FREE: The ✨ MEGA Rome Guide 2024 ✨ (90+ museums, restaurants, day trips and more!)
FREE: The ✨ MEGA Rome Guide 2024 ✨ (90+ museums, restaurants, day trips and more!)
Jori Bonadurer - Caput Mundi Co.
This guide is the combination of my experience studying ancient Roman art + being an expat living in Rome for 5 years. (Plus being married to an Italian!) I have personally been to each location included in this guide to ensure quality.
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Museums

Capitoline Museums
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This is, in my humble opinion, potentially the best museum in the entire world. It is massive and contains some of the most important artefacts from the ancient world. Also, it notably is assembled much in the way that an art collector of old would acquire a collection because that’s historically what is. It’s nestled on the top of the Capitoline Hill (the literal start of the Roman Empire omg!!) and you can get some pretty sweet views of the Roman forum from inside the museum.
Spend quite some time here and you MUST go to the cafe! It’s not that expensive at all and... it has rooftop views.
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Borghese Gallery and Museum
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I went here and felt like I was transported into some magical Baroque fantasy. Bernini,, the Bernini (!!), has numerous statues in this museum, as well as works by Caravaggio and Canova. Plus, it feels like you’re snooping in some luxurious villa, well, because you kinda are. It’s located in the Villa Borghese, the third largest park in Rome, and it’s just gorgeous.
My tip for this: after (or before) going to the gallery have fun wandering around the park- it is really is a super cute place. There’s families going around on those four people bikes, tons of little cafes (get a cafe or cappuccino freddo if it’s hot out!), and lots of nooks and places to explore. I grabbed a simple lunch of a sandwich from a food stall, and ate it as I overlooked a fountain.
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Centrale Montemartini
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Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
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Vatican Museums
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Museo dell'Ara Pacis
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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
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Castel Sant'Angelo
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MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Art
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The Keats - Shelley House
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Doria Pamphili Gallery
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Galleria Spada
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Scuderie del Quirinale
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Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
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Villa Farnesina
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Capuchin Crypt
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Archeological Sites

Colosseum
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Roman Forum
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Trajan's Column
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Forum of Augustus
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Palatino
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Circus Maximus
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Circus of Maxentius
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Mausoleum of Augustus
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Baths of Caracalla
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Sightseeing

Trevi Fountain
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Pantheon
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Piazza Navona
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Largo Argentina
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Tiber Island
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Campo de' Fiori
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Piazza del Popolo
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Villa Borghese
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Gazometro
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Monument to Victor Emmanuel II
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Porta Portese
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Pyramid of Caius Cestius
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Non-Catholic Cemetery
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Botanical Garden of Rome
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Janiculum Hill
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Teatro Marcello
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Catacombs

Catacombs of St. Callixtus
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The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian
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Catacombs of Priscilla
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Churches

St. Peter's Basilica
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St. Clement Basilica
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Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore
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Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere
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Day Trip Sites

Hadrian's Villa
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Villa d'Este
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Old Frascati Food & Wine Tours
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Lake Bracciano
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Restaurants & Food
Pizza

Ai Marmi
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Nuovo Mondo
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Bonci Pizzarium
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Pasta & More

Flavio al Velavevodetto
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Ristorante La Tavernaccia Da Bruno
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Felice a Testaccio | ROMA
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Ristorante le Mani in Pasta
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Roscioli
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Renato e Luisa
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Italian Street Food

Testaccio market
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Forno Campo de 'Fiori
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Dar Filettaro a Santa Barbara
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Supplì Roma
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Trapizzino | Trastevere
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Non Italian Food

Jaipur
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The best Indian food in Rome! Attentive staff, delicious food, and very affordable.
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IGIO Ristorante Coreano Roma
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Zuma Rome
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La Punta Expendio de Agave
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Gelato

Gelateria Giuffrè
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Giolitti
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Fonte della Salute
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Cafes

L'Emporio alla Pace
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Emporio Sant'Eustachio
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Chiostro del Bramante
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Bar San Calisto
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Pubs, Wine, & Nightlife

Vinaietto - Old Winery
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Open Baladin
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Luppolo Station
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Wisdomless Club
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jori Bonadurer - Caput Mundi Co.
Born in Chicago, Jori always knew she wanted to travel. After her first trip to Rome she was hooked. After studying at John Cabot University in Rome and graduating with a Master’s degree in Art History (focusing on the ancient Romans, of course!) she combined her love all of all things Rome to create Caput Mundi Co. and to offer tips to visitors in her adopted city.
Now living in Rome full-time, you can find Jori searching for the best cacio e pepe in the city, searching for Roman sarcophagi, or jogging along the Tiber.
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