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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had less than 48 hours in Rome. Landed 8 am or so, took train into Rome, subway to Vatican City - went straight there with only my regular backpack (I travel light). Had tickets for 1 or 2 pm I think. Did the Vatican City museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica, etc. Went to my hotel, about five minutes' walk from Vatican City afterwards, dropped off my stuff.

Went to bed early - hadn't slept well on the red eye over - up before dawn the next morning (the time difference helps!) and started walking. I walked ALL DAY. Simply roamed. I got to the Circus Maximus before I saw anyone - the sun was just rising (this was Labor Day weekend). Then the Palatino. All that stuff - no lines if you go early enough. Then the Coliseum (going in was a waste of time - I should have simply admired from outside. The lines were NOT worth it). I just kept on walking. Lunch at a random pizza place -you can't go wrong with pizza. Gelato a couple of places. Hit the Trevi Fountain which, as people here have said was kinda shitty - I worked my way through the crowds to find it was under construction/closed for cleaning and there was no water. Then the Pantheon. Then just walking around to spots that looked interesting on the map.

I don't think anything was "too far" or 
"Rome is too spread out." It's fairly flat and anyone in decent shape can manage it easily.

What really worked for me was starting out super early. The city is just really cool, especially the oldest part (Circus Maxiumus, Palatino) without 7 billion tourists with selfie sticks.

All this was 2018. I did wander into an area a few blocks from the Coliseum where I realized - wow no, I'm not safe here (single female) and I got out of there hastily, back to the tourist track.

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You mentioned you did this in 2018. All this could not be done now. [/quote]

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