In 753 BC from a small Latin village it became the center of one of the worlds largest empires. First ruled by Etruscan kings and then the Roman Republic around 509 BC until the Roman Empire in 27 BC. After raids by barbarians and finally the Normans in 1084, Rome after almost 1,000 years of being the wealthiest and most dominant city in the world went into decline. This continued into the medieval period but, it retained importance as the capitol of the newly formed Papal states. With the unification of Italy in the late 19th century Rome became the capitol of modern day Italy. While a great deal of ancient Rome was destroyed from the pilferaging of raiders and the church, there is still enough left to see to experience the greatness that once was Rome. However, todays Rome is a place of romantic beauty and charm beyond that of old Rome. The food, nightlife and great shopping is comparable to any other great city in the world. There is so much to do and enjoy, you’ll want to go back.
Regions of Rome…
Central Rome
- Mordern Centre
- Old Rome
- Vatican
- Colosseo
- North Centre
- Trastevere
- Aventino – Testaccio
- Esquilino – San Giovanni
- Nomentano
Outer Rome
- North
- South
- Ostia
Points of Interests within Rome…
Name | Type | Class | Area | District |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abbey of 3 Fountains | Landmark | Church | Outer Rome | South |
Appian Way | Archeological | Historic Roman Road | Outer Rome | South |
Ara Pacis | Archeological | Roman Altar | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Arch of Constantine * | Archeological | Monument: Arch | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Basilica di San Lorenzo fuori le Mura | Landmark: Religious | Basilica | Central Rome | Nomentano |
Basilica of Santa Sabina | Landmark:Religious | Church: 5th century | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Basilica San Sebastiano | Archeological | Basilica & Catacombs: 3rd century | Outer Rome | South |
Baths of Diocletian / Rome Nat. Museum | Ancient Ruins Museum | Roman Baths & Antiquities | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Caffarella Park | Archeological | Park of Ruins | Outer Rome | South |
Campo di’Fiore | Landmark | Square: Market & Memorial Statue | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Capitoline Hill (Piazza del Campidoglio, Museo Capitolino, Palazzo die Conservatori) | Landmark | Hill (Square, Museum Ancient Antiquities) | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Capo di Bove | Archeological | Thermal Baths | Outer Rome | South |
Capuchin Monastery | Landmark:Religious | Church Crypt | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Casai Rotondo | Archeological | Mausoleum | Outer Rome | South |
Castel Sant’Angelo * | Archeological | Mausoleum | Central Rome | Vatican |
Catacombe di Priscilla | Archeological | Catacombs | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Catacombs of San Callisto | Archeological | Tombs: 2nd century | Outer Rome | South |
Catacombs of San Domitilla | Archeological | Tombs | Outer Rome | South |
Catacombs of St Agnese | Landmark | Ancient burial site | Central Rome | Nomentano |
Centrale Montemartini Museum | Museum | Industry | Outer Rome | South |
Circus Maximus | Landmark | Stadium | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Circus of Maxentius | Archeological | Roman Circus | Outer Rome | South |
Colosseum * | Archeological | Arena | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Column of Marcus Aurelius | Archeological | Obelisk | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Crypt Balbi | Archeological | Burial Site | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Domine Quo Vadis | Landmark:Religious | Church:17th century | Outer Rome | South |
Fosse Ardeatine | Landmark | Memorial: WWII Massacre | Outer Rome | South |
Fountain of the Porter | Landmark | Foutnain | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Four Fountains | Landmark | Fountains | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Goeth’s House | Landmark | House:Historic | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Hosteria dell’Orso | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Jewish Catacombs | Archeological | Tombs | Outer Rome | South |
Keats-Shelly House | Landmark | Bldg. Memorial House | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Keyhole Gate | Landmark | Bldg.: Gate | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Largo di Torre Argentina | Archeological | Theater: Ancient | Central Rome | Old Rome |
MACRO | Museum | Contemporary Art of Rome | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Mausoleum of Augustus | Archeological | Mausoleum | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
MAXXI | Museum | Contemporary | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Monte Mario | Natural | Highest Hill in Rome | Outer Rome | North |
Montecitorio Obelisk | Archeological | Egyptian Obelisk | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Moschea di Roma | Landmark:Religious | Mosque | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Musei delle Paste Alimentari | Museum | Pasta | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Museo della Civita Romano | Museum | Roman history | Outer Rome | South |
Museo della Liberazione | Museum | WWII German Occupation | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Museo Napoleonico | Museum | Napoleon | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali | Museum | Musical Instruments | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Museum of the Walls (Porta San Sebastiano) | Museum Ancient Ruins | Tombs & Walls | Outer Rome | South |
