ROME TRAVEL GUIDE WIKITRAVEL YOU CAN EDIT CLICK BLUE LINK START EARTH EUROPE ITALY CENTRAL ITALY LAZIO JUMP SEARCH DISTRICTS CENTRAL UNDERSTAND CLIMATE BACKGROUND READING GET IN BOAT CRUISE SHIPS FERRY CAR TRAIN PLANE TRANSPORT AIRPORTS PUBLIC PRIVATE BUS FIUMICINO CIAMPINO TAXI 4 ROMA PASS TAXI ON FOOT PUBLIC TRANSPORT TICKETS TICKET BUSES TRAM METRO LIGHT RAIL REGIONAL TRAIN MOPED BICYCLE SEGWAY WIPS ANCIENT ROME CATHOLIC THE SEVEN HILLS MUSEUMS JUST WALKING OVERLOOKED VIEWPOINTS FOR KIDS HOLIDAYS EVENTS LEARN BUY FACTORY OUTLETS FLEA MARKETS PIZZA ICE CREAM VEGETARIANS VEGANS KOSHER DINING PRICING DRINK COFFEE WINE WATER DINNER CLUBBING NIGHTLIFE GAY SLEEP ROME CITY TAX HOTELS CAMPING CONTACT WORK TALK RESPECT SAFE PICKPOCKETING TOURIST SCAMS COPE EMBASSIES GET OUT LOCATION FLAG QUICK FACTS GOVERNMENT CAPITAL OF ITALY LATIUM METROPOLITAN CITY OF ROME CURRENCY EURO AREA POPULATION LANGUAGE ITALIAN RELIGION ELECTRICITY TIME ZONE HUGE CITY DISTRICT SIGHTSEEING HAVE A LOOK THE ETERNAL THE CAPITAL LARGEST CITY OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE LA DOLCE VITA SWEET LIFE THE VATICAN CITY COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN CENTRE OF POWER CULTURE CRADLE GREATEST CIVILISATIONS HUGE INFLUENCE THE WORLD HISTORIC CENTRE OF UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE GRAND ROMANTIC OPULENT STATUES RICH HISTORICAL HERITAGE COSMOPOLITAN BEAUTIFUL SCENE SEEN SHOPPING AS ONE THE FASHION CAPITALS OF THE WORLD JEWELLERY CLOTHING SIGHTS THINGS TRULY CLASSIFIED DIVIDED CITY AREA THE PLACE THE TOURIST ATTRACTION EXPLAINED CENTRAL DISTRICTS MODERN GALORE VIA VENETO AREAS THE QUIRINAL TREVI FOUNTAIN PIAZZA BARBERINI CASTRO PRETORIO PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA THE PANTHEON PLENTY PIAZZA NAVONA PIAZZA CAMPO JEWISH VATICAN THE INDEPENDENT VATICAN CITY ENDLESS TREASURE TROVES RELICS VATICAN MUSEUMS PRATI MONTE MARIO COLOSSEO THE HEART ANCIENT THE COLOSSEUM THE IMPERIAL FORA MARKETS CAPITOLINE HILL NORTH CENTRE SITUATED NORTHERN THE VILLA SPANISH STEPS PARIOLI TRASTEVERE CHARMING SOUTH THE WEST BANK FULL COBBLED STREETS LONELY SQUARES THE INSPIRATION ARTISTS GIORGIO DE CHIRICO ARGUABLY THE CENTRE ARTISTIC SURPRISES WAITING GIOVANNI INDOOR MARKET PIAZZA VITTORIO EMANUELE II THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN IN THE DISTRICTS THE TRAIN NIGHT LIFE NORTH VAST SUBURBAN TO THE NORTH APPIAN WAY FASCIST MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE EUR DISTRICT OSTIA ROMAN VIEW TO THE SEA BEACH THE RUINS OSTIA ANTICA THE RIVER APENNINE MOUNTAINS TYRRHENIAN SEA ONCE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE THE MIGHTY TERRITORY STRETCHED ALL THE WAY BRITAIN SEAT THE ITALIAN MINISTERIAL OFFICES INHABITANTS