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03/09/2024 18:23

Subject: Tell me what to do for two days in Rome

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Anonymous wrote:Rome is not condensed enough to walk around and see sights. They are spread out from one another. You could walk by the colleseum but won’t see what people go to see. Same with vatican, st Peters basicila, Sistine chapel, the forum. You have to go inside with ticket.
I guess you could walk by Trevi fountain if you can get up to it with the hordes of tourists and Spanish steps which is meh. But you can’t walk from one site to another throughout the whole city.

I studied abroad in Rome and disagree with this unless someone in your party is disabled and out of shape. I walked all around Rome all the time and barely ever took public transport and saw everything.

First, skip the vatican. That frees up a lot of time.

You absolutely can just walk around Rome and see a ton. Walk by the Colisseum - you see a lot of it just from the street if you can't get tickets. You can walk by Trevi Fountain. You can walk up the stairs to overlook the Roman Forum. You can walk by the Wedding Cake and the Spanish Steps. Sit outside at cafes and eat pizza.

I really like the Villa Borghese. It's worth getting tickets for, IMO. Calm and pretty and quiet and a nice respite from Rome.

I did a report on the Church de San Clemente's underground and really liked it - not sure if it's still off the beaten path.

Go out in Trastevere, etc.

You absoultely can just spend a couple days walking around Rome and soak up the scenery and vibes without standing in lines and going into museums. And if you are fit you can walk nearly everywhere.

Thanks! This is very helpful.

Our family is fit and can handle walking all day (family of runners).

I mean this respectfully, but you do not know what you are talking about. Have you ever been to Rome?

My partner has...and they walked everywhere unless they lined up a private driver.

While I haven't been to Rome, I have taken my family to plenty of places where we do 20k-40k steps in one day. If we get in a jam, we hitch a ride.

I understand that we are in the minority when it comes to being okay with just enjoying the outside of the Colosseum or the Pantheon. With only two days and not wanting to spend both days in lines and indoors, I'm leaning towards making the Vatican the big ticket/indoor thing...and hoping to find some other items (that google says are hidden gems but are still admittedly touristy).

YouTube research tells me there is plenty of notable art in places other than the usual suspect sites. That's what I'm aiming for. Perhaps instead of seeing all the usual suspect places, my kids will enjoy having seen some cool things that most others haven't seen. Not necessarily to be cool...but to avoid the worst of the crowds and lines.

OP, maybe take a minute to examine your clear need to define yourself in opposition to what others like/do.

Wow, this got really DCUM :0)

But I'll play.

Acknowledging that I am likely in the minority by being okay with admiring some sites from outside (as evidenced by the majority of the comments in the thread that seem to indicate I'll miss out if I don't go inside) isn't "a clear need to define myself" ... it's just acknowledging where I am coming from (primarily with the hope that someone with a similar travel style might chime in).

I get that the top ten things listed on virtually every google search for Rome will be incredibly crowded and most will require a ticket ahead of time. My comment about finding other sites beyond the top ten was meant to underscore that we don't need to see the most popular things. We won't feel like we failed if we don't see everything. How could we in just two days? Another poster made a comment along the lines of why bother going to the Vatican if you skip the Sistine Chapel, and that's precisely the kind of thinking that is very, very common in DCUMlandia (have you seen the multitude of posts from people who say you shouldn't bother going to London or Paris unless you spend at least a week or more in one place, otherwise it's a waste of time? That's very common in DCUM, but again, that's not me. I'll go anywhere for any length of time and have fun while I'm there without feeling pressure to see/do the "must sees"). Nonetheless, I know other people IRL who take a "let's just see something, eat well, and have fun" approach to travel. I don't think I'm special for having this goal, and I certainly don't define myself by my approach to family vacations.

And I suspect others who prefer to have a well-planned itinerary similarly don't define themselves by their travel style. Or maybe they do? I mean, it didn't take very long for posters to call me clueless for hoping to avoid public transportation and skip going inside some of the major tourist attractions.

Anyway, that's DCUMlandia for ya.

All this self-important rambling and yet OP still can’t tell us what month she’s visiting Rome.
🙄🙄

As someone who could give a street by street itinerary with Roman sites that are frequented by Romans themselves, I have no interest in helping OP. She’s just far too obnoxious.

DP

Why does the month of travel matter when the question has to do with walking around and visiting sites?

Subsequent posts indicate they are taking the heat into consideration and traveling with kids, so it's safe to assume summer.

PS - Bragging about your supreme knowledge and how easy it would be to make a suggestion only to say you won't do that because the OP is obnoxious is...well...obnoxious :0)

Rome changed significantly seasonally. There is in fact a huge difference between (say) mid-August and early June when visiting Rome so “summer” isn’t helpful or useful. She also wants off-the-beaten track suggestions and those in particular change by the month.

It’s a basic request of OP and she’s been ridiculously coy about avoiding the answer while spending paragraphs talking about her athletic kids. She deserves not to be helped at this point.

Thanks, Jan.

Why are you even in this thread? Move along.

OR: please share your invaluable insight on Rome for late June/early July-ish...noting the OP only has 2 days.

I'll grab my popcorn and wait for the posts along the lines of, "too hot! you can't walk!" and "too crowded! good luck!"

Guys, if all we do is walk around, eat well, and find some cool clothing/jewelry/shoes/whatever, we will consider it a win. But after receiving some helpful posts today and finding some interesting walking routes and less popular-yet still cool-sites, I'm feeling pretty good about this.

PS - You would think some of the more opinionated posters would be all over this thread given the title: Tell me what to do for two days in Rome (given some pretty basic parameters that should have painted a clear picture that we don't have unrealistic expectations precisely since we don't have any must see/,must do items that we need to check the box on).