📍 Italy

ROME: ANCIENT WONDERS, VATICAN AND ETERNAL MAJESTY

Marble columns framing timeless sky, frescoes glowing with Renaissance brilliance. Rome, where antiquity meets artistic splendor.

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📖 8 min read 🔄 Last updated: 2026-01-17

Walk Rome through its marble avenues where empires and faith intertwine. The Colosseum imposes its ancient might, the Pantheon captivates with its harmony, while the Vatican and St. Peter's reveal a unique spiritual intensity. Lose yourself in Trastevere and reach the Spanish Steps, where art sets the rhythm of every step.

Your day-by-day itinerary

1
Day

Piazza Di Spagna

elegant steps descend fashion district

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Day 1
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Piazza di Spagna & Trinità dei Monti staircase
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Activities

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Climbing the steps and view from the Trinità dei Monti church
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Next stop
Distance: 0.2 km
Travel time:
2
Day

Via Dei Condotti

luxury shops line marble avenue

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Day 2
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Via dei Condotti (stroll along the historic artery)
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Activities

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Detour via del Corso (buildings and arcades)
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Next stop
Distance: 0.7 km
Travel time: 1min
3
Day

San Luigi Dei Francesi

baroque church holds caravaggio mysteries

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Day 3
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Church of Saint-Louis-des-Français (Caravaggio paintings)
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Activities

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Observation of French royal symbols (fleur-de-lis, salamander)
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Distance: 0.2 km
Travel time:
4
Day

Pantheon

dome rises marble perfection eternally

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Day 4
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Pantheon (oculus, tomb of Victor Emmanuel II & Raphael)
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Activities

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Interior tour of the rotunda and the ancient cella
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Next stop
Distance: 0.4 km
Travel time: 1min
5
Day

Piazza Navona

baroque fountain splashes artistic grandeur

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Day 5
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Piazza Navona (shape of Domitian's stadium, Fountain of the Four Rivers)
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Activities

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Visit to Sant'Agnese in Agone (exterior/interior depending on opening)
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Distance: 1 km
Travel time: 2min
6
Day

Piazza Venezia

monument crowns city center majestically

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Day 6
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Piazza Venezia & Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (forecourt terrace)
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Activities

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Free access to the forecourt terrace for views over Rome
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Next stop
Distance: 0.9 km
Travel time: 2min
7
Day

Fontana Di Trevi

baroque fountain cascades timeless beauty

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Day 7
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Trevi Fountain (18th-century baroque masterpiece)
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Activities

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Viewing from authorized areas (regulated flow)
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Next stop
Distance: 1.5 km
Travel time: 3min
8
Day

Colosseo

ancient arena whispers gladiator echoes

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Day 8
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Colosseum (arena, tiers, historic corridors)
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Activities

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Tour of accessible levels and views of the Arch of Constantine
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Next stop
Distance: 0.5 km
Travel time: 1min
9
Day

Foro Palatino

imperial ruins scatter hilltop remains

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Day 9
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Roman Forum & Palatine Hill (archaeological zone)
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Activities

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Route from the Palatine to the Via Sacra and the Temple of Saturn
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Next stop
Distance: 1.6 km
Travel time: 3min
10
Day

Trastevere

cobbled village breathes medieval charm

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Day 10
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Trastevere (stroll through the historic district)
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Activities

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Stop at Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere and adjacent alleyways
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Next stop
Distance: 0.6 km
Travel time: 1min
11
Day

Santa Cecilia Trastevere

church bell rings centuries softly

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Day 11
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Basilica of Saint Cecilia in Trastevere (nave & archaeological crypt)
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Activities

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Descent to the underground levels for early Christian remains (subject to opening)
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Next stop
Distance: 3 km
Travel time: 6min
12
Day

Musei Vaticani

galleries overflow masterpiece collections

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Day 12
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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel (main route)
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Activities

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Focus on Raphael (Stanze), Pinacoteca, Pio-Clementino, Chiaramonti
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Next stop
Distance: 0.8 km
Travel time: 2min
13
Day

San Pietro

basilica dome touches heaven itself

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Day 13
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Saint Peter's Basilica (nave, chapels and major works)
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Activities

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Interior route and contemplation of the Pietà (depending on crowds)
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Day

Cupola San Pietro

cupola climbs toward eternal sky

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Day 14
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Saint Peter's Dome (ascent and panorama over Rome)
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Activities

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Belvedere overlooking Saint Peter's Square and the Vatican gardens

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