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Discover Campo Marzio’s 35 best spots for your trip in Rome

From the classic Piazza del Popolo and Ara Pacis Museum, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.

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Piazza del Popolo1
🏛️LandmarkFree

Piazza del Popolo

Step into Piazza del Popolo, Rome's grand northern gateway. Take in the twin churches, the ancient Egyptian obelisk at the center, and the open, uncluttered space perfect for a relaxed café pause before walking on to the Spanish Steps.

Reasons to go

  • The central obelisk was brought to Rome by Augustus, predating the piazza's surrounding architecture by nearly two millennia.
  • The square's symmetrical layout, framed by the twin churches Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto, dates from a 19th-century redesign.
  • Santa Maria del Popolo church at the piazza's northern end houses Caravaggio paintings.
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Typical visit

20 min

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Best time

morning, afternoon or early evening

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Ara Pacis Museum2
🎨Museum$$ · Mid-range

Ara Pacis Museum

4.5 · 10,477 reviews

Step inside Richard Meier's glass-and-travertine pavilion beside the Tiber to see Augustus's Altar of Peace up close. Study the intricately carved marble reliefs of the 2,000-year-old monument, then browse rotating exhibitions on painting and design.

Reasons to go

  • The altar was commissioned by Emperor Augustus to commemorate the peace of the early Roman Empire.
  • The enclosing glass hall was designed by American architect Richard Meier and completed in 2006, the first new monumental structure built in Rome's historic center since fascist-era times.
  • The carved precinct walls depict mythological scenes and a procession of the imperial family.
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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

morning, lunchtime, afternoon, early evening or evening

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Walking intensity

Moderate walking

Spanish Steps3
🏛️LandmarkFree

Spanish Steps

4.6 · 111,240 reviews

Discover the Spanish Steps, Rome's grand 18th-century stairway between Piazza di Spagna and Trinità dei Monti. Climb the terraced staircase for classic photo views, then linger by the Barcaccia fountain below where visitors gather since sitting on the steps is banned.

Reasons to go

  • Completed in 1725 to link the Bourbon-funded piazza with the French-owned church above, with 135 steps in its terraced design
  • The staircase's Italian and French patrons gave it an English name derived from the Spanish embassy that has stood in the square since the 1600s
  • The Keats-Shelley House at the base marks where the poet John Keats died in 1821
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Typical visit

20 min

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Best time

early morning, early evening or evening

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Poldo e Gianna Osteria4
🍽️Food$$ · Mid-range

Poldo e Gianna Osteria

4.6 · 3,880 reviews

Discover Poldo e Gianna Osteria, a beloved spot near Piazza del Popolo. Share generous plates with welcoming staff, ordering extra dishes as you go for a relaxed, authentically Roman meal.

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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

lunchtime, afternoon, evening or late night

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Imàgo5
🍽️Food$$$$ · Premium

Imàgo

4.6 · 453 reviews

Discover Imàgo, the Michelin-starred rooftop above the Spanish Steps. Savor a tasting menu over Rome's rooftops, with evening slots timed to catch the city's best light for your special occasion.

Reasons to go

  • Located atop the Hotel Hassler at the top of the Spanish Steps, with panoramic views over Rome's rooftops
  • Evening-only seating is timed to catch sunset light over the city
  • Multi-course tasting format meant to be experienced over a full evening, often lasting several hours
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Typical visit

2h30

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Best time

evening or late night

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Via dei Condotti6
🛍️ShoppingFree

Via dei Condotti

4.7 · 762 reviews

Discover Via dei Condotti, Rome's grand catwalk of luxury shopping stretching out from the Spanish Steps. Wander past flagship boutiques of Italy's top fashion houses, window shop the elegant facades, and finish with a coffee in true Roman style.