Museum of Via Osteinse | Museum | Roman Antiquities | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Nat. Gallery of Modern Art | Museum | Modern | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Ostia Antica | Archeological | Roman Sea Port City | Outer Rome | Ostia |
Ostia Castle | Landmark | Castle: 15th century | Outer Rome | Ostia |
Palatine Hill * | Archeological | Villas: Ancient | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Palazzo Altemps | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Altemps | Museum | National Museum | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Barberini | Museum | Art:Ancient | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Palazzo Colonna | Landmark | Palace:Baroque | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Palazzo Crivelli | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo del Collegio Romano | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo del Quirinale | Landmark | Bldg: Palace & Gardens | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Palazzo della Cancelleria | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo della Sapienza | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj | Museum | Art; Renaissance, Baroque | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Farnese | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Madama | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Massimo | Archeological | Statues | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Spada | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Palazzo Taverna | Landmark | Bldg: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Parco degil Acquedotti | Ancient Ruins & Park | Aqueduct | Outer Rome | South |
Parco Savello | Natural | Hill Parl | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Parco Savello | Natural | City Park & Janiculum Hill | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Piazza Bocca della Verità (Temple of Portunus, Neptune Fountain, Arch of Argentari, Hercules Invictus) | Archeological | Square, Temple, Fountain | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Piazza Colonna | Landmark | Square: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Piazza del Popolo (Santa Maria del Popolo, Popolo Obelisk) | Landmark | Square | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Piazza della Minerva | Landmark | Square: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Piazza di Monte Citorio | Landmark | Square: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Piazza di Pasquino | Landmark | Square: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Piazza di Spagna (Santissima Trinità dei Monti, Fontana della Barcaccia, The Spanish Steps) | Landmark | Square, Church, Fountain | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Piazza Navona (Fountain of the Moor, Fountain of Neptune, Fountain of Four Rivers, Sant’Agnese in Agone) | Landmark | Square | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Piazza Venezia | Landmark | Piazza | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Plazza Berberini – Triton Fountain | Landmark | Square: Fountain | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Ponte Milvio | Landmark | Structure: Bridge Pedestrian | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Ponte Sant’Angleo | Landmark | Bridge | Central Rome | Vatican |
Porta Maggiore | Landmark | Gate of Aurelian Walls | Central Rome | Nomentano |
Porto San Paolo | Archeological | Aurelian Wall Gate | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Portonaccio Santuary | Natural Ancient Ruins | Parco di Velo Temple of Apollo | Outer Rome | North |
Pyramind of Gaius Cestius | Archeological | Structure:Pyramid | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Quartiere Coppedé | Neighborhood | Art Nouveau | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Railway & Tramcar Museum | Museum | Transportation | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Roman Forum * (Temple of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, Basilica Aemilia, Arch of Septimius Severus, Lapis Niger, Temple of Saturn, Temple of Divine Julius Caesar, Temple of Castor and Pollux, Arch of Titus Tabularium) | Archeological | The Heart of Ancient Rome | Central Rome | Closseo |
Rome Planetarium | Museum | Astronomical | Outer Rome | South |
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane | Landmark:Religious | Church:Renaissance | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
San Crisogono | Landmark | Square | Central Rome | Trastevere |
San Giovanni in Laterano | Landmark: Religious | Basilica | Central Rome | Eqsiulino-San Giovanni |
San Giovanni in Laterano | Landmark:Religious | Cathedral: 4th century | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
San Luigi die Francesi | Landmark:Religious | Church: | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Sant Agnese fuori le mura | Landmark:Religious | Church | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Sant’ Agnese fuori le Mura | Landmark: Religious | Church: 7th century | Central Rome | Nomentano |
Sant’lvo alla Saplenza | Landmark:Religious | Church:Renaissance | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Santa Constanza | Landmark:Religious | Church | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Santa Costanza | Landmark: Religious | Church: 3rd century | Central Rome | Nomentano |
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme | Landmark:Religious | Church | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Santa Maria Degli Angeli | Landmark: Religious | Church | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Santa Maria dell’Anima | Landmark:Religious | Church: Pope Hadrian IV Tomb | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Santa Maria della pace | Landmark:Religious | Church: 16th century | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Santa Maria della Vittoria | Landmark:Religious | Church: Baroque | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Santa Maria in Cosmedin | Landmark:Religious | Church: 6th century | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
