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Orange Garden and the Aventine Keyhole in Rome

Orange Garden and the Aventine Keyhole in Rome

On the Aventine Hill, the Orange Garden (Giardino degli Aranci, officially Parco Savello) offers ...
Porta Portese Market: Rome's Sunday flea market

Porta Portese Market: Rome's Sunday flea market

Every Sunday morning, the Porta Portese market stretches south of Trastevere, from the gate of th...
Trajan's Markets: visiting the Museum of the Imperial Forums (tickets, hours)

Trajan's Markets: visiting the Museum of the Imperial Forums (tickets, hours)

Trajan's Markets (Mercati di Traiano), built against the Quirinal Hill above the Forum of Trajan,...
MAXXI Rome: opening hours, tickets and Zaha Hadid's museum

MAXXI Rome: opening hours, tickets and Zaha Hadid's museum

MAXXI, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts, stands at Via Guido Reni 4A in the Flaminio dist...
Capitoline Museums: tickets, opening hours, the She-Wolf and Marcus Aurelius

Capitoline Museums: tickets, opening hours, the She-Wolf and Marcus Aurelius

The Capitoline Museums (Musei Capitolini), on Piazza del Campidoglio, occupy the Palazzo dei Cons...
Christmas in Rome: Nativity Scenes, Piazza Navona Market and Midnight Mass at the Vatican

Christmas in Rome: Nativity Scenes, Piazza Navona Market and Midnight Mass at the Vatican

In Rome, the holiday season runs from early December to Epiphany on 6 January. [Piazza Navona](/f...
Ostia Antica: visiting the "Pompeii of Rome" in half a day

Ostia Antica: visiting the "Pompeii of Rome" in half a day

Ostia, the ancient port of Rome at the mouth of the Tiber, preserves an entire Roman town: paved ...
Palazzo Barberini: the National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome

Palazzo Barberini: the National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome

Palazzo Barberini, on via delle Quattro Fontane, houses part of Rome's National Galleries of Anci...
Palazzo Massimo: frescoes and statues of the National Roman Museum

Palazzo Massimo: frescoes and statues of the National Roman Museum

Palazzo Massimo, on largo di Villa Peretti, a short walk from Termini station, is one of the site...
Easter in Rome 2027: Holy Week, Way of the Cross and Mass at the Vatican

Easter in Rome 2027: Holy Week, Way of the Cross and Mass at the Vatican

In 2027, Easter falls on Sunday 28 March: Holy Week opens with Palm Sunday on 21 March and ends w...
Park of the Aqueducts in Rome: Roman arches in open countryside

Park of the Aqueducts in Rome: Roman arches in open countryside

The Park of the Aqueducts (Parco degli Acquedotti), in south-east Rome, spreads the arches of sev...
Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill): Michelangelo's square in Rome

Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill): Michelangelo's square in Rome

Piazza del Campidoglio sits on top of the Capitoline Hill, between Piazza Venezia and the Roman F...
Piazza del Popolo: twin churches, Caravaggio and the Pincio

Piazza del Popolo: twin churches, Caravaggio and the Pincio

Piazza del Popolo is the large oval square at Rome's northern entrance, designed by Giuseppe Vala...
Baths of Caracalla: opening hours, tickets, underground and summer opera

Baths of Caracalla: opening hours, tickets, underground and summer opera

The Baths of Caracalla, at 52 viale delle Terme di Caracalla, are among the best-preserved imperi...
Baths of Diocletian: tickets, opening hours and Michelangelo's cloister

Baths of Diocletian: tickets, opening hours and Michelangelo's cloister

The Baths of Diocletian, opposite Termini station, were the largest public baths of ancient Rome,...
Via Appia Antica: by bike or on foot along the queen of roads

Via Appia Antica: by bike or on foot along the queen of roads

The Via Appia Antica, opened in 312 BC by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus, runs south from Port...
Shopping in Rome: Via Condotti, Via del Corso, sales and tax-free

Shopping in Rome: Via Condotti, Via del Corso, sales and tax-free

Rome's shopping district forms a triangle between the Spanish Steps, Piazza del Popolo and Piazza...
Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana) in Tivoli: tickets, hours and getting there

Hadrian's Villa (Villa Adriana) in Tivoli: tickets, hours and getting there

Villa Adriana is the vast residence that Emperor Hadrian built in the 2nd century below Tivoli: p...
Villa d'Este in Tivoli: gardens, fountains, tickets and getting there from Rome

Villa d'Este in Tivoli: gardens, fountains, tickets and getting there from Rome

Villa d'Este, in Tivoli, combines a 16th-century palace built for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este wit...
Villa Giulia: Rome's National Etruscan Museum

Villa Giulia: Rome's National Etruscan Museum

Villa Giulia houses the National Etruscan Museum (ETRU), the largest collection of Etruscan art i...
Vittoriano (Altare della Patria): panoramic terrace, tickets and opening hours

Vittoriano (Altare della Patria): panoramic terrace, tickets and opening hours

The Vittoriano, or Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, towers over Piazza Venezia with its white marb...