Reasons to go

  • Runs directly from the base of the Spanish Steps, linking shopping with one of Rome's landmark sights
  • Hosts flagship stores for major houses including Bulgari, Gucci, Valentino, Hermès, Prada, Dior, Salvatore Ferragamo and Louis Vuitton
  • Often compared to Bond Street or Fifth Avenue as Rome's premier luxury shopping address
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Typical visit

45 min

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Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

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Walking intensity

Moderate walking

Zuma Rome7
🍽️Food$$$$ · Premium

Zuma Rome

4.4 · 5,007 reviews

Discover Zuma Rome, the glamorous Japanese-influenced dining room near Piazza del Popolo. Sip through a lively rosé brunch of shareable dishes while soaking in the fashionable, design-forward scene and international crowd.

Reasons to go

  • Known for a rosé brunch with a set menu of shareable dishes that can be reordered freely once finished
  • Part of the international Zuma restaurant group, bringing contemporary Japanese-influenced cuisine to central Rome
  • Draws a fashionable, international crowd more for its design-forward, high-energy room than for traditional Roman fare
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Typical visit

2h

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Best time

lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Pompeii, Amalfi Coast and Positano Day Trip8
🏛️LandmarkDay TourFrom $125

Pompeii, Amalfi Coast and Positano Day Trip

4.6 · 7,185 reviews

Explore ancient Pompeii's ruins before winding along the Amalfi Coast to Positano. Wander the cliffside village's stacked pastel houses and small beach, the coast's most photogenic stop.

Reasons to go

  • Positano's buildings cascade down a cliff face directly to a small beach, giving it the coast's most photographed skyline.
  • The town has almost no flat ground, with streets built as stepped stairways rather than roads.
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Typical visit

10h

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Best time

early morning

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Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking

Il Margutta9
🍽️Food$$ · Mid-range

Il Margutta

4.3 · 2,849 reviews

Discover Il Margutta, a longstanding vegetarian and vegan restaurant on Rome's artsy Via Margutta. Sit down to a large, varied plant-based menu that wins over lifelong vegetarians and skeptical meat-eaters alike.

Reasons to go

  • Located on Via Margutta, a street long associated with Rome's artists and galleries
  • One of Rome's longer-running fully meat-free restaurants, offering an extensive vegan and vegetarian menu
  • Offers a buffet option at a set price of 28 euros per person
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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Pompeii, Amalfi Coast, and Sorrento Day Trip10
🏛️LandmarkDay TourFrom $109

Pompeii, Amalfi Coast, and Sorrento Day Trip

4.6 · 10,067 reviews

Discover three of Italy's icons in a single sweeping day trip from Rome. Wander Pompeii's excavated streets and plaster-cast victims, then ride the Amalfi Coast's cliffside road through citrus groves to Sorrento.

Reasons to go

  • Pompeii's plaster casts preserve the exact forms of victims caught in the 79 AD Vesuvius eruption.
  • The tour covers Pompeii's ruins, the Amalfi coastal road, and Sorrento in a single ten-hour day.
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Typical visit

10h

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Best time

early morning

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Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking

AcquaRoof Terrazza Molinari, Bistrot di mare11
🍽️Food$$$ · Expensive

AcquaRoof Terrazza Molinari, Bistrot di mare

4.5 · 710 reviews

Discover AcquaRoof Terrazza Molinari, a seafood rooftop bistro near Piazza del Popolo. Savor the daily carpaccio and other seafood starters while taking in sweeping city views from a stylish, view-driven setting.

Reasons to go

  • Rooftop bistro in Rome specializing in a sea-focused menu, with a daily rotating carpaccio that draws repeat praise
  • Rated 4.5 from 710 reviews, with notably high marks for its aesthetic, view-driven rooftop setting
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Typical visit

1h40

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Best time

lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Antico Caffè Greco12
Coffeebreak$$ · Mid-range

Antico Caffè Greco

3.9 · 4,136 reviews

Step into Antico Caffè Greco, Rome's oldest café just off the Spanish Steps. Sip a coffee in the same rooms once frequented by Nietzsche, treating it as a storied splurge rather than a bargain brew.

