Rome

[Schizophonic]

So I decided to take the wife and my step son for a few days in Rome.

Never been and not sure what to expect right now, its going to be very busy and hot over there.

We are flying from Heathrow into Rome and will need to get the train from the airport to the main train terminal and a short walk to the hotel.

I heard its worth getting some organised tour guide for some of the venues like the coliseum, or some sort of audio text commentary while we explore parts of it.
Apart from main tourist spots, any other places we can go or eat? How did you find it when you last went?

Are the pickpockets really bad as I've seen some tiktok videos? Now my algorithms on my social feeds is really bad with this type of content.
If you were to go again what would you have done differently?

 

[Schizophonic]

Thanks for the heads up, appreciate the time for posting your views and opinions. We are getting into Rome about 10:30 to and then getting to our hotel maybe just after midday. The wife has emailed them to ask if we can possibly have our room ready slightly early to drop off our bags, but if its not we can still leave our bags with them in a safe location and check in when its time?

We booked a tour at the colosseum to make the most of it I think, not sure if we will come again but I thought we might as well do things thoughly rather than rushing it. As for food, will have a look to see if i can plan our itinerary to stop at certain locations to eat or sit down meal. I know we will get breakfast at the hotel and it will be a good time to get as much before the busy day. We can still walk to places and the furthest tourist spot is the vatican and its over a 60 mins to get there. We will decide if we want to get a taxi or pop along to places on the way their.

As its a multicultural city, getting around and speaking English is going to be fine right?

 

[Schizophonic]

Great photos Dan, makes me want to bring my camera out and about again.