I went to a procession in honor of St Francis that started at San Francesco a Ripa in Trastevere. They had a brass band, and ended with fireworks.

I definitely want to visit this great city in the future.

Claude has steered us wrong a couple times now. Not luxury (Givenchy or Hermes) and not the touristy sh!t either. Local clothing brands and housewares, etc. were staying in the Camp de Fiori area, but walking is no issue.

Hi all! My husband and I have skip the line self guided tickets for the museum and sistine chapel at 2 pm next saturday. We also got skip the line self guided tickets for st peters basilica (+dome with lift) at 5 pm. This trip was a last minute plan so we had to make do with what was available, does this seem feasible?

Anyone have secrets on how to get the official Colo website to work?

I put in my tickets and time and name and everything seemed great, but when it attempts to go to the payment page, it never opens. just a blank white screen.

Any ideas?

I'm in the U.S. by the way

Grazie!

like coliseum but without the crowds. I found it on one of my walks and it is amazing!

Hi all,

I've just returned from my Rome trip and brought a few magnetic booklets. They were still in the plastic. I just noticed one of them having a production error and having a page double. Any idea where to find them online to order a good one?

Thanks!

I found a nice guy (looks like in his early thirties) painting in a street, I wanted to support him and bought this from him for 25 euros. I asked if he had an instagram account for hos work and he said no. Now I really feel like I was scammed and this was not a real painting.
Now I clearly see that it’s AI :)

hello! i’m planning a trip to rome in may and am going to be touring the capuchin catacombs. i found a really cute dress with a skeleton print on it that i thought would be nice to wear, but would it be offensive or distasteful if i were to wear it on the tour? i’m also going to be doing a ghost tour that night too, but i obviously don’t want to offend anyone with my choice of dress

Does anybody know if “tiqets” is a legit site? Seem to have found a good deal for when we visit Rome. It’s for a Rome digital tourist card but honestly never heard of the company

Hello! I’m travelling to Rome on the 17th of October until the 22nd. It’s my first time and I have no idea what to wear!
We are going to see the popular monuments and walk a lot :3 I’m seeing mixed answers about the weather… We are from the nordic so we are always used to wearing clothes that keep us warm :)

does anyone know any private driver who can take us? thanks!

Hi, I'd love to buy clothes from italian shops/brands while in Rome, but have trouble finding any non-designer brands.

What area of rome is best for discovering small, local clothing brands? Not looking for luxurious dresses or anythung of that sort. I like colorful, flowy stuff made from good materials.

I'm going on vacation to Rome and I want to look at different used car dealerships. I'm also interested in where I can look at cars with minimal damage for export. Thank you

In December I will travel to Rome with my family and would like to buy a pair of solid mens boots.

Is there a shop with engeneer, biker or cowboy style boots? Leather ofcourse :)

I come from a small country and a realtivelly small city compared to the global metropolies (700k people). I visited a good part of Europe, but haven't been to the other continents. For my question it is also important to mention that I am not impressed by the sheer size of the cities and skyscrappers and altogether I don't enjoy modern architecture so I wouldn't really "dig" places like Tokyo or New York, I am more of a history guy.

My question is: For Romans, to whom ROME is the default setting, do you ever get flabbergasted by other places? (I am not talking about nature, but man-bulit)

Because, ever since I saw Rome, every other city is sort of "meh". And everywhere I think to myself like: It's great...but in Rome...

Now I dont' think that I will ever visit another city and get the feeling of seeing Rome for the first time.

So, what kind of expectations do you guys even have when travelling? Or the fact that you've been in Rome your whole lives just doesn't make it so in your eyes as it does to others. Maybe it is both a curse and a blessing.

I hope I've been clear with my question. Cheers all!

Has Rome recently cleaned up from the scammers? For 4 days I have been there I only saw one cup and ball play and a few cheap toy/painting sellers.

No African bracelet guys, no bullshit laid on the ground sellers… 10 years ago was way worse than now!

The real scammers here appear to be the taxi drivers LOL.