Our trip to Rome was nearly instant a ‘ get up and go’ kind of trip, and it was so great, we hope you love exploring as much as we did!

“I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

-Augustus

Getting there

• Airport – is Fiumicino Airport in Rome
• Taxi – from the airport to our Airbnb cost around €44
• Train – went from the airport to Roma Ostiense change to train to Roma San Pietro and a two minute walk to our little home.

Where to stay

• Hotel – ranged from £100 upwards in the same area
• Airbnb – we stayed for 5 nights for under £400 which had a view of St. Peter’s basilica from the bedroom window first night sunset.

What to do

• The Vatican and Sistine Chapel – the biggest tip We can give you is to book online, the line for tickets is notoriously long people queue for hours , there are touts who say avoid the queues and they queue for you, so just book online for around €56 each
• Colosseum – this was imposing from the outside and breathtaking on the inside, you can just picture the crowds and gladiators and the noise, luckily it’s not that noisy these days. Price was around €16 each  which gave you access to the Colesseum, Roman forum and palatine hill.
• Trip to Pompei – it was all day £105 each was an early start went with City wonders tours and it was one of the best tours, their guides were entertaining and informative, we had a pit stop on the way down and then on to mount sulfano instead of Vesuvius as inaccessible and lunch included pizza, onto pompei with a English speaking guide Enzo who was passionate and knowledgable who was a pleasure to listen too. A stop on the way back to try different Italian samples such as limoncello, olives, cheese etc
• Check out our five free things to do in Rome which includes some of the most well known locations.

What to eat

• Pasta – our fav from this trip is Caico et Pepe
• Limoncello- lemon liquer  which aids
• Gelato – Italian Ice Cream with lots of flavours
• Pizza – you know what this is, can’t go wrong with a margarita

Other Things to Know

• Currency – Euro
• Cost – so we are based in the UK, we flew with EasyJet and stayed at Airbnb via train a above
• Weather – we stayed in Rome in August, it was hot around late 20’s early 30’s c
• Tipping – you are not expected to tip but if you do 10- 15% of the bill
• Getting around – feet big tip – where flats there are cobbles everywhere and sometimes a little slippy so trainers are best
• Photos – if you love a good selfie or site seeing photo you are definitely in the right place , you can check our Instagram for some of these.

Don’t forget to hashtag your photos #traveltaggers

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