.
La Via Appia in bici la domenica è un'esperienza, consigliatissima.
Galleria Borghese è la mia preferita in assoluto, ma bisogna prenotare con largo anticipo.