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Rome in 3 days.
I am having a short break in Rome in January, staying very close to the main termini. My main question is, how easy is it to walk to the major tourist sights? My friend an I are notorious for losing our way and we don't want to spend most of our time looking for the way back to the hotel.
We are on a pretty strict budget so taxis are out of the equation.
Has anybody stayed in this area and can point me in the right direction?
We are on a pretty strict budget so taxis are out of the equation.
Has anybody stayed in this area and can point me in the right direction?
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Most of the main attractions - Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps etc are centrally-based and virtually next to each other. And the underground train system is very cheap if you want to go a little further afield, ie to the Vatican or Coliseum.
(I tend to stay in the same area but usually rent a bike.)
Edit: anyway not anway!
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If you go for the 48 hour pass you get a free entry to one museum and discounts entry to the rest. It also includes your transport and you can skip some of the major lines.
We used ours to visit the Colosseum and took the guided tour entrance so we skipped an hour + queue.
Spagna / Barberini for Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps (you can walk between these)
Spagna / Flaminio for Piazza Del Popolo (walk up the steps at the N.E corner and you'll reach a viewing platform with fantastic views of Rome) and Via del Corso (shopping)
Ottaviano for St Peter's square
Colloseo for the colloseum & forum which is next to Piazza Venezia which is at the end of Via del Corso (so you could also do that in the opposite order)
Circo Massimo for circo massimo which if you walk along to the NW corner of it and down the hill you'll come to the Bocca della Verita and if you walk up the lane behind that you'll come to a beautiful orange grove in the grounds of a convent with an amazing view.
There are numerous churches all over the place which you ABSOLUTELY MUST SEE as they are breathtaking.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do keep your wallet/phone/valuables where you know where they are and DO NOT give to beggars they are all part of criminal gangs, there are no down and out people on the streets of Rome as the criminals make sure no one is on their turf.
Yeah, don't do that around Termini. And always confirm prices before ordering in bars / restaurants.
Rome is fantastic but if youre a pushover they'll push you over.
http://news.sky.com/story/1087559/british-tourists-angry-at-54-ice-cream-bill
Trevi fountain is about 500 m from the Barberini metro stop.
From the main station to the Vatican is about 2.5 miles in a straight line. Perhap a return trip of 7 miles or so along the pavements, assuming you don't get lost. Add in the standing and walking you might do around the Vatican, and it can start to be very tiring excursion!. And that doesn't include any diversions along the way.
Not everyone is that fit (and this trip is also in January when it gets dark early). However many other places of interest will be nearer to the Termini area.
We did a team building event on the Saturday afternoon and saw a great deal of the city walking for 5 hours.
Trevi is being restored at the moment which is a shame for any visitors.
It's not a big deal if you want to soak up street life rather than public transport or taxis.
We've been to many major cities on short breaks and worked out how to cover them, by preference, on foot and they're mostly all easily manageable.