Rome.. one of my favourite European cities... we stayed 6 nights and it wasn't nearly enough. There's so much history to see but that's just the tip of the iceberg and the big tourist drawcards are really busy. We just scheduled one 'site' a day.
Coliseum and around.
Trevi Fountain.
Cropped.
Reality.
Vatican Museum.
Spanish Steps and Via Condutti.
Modern Art Museum.
Basilica Papale de Santa Maria Maggiore.
We spent the rest of our time discovering different neighbourhoods and strolling the streets. If you don't do anything else in Rome, spend your evenings sitting in the piazzas and watching the world go by. Soak up the atmosphere. La Dolce Vita..
Some of our favourite spots this time...
Campo de Fiori and around.
Trastavere.
Testaccio.
Discovering little places just off the beaten track is fun.
And enjoy the food..Especially the Roman specialities...
Overpriced Gelato at Trevi Fountain because we've had it here since we first came to Rome 30 years ago.
Artichokes - 3 ways in this case
Porchetta - yummy street food
Spaghetti Carbonara and Tonarelli Cacio e Pepe
We enjoyed some good restaurants, most rather touristy but next time we'd like to stay for a month or more and become real Roman foodies.
4 Fiumi - for the view and not overpriced for Navona.
La Fattoincasa - we ate here twice - just for Neil to have the lamb chops.
Restorante Arco da St. Calisto
Bona - fast food pizza
Pizza Ciro
If you need to see any sport other than soccer in Italy you need to find an Irish Pub. We watched French Open Tennis and a bit of rugby - at the The Abbey Theatre Pub. Rude Italian owner, jaded, sharp -tounged Irish barman and a few foreign waitresses running scared. Not our usual place but for sport the choices are limited and we got on with them all anyway.
We found a little Vespa museum. They had our his (1959 ) and hers (1963 ) models side by side.
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