Rome trip

[Lohrenswald]

So in a few days I'm going to Rome for about a week. I'm just wondering if anyone has any insight into what could be interesting to do and see there.

I will be travelling with my family, so I'm not really interested in very far out stuff, like where the dankest night clubs are.

Any insight is greatly appreciated!

 

[Birdjaguar]

Art?
Architecture?
Food & Drink?
Ruins?
Museums?

What are your interests?

 

[Lohrenswald]

Food and drink are things I don't care too much about. Besides that, honestly anything (unless it ends up costing a fortune, I suppose)

I sort of want to keep this open ended

 

[LucyDuke]

Find out whether the men wear underpants.

 

[Lillefix]

A one day trip to pompeii is mandatory. Those ruins are like no other ruins. It is the only place you will ever go to whete you actually see how they lived 2000 years ago(even though much has been rebuilt). And the casts of the men, women, children and animals dying of the volcanic ashes. Many huddled together. It is really moving.

 

[really]

Was there for a couple of nights at the start of my honeymoon - it might have been a different context.

We stayed in a very nice boutique hotel near the Campo de' Fiori which had a nice cocktail bar on the roof. Went wandering nearby and as it started raining stopped in the first place we saw and stayed for dinner which was turned out to be great.

Went to the Vatican museum early ish the next day - there weren't any queues early and we made a bee line for the Sistine Chapel. Went back outside and a queue had formed for both the museum and St. Peters so we didn't bother going in.

The next day we went to the Colosseum and forum - I found this better than the Sistine chapel.

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

so I'm not really interested in very far out stuff, like where the dankest night clubs are.!

Take your family to some!

 

[Pangur Bán]

Rome is not a place where you will lack choice. Have some of its ice cream though. Also, watch your possessions, the thieves and pickpockets there are the most skilled in Europe. Millennia of practice I guess.

 

[LamaGT]

Well there's the usual Vatican, Forum, Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Piazza di Spagna.
Castel Sant'Angelo is also a really nice place. Besides being a renaissance fort, it also contains Hadrian's (or maybe someone else's) mausoleum, and the setting around it is also quite scenic.

 

[dutchfire]

For food: usually eating not on the main street but on a side street of a side street will give you a cheaper, better and more authentic meal.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

There's a guy who posts short travel videos on YouTube, and he's got quite a few about Rome. Keep in mind that he's not a professional travel agent, just someone who travels a lot with his family and these videos are entirely subjective. He does offer some sensible advice on how to avoid stress (ie. how to pack, how to act, how to avoid trouble), and suggestions on some of the more interesting things to see and do.

Keep in mind that some of these videos are several years old, but I find them of interest simply because I know that with the exception of his Canada videos, I'll never have any chance of seeing these other places.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=woltersworld+rome