Welcome to Rome
A heady mix of haunting ruins, awe-inspiring art and vibrant street life, Italy’s hot-blooded capital is one of the world’s most romantic and charismatic cities. Exploring the city center by foot surrounded by glorious monuments and colossal remains takes you back in time to the “glory that was Rome”.
History
The result of 3000 years of ad hoc urban development, Rome's cityscape is an exhilarating sight. Ancient icons such as the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Pantheon recall the city’s golden age as caput mundi (capital of the world), while monumental basilicas tell of its history as seat of the Catholic Church.
Lording it over the skyline, St Peter’s Basilica towers over the Vatican, testifying to the ambition of Rome’s Renaissance popes and the genius of its game-changing architects. Elsewhere, ornate piazzas and showy fountains add a baroque flourish to the city's captivating streets.
Art
Throughout history, the city has starred in the great upheavals of Western art. The result is a city awash with priceless treasures.
Ancient statues adorn world-class museums; Byzantine mosaics and Renaissance frescoes dazzle in art-rich churches; baroque facades flank medieval piazzas. Stroll through the center and without even trying you’ll come across masterpieces – sculptures by Michelangelo, paintings by Caravaggio, frescoes by Raphael and fountains by Bernini.
Life in Rome
A trip to Rome is as much about lapping up the "dolce vita" lifestyle as gorging on art and culture. Idling around picturesque streets, whiling away hours at street side cafes, people-watching on pretty piazzas – these are all central to the Roman experience.
The tempo rises in the evening when fashionable drinkers descend on the city’s bars and cafes for a sociable aperitivo (drink with snacks) and trattorias hum with activity.
Destinations Appeared in JOJO
Altare della Patria
Torre delle Milizie
Colosseo and Arco di Costantino
Fiume Tevere
Castel Sant’Angelo and Ponte Sant’Angelo
Other Worth Visiting Sights
Restaurants in Rome
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Map of Rome
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Transportation
A very cheap ticket allows you to use almost all means of public transport in Rome with the exception of taxis and airport transport. Buses, subway trains, trams (streetcars), and urban railway are operated by the same company called ATAC. You can hop on any of their transport using the same ticket.
The public ransportation here is cheap and there’s a lot of it. But the bad news is it can be slow and subject to delays and strikes.
Where to buy tickets? Tickets are available from machines at all Metro stations. But beware: they never dispense more than €6 in change (resto)! The machine will happily eat your €20 bill but won’t give any of it back until you’ve bought €14 worth of tickets. you can also buy these tickets in most tabacchi – tobacco stores, distinguished by the “T” sign outside.
You can buy these kinds of tickets:
- 100 minutes: Probably the best value for money for individual trips, this gives you just over 1 and a half hours to use ANY mean¬s of transport mentioned above (although it only allows one ride on the Metro), for the teensy price of €1.50. Note that these are the standard tickets available from the tabaccaio.
- Day ticket: €7. Valid for unlimited metro, bus, and train travel within Rome for 24 hours from validation. But not recommended. It expires at midnight of the day you buy it. It’s only good value if you take at least five journeys more than 100 minutes apart, which is probably unlikely.
- 48 hour: €12.50 / 72 hour: €18. valid for unlimited metro, bus, and train travel within Rome for 48 hours/ 72 hours from validation.
- Roma Pass: €42.00. If you need transport for three days and are sightseeing too then it’s probably worth considering a Roma Pass instead. The Roma Pass card is a tourist card that gives you reduced-price tickets to the major attractions in the city and unlimited use of the public transport for 48 or 72 hours, depending on the card you purchase.
Click here to view more detailed instruction of public transportation in Rome.
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Supermarket: You may need to do some daily shopping during your journey.
Here are some options of local supermarkets:
- Volpetti
- Conad
- Carrefour
- Supermercato Gros
- Coin
Emergency Numbers:
- Ambulance (Pronto Soccorso Autoambulanze) – 118
- Emergency Police Help Number like “911” – 113
- Fire Brigade - 115
- European Central emergency number for police, fire-department, and medical services in - 112