Reasons to go

  • Rome's oldest coffee house, founded as a historic institution near the Spanish Steps.
  • Once a haunt of notable historical figures, including the philosopher Nietzsche.
  • The interior functions as much like a museum as a working café.
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Typical visit

30 min

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Best time

early morning, morning or afternoon

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Matricianella13
🍽️Food$$ · Mid-range

Matricianella

4.3 · 3,373 reviews

Discover Matricianella, a beloved trattoria tucked just off Piazza Navona. Settle into the relaxed dining room for classic Roman dishes like fried artichokes and cacio e pepe, savoring a proper multi-course lunch or dinner.

Reasons to go

  • Family-run since 1957 by a family originally from Amatrice, the town that gave Roman cuisine amatriciana sauce.
  • The cellar holds close to a thousand wine labels, curated by three sommeliers from the Italian Sommelier Foundation.
  • The carciofi alla giudia (Jewish-Roman fried artichokes) are a signature dish worth timing a visit around, as they're seasonal.
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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

lunchtime, afternoon, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Pompeii Day Trip with Optional Vesuvius and Lunch14
🏛️LandmarkDay TourFrom $131

Pompeii Day Trip with Optional Vesuvius and Lunch

4.6 · 5,736 reviews

Explore Pompeii on a day trip that goes beyond the ruins. Wander the ancient streets, then head up to Mount Vesuvius's crater for the view that explains it all, with lunch available along the way.

Reasons to go

  • Pompeii was buried by the 79 AD eruption of Vesuvius, the volcano visible from and optionally climbed on this trip.
  • The itinerary pairs the ruins with a hike to Vesuvius's crater, still an active volcano.
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Typical visit

10h

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Best time

early morning

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Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking

Pompeii and Naples Day Trip with Pompeii Entry Ticket15
🏛️LandmarkDay TourFrom $100

Pompeii and Naples Day Trip with Pompeii Entry Ticket

4.4 · 1,256 reviews

Discover Pompeii's ash-preserved streets and plaster-cast victims on a day trip from Rome that includes entry, no extra ticket needed. Round out the ten-hour journey with a stop in Naples' historic centre, swapping the ruins' silence for the city's lively street life.

Reasons to go

  • Pompeii's ash preserved streets and plaster casts of victims offer a direct view of daily life at the moment of the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius.
  • The trip pairs the ancient ruins with Naples' historic centre and street life in a single ten-hour day.
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Typical visit

10h

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Best time

early morning

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Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking

Babington's tea room16
Coffeebreak$$$ · Expensive

Babington's tea room

4.1 · 1,384 reviews

Step into Babington's tea room, a century-old institution beside the Spanish Steps. Sip a unique tea blend and try the famously light cheesecake, savoring a premium experience best booked ahead for a special occasion.

Reasons to go

  • Located directly beside the Spanish Steps at Piazza di Spagna
  • Over a century of history built on distinctive tea blends rather than coffee
  • The cheesecake is repeatedly singled out by reviewers as notably light
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Typical visit

45 min

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Best time

morning, lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Acquolina17
🍽️Food$$$$ · Premium

Acquolina

4.5 · 393 reviews

Discover Acquolina, a seafood-focused fine-dining spot tucked inside a Rome hotel. Enjoy polished, attentive service and an elegant dining room suited equally to a family celebration or an intimate dinner for two.

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Typical visit

2h30

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Best time

evening

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Amalfi & Positano Day Trip with Optional Boat Cruise18
🏛️LandmarkDay TourFrom $137

Amalfi & Positano Day Trip with Optional Boat Cruise

4.5 · 3,841 reviews

Spend a full day soaking in the Amalfi Coast without the rush of extra stops. Wind along the cliffside road to Positano, then, if you choose the optional boat cruise, see the coastline unfold from the water.

