Holidays to Rome

The historic centre of Rome is traffic-free and easily walkable, with many attractions clustered together. If you want to get further afield or travel more quickly, there’s also a cheap and efficient metro service, with large ‘M’s advertising each stop.

There are so many museums and landmarks to see in Rome and it can be hard to choose where to go first. There’s the Colosseum, the largest structure remaining from the Roman Empire and indeed, the whole of antiquity. Adjacent to the Colosseum is the Roman Forum. Though only a fraction of this important area of ancient Rome remains, it’s still easy to imagine the grandeur of what was once the epicentre of the Western world. Both venues attract a lot of visitors, so if you want to beat the queues and get a real understanding of what you are seeing, we would strongly recommend a guided tour.

Another attraction on many people’s bucket lists is the Vatican City. It could easily take a week to explore the treasures of this independent city state alone. The Vatican Museums display around 20,000 art works, with another 50,000 in the collection. The pièce de résistance here is of course the Sistine Chapel, with its extraordinary ceiling painted by Michelangelo. It’s also well worth visiting the Renaissance St Peter’s Basilica, possibly the largest church in Christendom. The views from the dome are breathtaking.

Other famous historic monuments include the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps with the Bocca della Verita at the top, the Palazzo Sant’Angelo… the list is endless! But if you want some time out to relax after all the sightseeing, you can either take a stroll around the lush English style Borghese Gardens or enjoy a delicious Roman coffee or gelato in Piazza Navona, perfect for people-watching. Rome is some 1,160 miles south of London so you might think that travelling here by train will be quite an arduous journey. In fact, you can easily reach Rome with just one overnight stop en route. Or why not take advantage of some of the great destinations in-between and make the journey part of your holiday?