Are you going to Rome soon? I know that I am! There is a lot to think about before visiting a city with a lifespan of a few millennia: Where to stay? How long to stay? What to see? Where to go? Where to eat? What to order? What about shopping? and so on…
Since Rome is my favorite city, I will try and share some of my excitement for this amazing place with you. Hopefully, this information will answer a few of your questions. If it doesn’t, then let’s talk!
Where to go? What to see?
Here is a 3-DAY ITINERARY for a self-guided walking tour of Rome. I’ve used these routes myself to introduce my many guests to the Eternal City. Each route is not too long (only 4 – 6 km of easy walking), but you will visit many of the places where the legends were made! Feel free to combine the routes, in case you don’t have 3 days to spend in the city and / or you can walk really fast.
Keep in mind that there is a ton of interesting information about each stop on my itinerary. Therefore, I suggest that you invest in a guide book and/or do some homework on Wikipedia before you hit the streets! On the other hand, you can just grab a gelato and walk around the city without overloading your brain with the historical anecdotes.
You can also benefit from purchasing an special multi-day pass for the visitors to get free access to many sites and cut the line. Click HERE for further information.
Lastly, but critically important, do wear comfortable walking shoes! You will thank me later.
Where to eat?
To say that Rome is full of wonderful restaurants, big and small, is to say nothing. Every piazza and every street is lined up by ristoranti, osterie, and bars, which serve all types of food, wine and drinks. All of these places await your discovery, yet, every time I visit Rome, I try to eat at some of my trusty stand-by’s. Here is a short and incomplete list of my favorites:
Antica Pesa – the restaurant has been operating in Trastevere since 1922. Very appropriately for this historical area, it serves very interesting Roman cuisine and has a wonderful open courtyard in the back of the restaurant. Make sure to ask for their wine list and marvel at the 500-page volume that will be dropped off in front of you. Click here for the website.
La Penna d’Oca – very convenient location near Piazza del Popolo. Great food and wine. Click here for the website.
Osteria St. Ana – my long time favorite is on the same blovk with La Penna d’Oca. Amazing food (try warm goat cheese mixed with black truffles), friendly service, inexpensive wine – what else can one ask for? Click here for the website.
Ristorante Casale – do you want to try amazing antipasti and grilled meat? Then you will have to take a taxi outside the city walls to via Flaminia km 10. The ride is about 15 minutes from Piazza del Popolo, but it is well worth the effort and a few extra euro’s. Click here for the website.
Keep on traveling,
LenkaTraveler
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