Reasons to go

  • Offers an optional boat cruise for viewing the cliffside towns from the water, a perspective the coastal road doesn't provide.
  • Dedicates the full day solely to the Amalfi Coast rather than splitting time with Pompeii's ruins.
  • Positano's streets are built as stepped pathways down the cliffside.
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Typical visit

10h

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Best time

early morning

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Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking

Le Jardin19
🥐Breakfast$$$$ · Premium

Le Jardin

4.5 · 1,172 reviews

Discover Le Jardin, the leafy courtyard restaurant tucked inside Hotel de Russie near the Spanish Steps. Settle in among the greenery for breakfast or a coffee break, and if you're staying for a meal, try the burrata or truffle dishes locals rave about.

Reasons to go

  • Set in the courtyard garden of the Hotel de Russie, one of Rome's storied five-star hotels on Via del Babuino.
  • Just steps from the Spanish Steps, with dining surrounded by greenery.
  • Known for dishes like burrata with turnip greens and black truffle, and cacio e pepe ravioli.
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Typical visit

45 min

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Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime, afternoon, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Ginger - Spagna20
🥐Breakfast$$ · Mid-range

Ginger - Spagna

4.2 · 7,136 reviews

Discover Ginger, a health-focused café steps from the Spanish Steps. Enjoy fresh, flavourful breakfast, lunch, or dinner options in a beautiful setting, a welcome break from Rome's heavier classics.

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Typical visit

45 min

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Best time

morning, lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Moderate walking

Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo21
🏛️LandmarkFree

Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo

4.7 · 2,852 reviews

Step inside this plain-faced church just off Piazza del Popolo. See two Caravaggio masterpieces, the Crucifixion of Saint Peter and Conversion of Saint Paul, plus Raphael's Chigi Chapel, all in natural light, for free.

Reasons to go

  • Built in the 15th century on a site once believed haunted by the ghost of Emperor Nero.
  • The Cerasi Chapel houses two Caravaggio paintings, the Crucifixion of Saint Peter and the Conversion of Saint Paul, viewable in natural light.
  • The Chigi Chapel was designed by Raphael.
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Typical visit

30 min

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Best time

early morning, morning, afternoon or early evening

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Via del Babuino22
🛍️ShoppingFree

Via del Babuino

4.6 · 196 reviews

Stroll Via del Babuino, the polished link between Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps. Browse designer boutiques and art galleries, window-shop the luxury storefronts, and soak up the elegant, gallery-district atmosphere as you walk.

Reasons to go

  • Connects Piazza del Popolo directly to the Spanish Steps, making it a natural walking route rather than a detour.
  • Lined with art galleries alongside high-end fashion boutiques, giving it a gallery-district character distinct from nearby tourist streets.
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Typical visit

45 min

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Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

🚶

Walking intensity

Moderate walking

Adèle Mixology Lounge23
🍸Drinks$$$ · Expensive

Adèle Mixology Lounge

4.7 · 284 reviews

Head up to Adèle Mixology Lounge on the eighth floor of the Hotel Splendide Royal. Sip expertly crafted cocktails as the sun sets over Rome's rooftops, with St Peter's Basilica and the city's parks stretching out before you.

Reasons to go

  • Rooftop setting atop the five-star Hotel Splendide Royal with direct sightlines to St Peter's Basilica.
  • Sunset is considered the defining time to visit, drawing repeat visitors for the view over Rome's parks and skyline.
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Typical visit

1h15

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Best time

early evening, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Bar Locarno24
🍸Drinks$$$ · Expensive

Bar Locarno

4.7 · 356 reviews

Discover Bar Locarno, the elegant hotel bar Rome regulars keep coming back to. Settle into the indoor or outdoor seating for classic cocktails and notably good fried artichokes, whether it's evening drinks or a relaxed breakfast.

Reasons to go

  • Located inside the historic Hotel Locarno, a 5-star property in Rome
  • Known for its fried artichokes, a dish reviewers specifically return for
  • Offers both indoor seating and a garden courtyard for outdoor drinks or breakfast
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Typical visit

1h15

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Mausoleum of Augustus25
🏛️LandmarkFree

Mausoleum of Augustus

4.2 · 2,573 reviews

Step inside the newly reopened Mausoleum of Augustus, the first Roman emperor's monumental round tomb. Walk through the restored ruins and pair your visit with the nearby Ara Pacis museum to grasp the site's original grandeur.