Santa Maria Maggiore | Landmark:Religious | Basilica: 9th century | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Santa Maria Minerva Obelisk | Archeological | Obelisk | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Santa Maria sopra Minerva | Landmark:Religious | Church:Gothic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Santa Passera | Landmark: Religious | Church | Outer Rome | South |
Santa Prassede | Landmark:Religious | Church: Byzantine | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Santa Pudenziana | Landmark:Religious | Church: 4th century | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) | Landmark | Historic Stair Case | Central Rome | Esquilino-San Giovanni |
Servian Wall | Archeological | Structure:Wall 3rd century | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio / Modern Centre |
Square Colosseum | Landmark | Bldg: EUR area | Outer Rome | South |
St Paul Outside the Walls | Landmark: Religious | Basilica | Outer Rome | South |
St. Paul’s within the Walls | Landmark:Religious | Church: Pre-Raphaetite | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Stadio Olimpico | Stadium | 1960 Olympics | Outer Rome | North |
Terme di Carcalla | Archeological | Roman Baths | Central Rome | Aventino-Testaccio |
The Ghetto | Neighborhood | Jewish: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
The Pantheon * | Landmark | Temple: Ancient | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Theatre of Marcellus * | Archeological | Theatre:Roman | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Tomb of Cecilia Metella | Archeological | Tombs | Outer Rome | South |
Tomb of Priscilla | Archeological | Tomb: 1st century | Outer Rome | South |
Trajan’s Markets * | Archeological | Roman Market | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Trevi Fountain | Landmark | Fountain | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Turtle Fountain | Landmark | Fountain | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Vatican City (St. Peter’s Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum) | Sovereign Nation Landmark: Religious Museum Square | Religious, Museum | Holy See | Vatican |
Via de Coronari | Landmark | Street: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Via della Gatta | Landmark | Street: Historic | Central Rome | Old Rome |
Via Veneto (Palazzo Margherita) | Neighborhood | Street | Central Rome | Modern Centre |
Villa Ada | Natural | City Park | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Villa Borghese Gardens, Museum, Park | Natural | City Park (Gardens, Museum:Art, Zoo) | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Villa dei Quintilii | Archeological | Villa | Outer Rome | South |
Villa Doria Pamphili | Natural | City recreation area | Outer Rome | North |
Villa Giulia Nat. Gallery | Museum | Art | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Villa Medici | Landmark | Bldg: Patrician House & Gardens | Central Rome | North Central Rome |
Villa Torlonia | Landmark / Museum | Vila:House, Gardens, Museum | Central Rome | Nomentano |
Vittorio Emanuele Monument | Landmark | Bldg. Monument | Central Rome | Colosseo |
Areas Surrounding Rome…
- Anzio
- Capena
- Castel Gandolfo
- Civitavecchia
- Flumincino
- Frascati
- Infernetto
Days Trips from Rome…
- Amalfi Coast 🏛
- Positano
- Sorrento
- Assisi 🏛
- Bracciano
- Caserta Palace 🏛
- Castel Gandolfo
- Florence 🏛
- Isle of Capri
- Montecassino Abbey
- Naples 🏛
- Mt Vesuvius
- Pompeii 🏛
- Orvieto
- Siena 🏛
- Tivoli
- Hadrian’s Villa 🏛
- Villa d’Est 🏛
- Val d’Orcia 🏛
Transportation in Rome…
✈️ Airports
There are two airports that service Rome. The main one is Fiumicino (FCO) that almost all international flights will arrive into.
FCO Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino Airport – This is Rome’s main airport with all overseas international flight arrivals. It is located 34 km southwest of the city center. There is non-stop flights to 11 US Cities. Transportation to the city is by Leonardo Express train to Roma Termini or Regionale trains that also stop at Roma Tiburtina station.
CIA Rome Ciampino International Airport – Located just 15 km southeast of the city center is serves low cost airlines. Transportation to the city is by bus lines SIT Bus Shuttle, Terravision, RomeAirportBus or Cotrals.
🚊 Public Transportation
Suburban Train: Trenitalia (R trains) (regional route map)
#FL1 Orte ↔ Fiumicino Aeroporto
#FL2 Roma Tiburtina ↔ Tivoli
#FL3 Roma Ostiense ↔ Viterbo Porta Fiorentina
#FL4 Roma Termini ↔ Frascati / Albano Laziale / Velletri
#FL5 Roma Termini ↔ Civitavecchia
#FL6 Roma Termini ↔ Cassino
#FL7 Roma Termini ↔ Minturno-Scauri
#FL8 Roma Termini ↔ Nettuno
Main Train Stations:
Rome Termini –
Rome Tiburtina –
Rome Ostiense Station –
Trastevere Station –
Light Rail / Tram: ATAC Roma Rome Trams (tram route map)
2: Piazza Mancini ↔︎ Piazza Le Flaminio
3: Piazza Thorwaldsen ↔︎ Ostiense Station
5: Giovanni Amendola ↔︎ Piazza dei Gerani
8: Venezia ↔︎ Gianicolense-Casaletto
14: V. Le Palmiro Togaliatti ↔︎ Giovanni Amendola
19: Piazza dei Gerani ↔︎ Piazza del Risorgimento/San Pietro
Metro / Subway: ATAC Roma Rome METRO (metro route map)
#A – Orange line: Battistini ↔︎ Anagnina
#B – Blue line: Jonio / Rebibbia ↔︎ Laurentina
#C – Green Line: Lodi ↔︎ Montecompatri-Pantano
City Bus: ATAC Roma (Rome center route map)(metropolitan area route map)(night bus route map)(complete Rome area transportation map)
338 lines , (+22 night)
Transit Cards / Passes: Roma Pass, Omnia Pass