Rome recommendations? Have been before but it’s been years. Going for a wedding.

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Jeanine Nault · Answer

Baths of Caracalla: Blew me away!

JV · Answer

G-Rough A Boutique Hotel Rome: G-Rough, a bad name and a lowkey very cool hotel. Rooms with edgy interior design and a bar in the lobby. We felt like locals because we opted to stay at a place that prefer you call it a home apartment, not a hotel.

Vickie · Answer

A food tour with Katie Parla tours: Not cheap but really worth it for something off the beaten path. I did the Prati and Trionfale tour and loved it / learned a lot!

Vickie · Answer

La Riserva della Neve: The best gelato I had, by a long shot

Vickie · Answer

Trapizzino: Several locations around Rome and very useful if you need a bigger snack at a weird time. My favorite is the lingua in salsa verde

Vickie · Answer

Piatto Romano: The best dinner I had in Rome! Really delicious seafood and GREENS (which my body is always yearning for in Italy)

alie k. · Answer

fatamorgana gelato: obviously there’s tons of good gelato in rome, but this was one i returned to several times during my visit! they have unique seasonal flavors like myrtle and pine nut, and all the usual faves.

Clara · Answer

Take a walk from Piazza del Popolo: Start in Piazza del Popolo (you can take Metro A to Piazzale Flaminio) and, if you’re an art person, first and foremost go check out the Caravaggios in Santa Maria del Popolo (to your left, behind the altar). Then, choose your own adventure: meander down one of the three streets branching off from the piazza - my favorite is Via di Ripetta but they’re all good. If you haven’t yet had breakfast, you can stop at any bar and get a caffè (which is an espresso shot!) or cappuccino plus cornetto, and a spremuta (fresh squeezed OJ) if you like. Gianfornaio is a great local chain, and there’s one near Piazza di Spagna (down Via del Babuino) if you want a sure thing. Enjoy the journey, with the eventual goal being to arrive at the Pantheon and Piazza Navona; here, you might want to take a quick coffee break, then soak in the sights - I especially love the Caravaggios at San Luigi dei Francesi and the marvel that is Santa Maria Sopra Minerva.

Then, you decide: do you want to go to the Vatican and see St. Peter’s, or do you head towards the Colosseum? If the former, you’ll need to cross the Tiber - all of the bridges are just lovely, though Ponte Sant’Angelo is really famous if you’re up for that in the moment. You’ll have to wait in the line (and be prepared to cover your shoulders if you’re a woman), but usually it moves pretty quickly - and the Pietà is worth it. (I once met a rabbi who told me it so moved him the first time he ever saw it that he just stood and stared for 45 minutes.) If the latter, take the circuitous route via Piazza Farnese, maybe check out the Fontana delle Tartarughe, get some artichokes in the Jewish Ghetto, and make your way to the Fori Imperiali (and then perhaps Basilica di San Clemente, one of my very faves!) from there.

If you’ve gone to the Vatican, I was very impressed by Romanè for traditional Roman pasta (think amatriciana, carbonara, cacio e pepe) last time I was there - and definitely stop in at the Carrefour outside the Cipro station to get some late-night snacks. If you’re at the Colosseum, I really like Pigneto, which is sort of the punk neighborhood - you could take Metro C there and find a cool bar for aperitivi.

Sophia Lucchesi · Answer

Trattoria al Moro: A wonderful old school Roman trattoria a stone’s throw from the Trevi fountain (but without the crowds!). Their pasta al Moro is like carbonara but spicier, and the wine list is handwritten. A gem that’s tucked away and full of locals.

Rita Zwiefel-Macdonald · Answer

MA CHE SIETE VENUTI A FA' | Trastevere | Roma: The coolest tiny beer bar in Rome. We went here every night and had the best time people watching!

Brigid · Answer

Rome favorites | Brigid: I love Rome! Here are some places I like to go.

Adam · Answer

Appian Way: I rented a bike and rode the Appian Way - one of, if not the oldest, highways in the world. This is the old Roman sea road that helped them build the empire, for better or worse. It’s a historical marvel.

You’ll pass miles of impressive, hilarious, and ostentatious gravestones and tombs 2,000 years old.

There is a marvelous wine bar/cafe a few miles in that feels like you are dining on the edge of the earth: https://www.appiaanticacaffe.it

Adam · Answer

Bonci: Especially after a Sistine Chapel visit. Will have you debating if pizza is the highest form of art.

Daniel Ieraci · Answer

L’Angolo in teglia: This pizza stall in the Testaccio markets might actually be the best pizza in Rome