Rome - What can i do for 3 days & 3 nights?

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Going to Rome at the end of November, (land Monday afternoon, leave Thursday Afternoon) flights booked, hotel booked and according to trip advisor it is quite decent, staying at the Suite Dreams, but i am stumped as to what to see and do, apart from the obvious like the colossisium, the Vatican and that famous fountain where you throw a coin in and make a wish. May be the opera to see if there is a fat lady sing at the end? Lol

I am not looking to to go specifically for my photography, although no doubt photos WILL be taken, it is mostly a holiday as i don't get many of those. I will be with a friend, but neither of us speak Italian, so i would be grateful if the forum can recommend some places to eat, shows to see, and sites to visits.

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The thing with Rome is that you can just wander the streets and find some amazing architecture right smack in the middle of it. Even some of the 'non-famous' stuff is still a great sight.
Take a map, it's easy to get lost... I still get lost each time I go there.
Piazza Navona is pleasant, and a popular place to eat.
 
Take the train on the short journey to Ostia. The pictures are nothing compared to what is there and when you walk around the town

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Dedicate a whole day to the Vatican City and its museums, absolutely amazing place.

I didn't have my camera when I last visited Rome and would love to go back this time fully camera equipped.
 
Pantheon, Colosseum, Roman forum, Trajan's column, Spanish steps... there's too much to see there in 3 days. You might get lucky and your hotel will have a map with all the sights in the ancient part of the city. Then you can just walk.

The Vatican and St Peters will take a whole day, the ticket you buy to get into the Colosseum will get you into the forum as well, which will also take up a whole day, then spend the third day wandering with a map. Pantheon is a must in my opinion, which you will see if you take a day-long walk sightseeing all the other things.

DO make sure you have comfortable walking shoes! It's an amazing city.
 
GSXRMovistar said:
Dedicate a whole day to the Vatican City and its museums, absolutely amazing place.

I didn't have my camera when I last visited Rome and would love to go back this time fully camera equipped.
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Can't exactly that ALL the gear, I am only planning 5D+24-70 and 35/1.4, no flash, no tripod.
 
The advice i always give to anyone on a Rome thread.

Make sure everything you store stuff within has a zipped pocket.

Keep your wallet in your front pocket, so if anyone tries to remove it you'll feel your testicles being jiggled.

1. Wear a big coat with two big outer pockets and continually rummage in them carefully avoiding the two primed rattraps you have in there, it should convince the locals you have something worth nicking, so they'll stick their hands in and get rat trapped.
2. Then take one of your lovely pictures of the reaction on the guys face when he is rat trapped.
3. Post that picture here.
4. Profit.

Sorry to paint it in a bad light, but you will have expensive stuff with you, so just be very careful.
Look forward greatly to the pictures.
 
I thought there was very little crime going on actually. I normally spot it in operation but Rome seemed quite clean.
 
We went to Rome for 5 days in June, and we loved it. We got the train from Fiumcinio airport to Trastevere railway station, we thought we had arrived in downtown Basra! On the underpass from the platform to the station entrance we went past 5 beggars, a 'Prada' handbag salesman, and was handed a begging letter in Italian all in 20metres. We stayed in Piazza San Cosimato in a room over a cafe bar, and it was a true authentic roman experience amongst , Trastevere does look very rundown, graffiti, beggars, street people etc but the people are friendly and you can get a great capuccino for 1€. By night Trastevere comes alive! lots of bars, cafes, restaurants then head to the river Tiber about 300metres away and the banks are filled with open air bars, cinemas, stalls, sushi bars, clothing vendors . I remember sitting on bean bags at midnight have a cool peroni, watching the boats pass by on the river. Even though the area looked a bit rough and rundown, there was no problem with crime at all, never felt threatened at all.
Hope you enjoy it there.
 
If you fancy something a little different we did this guided tour about 2 years ago -

http://www.darkrome.com/legends_and_mysteries_of_rome.aspx

The tour starts late evening and your basically led around Rome for a few hours by the tour guide (we had a fantastic guide called Massimo) who shows you various sites and mixes it in with great stories and legends. Very interesting and definately recommended. We only got the tour as a freebie because we booked a couple of other tours through the same company but I would happily do it again and pay for it.

Eating wise, we found some great little homely restaurants down side streets and away from the main hustle and bustle. Nothing fancy but just great authentic Italian food.

Enjoy it, we spent 3 nights there and it wasn't long enough. I love the city and can't wait to go back.
 
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