Reasons to go

  • Built by Augustus in 28 BC as a burial place for himself and his family, whose ashes were interred there
  • The site later served variously as a quarry, a medieval fortress, and even a concert hall before recent restoration
  • The adjacent Ara Pacis museum houses Augustus's Altar of Peace, offering context on the mausoleum's original grandeur
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Typical visit

20 min

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Best time

morning, afternoon or early evening

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Walking intensity

Easy pace

Pub Crawl & Ultimate Party Tour26
🌙NightlifeGuided TourFrom $40

Pub Crawl & Ultimate Party Tour

4.5 · 952 reviews

Discover Rome's nightlife on a guided pub crawl built for meeting fellow travelers. Hop between a lineup of bars with the group before heading to a club for the late-night finish, no planning required.

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Typical visit

3h

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Best time

evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Moderate walking

The Keats - Shelley House27
🎨Museum$ · Budget-friendly

The Keats - Shelley House

4.6 · 321 reviews

Step into the small apartment beside the Spanish Steps where John Keats spent his final days. Wander through the memorial library housing letters, manuscripts, and death masks of Keats, Shelley, Byron, and their circle.

Reasons to go

  • John Keats died in this house at age 25, in the room now preserved as part of the museum
  • The collection includes letters, manuscripts, and death masks of Keats, Shelley, Byron, and their circle
  • It sits right beside the Spanish Steps but remains easy to miss and comparatively under-visited
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Typical visit

30 min

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Best time

morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace

Via Frattina28
🛍️ShoppingFree

Via Frattina

4.7 · 150 reviews

Stroll Via Frattina, Rome's laid-back cousin to Via dei Condotti. Wander this pedestrian-only street near the Spanish Steps, browsing luxury and upper-mid-range boutiques at an easy, traffic-free pace.

Reasons to go

  • The street is named after Bartolomeo Farrattino, the 16th-century bishop of Amelia, and its layout dates back to that era.
  • It forms part of Rome's so-called "Trident" shopping district together with Via dei Condotti and Via Borgognona, one of the city's most concentrated luxury retail zones.
  • The street is fully pedestrianized, letting visitors browse boutiques like MaxMara, Trussardi and Swarovski without navigating traffic.
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Typical visit

30 min

🕰️

Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

🚶

Walking intensity

Moderate walking

Bagnoregio & Orvieto Day Trip with Wines & Lunch29
🏛️LandmarkDay TourFrom $87

Bagnoregio & Orvieto Day Trip with Wines & Lunch

4.7 · 1,412 reviews

Escape Rome for a day to Civita di Bagnoregio, the crumbling hilltop town reachable only by footbridge. Wander its near-abandoned streets, then continue to Orvieto for its Gothic cathedral, local wines, and a included lunch.

Reasons to go

  • Civita di Bagnoregio is nicknamed 'the dying town' due to erosion of its volcanic outcrop and shrinking population.
  • The town is reachable only by a single pedestrian bridge connecting it to the modern world.
  • Orvieto's Gothic cathedral sits atop its own tufa plateau alongside a local wine-producing tradition.
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Typical visit

10h

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Best time

early morning

🚶

Walking intensity

Active — lots of walking

Cielo Rooftop30
🍸Drinks$$ · Mid-range

Cielo Rooftop

4.6 · 631 reviews

Head up to Cielo Rooftop near the Spanish Steps for a sundowner with a view. Sip a drink on the terrace while Rome's rooftops stretch out before you in every direction.

Reasons to go

  • Perched on Via Sistina just above the Spanish Steps, giving panoramic rooftop views over central Rome.
  • Best experienced at sunset, when reviewers say the light and photo opportunities peak.
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Typical visit

1h

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Best time

afternoon, early evening, evening or late night

🚶

Walking intensity

Easy pace