Planning Rome Attractions for a 2-4, 5-7, or 7-10 Day Stay

Rome Attractions for a 2-4 Day Stay

Begin your first day of exploring Rome attractions at Piazza Venezia and survey from atop the Campidoglio. Next, explore the Roman Forum and see the Palatine Hill and the Colosseum.

In the afternoon, combine seeing Rome attractions with shopping and make your way through the neighborhood around the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain .

The following day, visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel , then St. Peter's, breaking between the two for lunch.

Take it easy on your third morning: explore a museum or sight of interest and then relax at a café and watch the passing parade.

Spend your final afternoon and evening exploring the Ghetto and Trastevere neighborhoods.

Piazza Venezia – Junction of Via del Corso, Via Plebiscito, and Via Cesare Battisti, Rome, Italy

Campidoglio - Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/39967800

Roman Forum - Entrances at Via dei Fori Imperiali and Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/39967700

Palatine Hill – Palatine Hill

Colosseum – Piazza del Colosseo, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/39967700

Spanish Steps – Junction of Via Condotti, Via del Babuino, and Via Due Macelli, Rome, Italy

Trevi Founatain – Piazza di Trevi, Rome, Italy

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel – Viale Vaticano, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/69884947

St. Peter's – West end of Via della Conciliazione, Rome, Italy

Ghetto, Trastevere – Piazza Santa Maria , Trastevere, Rome, Italy

Rome Attractions for a 5-7 Day Stay

On the morning of the fourth day travel through Villa Borghese and see the Canova and Bernini sculptures in the Galleria Borghese (make reservations ahead of time).

On the fifth day, take an early-morning excursion along Via Appia Antica. After lunch back in town, see some of Rome 's most historic churches, with Michelangelo's Moses in San Pietro in Vincoli a highlight.

Villa Borghese – Piazza Scipione Borghese 5, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/8548577 information; 06/328102 reservations

Via Appia Anitica – Catacombe di San Callisto, Via Appia Antica 110; Catacombe di San Sebastiano, Via Appia Antica 136 Phone: +39 06 488 991

San Pietro in Vincoli – Piazza San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/4882865

Rome Attractions for a 7-10 Day Stay

Devote your remaining time to further exploration and travel through the historic center city, with cappuccino stops along the way. Make sure you pass by the Pantheon, an architectural jewel of ancient Rome, and linger in Piazza Navona to see Bernini's fabulous fountains.

Finally, return to the neighborhood you've liked best in your week here and don't be shy about poking into its courtyards and churches.

Pantheon - Piazza della Rotonda, Pantheon, Rome, Italy
Phone: 06/68300230

Piazza Navona - Junction of Via della Cuccagna, Corsia Agonale, Via di Sant'Agnese, and Via Agonale, Rome, Italy