Quick Facts
Setting: Urban
Population (core): 3.4M
Population (metro): 6.7M
Best time to visit: Year-round
Top Sights
Piazza di Spagna
The Spanish Steps, built in 1725, connect Piazza di Spagna to the Trinità dei Monti church. This Baroque masterpiece features 135 steps and the Fontana della Barcaccia by Pietro Bernini. Nearby, find an Egyptian obelisk and a museum dedicated to poet John Keats.
FREE
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo, a grand elliptical square in Rome, features the ancient Egyptian Obelisk of Sety I, historic churches by Bernini, and luxury shopping streets. Designed by Valadier, it includes fountains celebrating the 1820s aqueduct, making it a must-see blend of history and modern elegance.
FREE
Villa Borghese
Villa Borghese, a vast park in Rome, spans nearly 200 acres and features lush gardens, a scenic lake, and the Borghese Gallery with art by Bernini and Caravaggio. Attractions include the Bioparco zoo, a replica of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, and tranquil spots like the Garden of the Lake for boat rentals.
FREE
Spanish Steps
The Spanish Steps, or "La Scalinata," are a grand 135-step staircase in Rome, connecting Trinità dei Monti church to Piazza di Spagna. Designed by Francesco de Sanctis in the 18th century, they are flanked by the Fontana della Barcaccia and the Sallustiano Obelisk. Sitting or eating on them is prohibited to preserve their historic value.
FREE
Auditorium Parco della Musica
The Parco della Musica in Rome, designed by Renzo Piano, features three bug-like concert halls, each a flexible "resonating chamber" with cherry-wood interiors for optimal acoustics. The complex includes an outdoor amphitheater, the Cavea, and an archaeology museum, blending music and history.
€10.0
/ Adult
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Passeggiata del Pincio
Historic promenade featuring 200+ busts of prominent figures, gardens & picturesque city views.
FREE
Milvio Bridge
Elegant pedestrian footbridge, founded in the 2nd-century BC, & site of a famous Roman battle.
FREE
National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
Renowned collection of 19th- & 20th-century art, including work by Canova, Modigliani & Van Gogh.
€10.0
/ Adult
Villa Ada Savoia
This vast, serene park with a variety of trees & a manmade pond offers bicycle & canoe rentals.
FREE
MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Art
National museum of contemporary art & architecture in eye-catching, Zaha Hadid-designed building.
€15.0
/ Adult
Bioparco di Roma
Zoo with elephants & Komodo dragons, animal feeding sessions, a theater & summer camp for children.
€18.0
/ Adult
Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Designed by Richard Meier, this imposing, light-filled museum showcases an ornate Roman altar.
€12.0
/ Adult
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia
16th-century palace exhibiting rich, Etruscan antiquities, including ornate jewelry & sarcophagi.
€12.0
/ Adult
Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo
Elegant basilica restored by Bernini in the 1600s, featuring masterpieces by Caravaggio & Raphael.
FREE
Trinità dei Monti
16th-century church under the responsibility of the French State with elaborate interior decoration.
FREE
MACRO
Art museum in a revamped brewery, with edgy exhibits & installations from post-WWII world artists.
€6.0
/ Adult
Basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls
Striking church with gold mosaics & an ornate ceiling, plus guided tours of the catacombs below.
FREE
Islamic Cultural Centre of Italy and Grand Mosque of Rome
Strikingly designed modern mosque & cultural space with a domed prayer hall & geometric mosaics.
FREE
Mausoleo di Santa Costanza
Venerable 4th-century mausoleum built around the reign of Constantine I for his daughter.
FREE
Catacombs of Priscilla
A 13km network of tombs & chapel dug into volcanic rock richly decorated with stucco & artwork.
€10.0
/ Adult
Villa Medici
16th-century cardinal's villa with landscaped gardens, offering tours & temporary art exhibitions.
€14.0
/ Adult
Mausoleum of Augustus
Remains of Roman emperor's circular, raised tomb, originally a grand monument with a bronze statue.
€5.0
/ Adult
Obelisco Flaminio
Red granite obelisk completed by Pharaoh Ramses II with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs & lion statues.
FREE
Monte Mario
Forested hill offering a nature reserve, observatory & panoramic views of the city & its monuments.
FREE
The Keats - Shelley House
House where Keats spent his last months, with displays on the Romantic poets plus a working library.
€6.0
/ Adult
Monument to Goethe
FREE
Villa Albani Torlonia
€50.0
/ Adult
Arch of the Palaces of the Ambassadors
FREE
Goethe House
House museum tracing the German writer’s stay in Rome, with books, letters & an Andy Warhol artwork.
€6.0
/ Adult
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