From the classic Pantheon Timeless Marvel Guided Tour with Entry Ticket and Galleria Doria Pamphilj, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
1★ 4.8 · 5,270 reviews
Explore the Pantheon with a live guide who reveals what the audio version can't. Stand beneath the coffered dome and its oculus while learning how Roman engineers lightened the concrete and why the building survived so intact, with room for your own questions.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
1h
Best time
morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening
Walking intensity
Moderate walking
2★ 4.7 · 8,467 reviews
Step into the Doria Pamphilj's still-private palace on Via del Corso, where the noble family who lives here narrates your visit. Wander gilded, salon-style rooms packed with Velazquez's Pope Innocent X, Caravaggio, and Titian, guided by a free audio tour full of personal family anecdotes.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
1h30
Best time
morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening
Walking intensity
Moderate walking
3★ 4.4 · 491 reviews
Discover Gigi Rigolatto Roma, a rooftop restaurant perched near the Pantheon. Settle in for Italian cooking that matches the sweeping views over Rome's historic centre, with attentive service and a sunset over the rooftops to close out your evening.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
2h30
Best time
lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night
Walking intensity
Easy pace
4★ 4.8 · 7,076 reviews
Step inside the Chiesa del Gesù, the mother church of the Jesuit order. Look up at Baciccio's illusionistic ceiling fresco and visit the lapis lazuli-adorned tomb of Ignatius of Loyola.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
30 min
Best time
early morning, morning, early evening or evening
Walking intensity
Easy pace
5★ 4.5 · 753 reviews
Discover The Vista Rooftop Roma, just steps from the Pantheon. Settle in for a sunset drink or full meal on the terrace, sipping intricate cocktails while Rome's historic centre spreads out below you.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
1h30
Best time
early evening, evening or late night
Walking intensity
Easy pace
6★ 4.7 · 2,534 reviews
Step into Teatro Argentina, one of Rome's oldest working theatres. Settle into a tiered private box and take in an opera, play, or classical performance amid genuinely historic 18th-century surroundings.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
2h
Best time
morning, lunchtime, afternoon or early evening
Walking intensity
Easy pace
7★ 4.3 · 934 reviews
Discover Caffè Doria, a polished lunch stop just steps from Piazza Venezia. Settle into an elegant dining room with attentive service and a full menu, ideal for refueling before or after the Colosseum.
Typical visit
1h
Best time
morning, lunchtime, afternoon, early evening or evening
Walking intensity
Easy pace
8★ 4.7 · 3,590 reviews
Step into Rome's only Gothic church, hidden just steps from the Pantheon's crowds. Explore vaulted interiors holding Saint Catherine of Siena's tomb and Michelangelo's Christ the Redeemer, then admire Bernini's charming elephant obelisk out front.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
30 min
Best time
early morning, morning, lunchtime, afternoon, early evening or evening
Walking intensity
Easy pace
9★ 4.9 · 3,490 reviews
Roll up your sleeves in a palazzo near the Pantheon for a hands-on pasta-making class. Learn to shape your own pasta, then sit down to a wine and limoncello tasting with a homemade dessert to finish.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
3h
Best time
morning or early evening
Walking intensity
Easy pace
10★ 4.2 · 321 reviews
Discover the rooftop bar at Hotel Minerva, tucked just steps from the Pantheon. Settle in for a peaceful daytime view over Rome's rooftops, then return at night to sip a well-regarded spritz.
Reasons to go
Typical visit
1h15
Best time
lunchtime, afternoon, early evening, evening or late night
Walking intensity
Easy pace