METROPOLITAN AREA ARCHITECTURALLY CONTRASTS MAJESTIC AVENUES BASILICAS TINY LITTLE FIND YOURSELF WALKING GRAND PALACE ABBREVIATION SHORT MOTTO THE ROMAN REPUBLIC SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS SENATE AND PEOPLE OF ROME UBIQUITOUS HUMOROUS VARIATION PAZZI QUESTI ROMANS TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST USED TO SHUT UP SHOP GO ON THINGS HAVE CHANGED SHOPS RESTAURANTS CATER OPEN IN SUMMER ON THE OTHER HAND THE ONES RESIDENTIAL TEMPERATURE IN THE CITY AT THIS TIME PARTICULARLY IF YOU TRAVEL MIGHT FERIE SIGNS WEEKS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE HIGH PRECIPITATION WEATHER FORECAST SPRING MILD RAINY SEASON DAYS ALTERNATE COLDER REMAINS COOL ENOUGH HALF NICE NORMALLY COOL DOWN SOMETIMES BE COOL RAIN BIT COLD AT NIGHT CLEAR THE NORM TOUCHES GOES DAYTIME SUNNY PERIODS CLOUDY SKIES THE NICE ALMOST SUMMER RAINS AT THE BEGINNING THE MONTH AT THE END THE WEATHER SIMILAR AVERAGE GETS LOWS FREEZING WIND THE WIND CLOUD COVER PREVENT NOCTURNAL COOLING WEATHER THE SECOND HALF ALREADY ROMAN FORUM ARTSY VITTORIANO SYMBOL UNITED OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT THOUSAND TRANSFORMATION LATIN VILLAGE COMPLEX TRADITIONALLY SAID TO MYTHICAL TWINS ROMULUS AND REMUS SONS OF MARS RHEA SILVIA THE TWINS ABANDONED INFANTS TIBER RIVER RAISED SHEPHERD THE PALATINE HILL THE ROMAN FORUM SOMETIME 8TH CENTURY BC POSITION FORD CROSSROADS TRAFFIC THE SETTLEMENT DEVELOPED ETRUSCAN BECOMING 27BC ALMOST POWERFUL THE WESTERN WORLD DOMINANCE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AFTER THE FALL THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE IMPORTANCE BEGINNING REIGN CONSTANTINE THE BISHOP POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 45 AD 47 SIEGE THE OSTROGOTHS SARACEN RAID CAPTURE THE NORMANS THE EARLY MIDDLE DECLINED PAPAL STATES CROWNED EMPEROR SAINT THE MIDDLE AGES ANCIENT MONUMENTS FELL STRIPPED PRECIOUS ORNAMENTS RECYCLED CONSTRUCTIONS THE CASE BAKED ORDER MORTAR NEW BUILDINGS THE ANCIENT NOTHING MORE PASTURE MAJOR PILGRIMAGE SITE THE FOCUS NOBLES THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE THE PAPACY IN 13 THE POPE LEFT REQUEST THE KING THE AUTHORITY RULED BLOODY ON THE VERGE REBELLION COLA DI RIENZO PROMISED RULE THE GOOD FREE COMUNE EXILED REFORM PROGRAMME COLA CAUSED DOWNFALL THE SANTA MARIA EARLY MEDIEVAL THE RETURN OF AVIGNONESE CAPTIVITY RENAISSANCE FULLY THE 15TH CHANGED DRAMATICALLY PUBLIC SPACES BASILICA SISTINE CHAPEL EQUAL CITIES QUICKLY BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE BERNINI CARAVAGGIO BEGUN STAGES THE FRENCH REVOLUTION PRECISELY LOCAL REVOLUTIONARIES INSPIRED IDEALS ROSE PAPAL AUTHORITY PONTIFF FORCED TROOPS THE KINGDOM OF NAPLES THUS PUTTING THE REVO