Rome
Rome, the 'Eternal City', is the capital and largest city of Italy and of the Lazio region. It's the famed city of the Roman Empire, the Seven Hills, La Dolce Vita, the Vatican City and Three Coins in the Fountain. Wikivoyage
Population 2,748,109 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Italy
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
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Pantheon Attraction · 560 m -
Scuderie del Quirinale Museum · 270 m -
Santa Maria in Via Lata Church · 270 m -
Palazzo Doria Pamphilj Museum · 280 m -
Galleria Colonna Gallery · 310 m -
Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius Attraction · 320 m -
Quirinal Palace Attraction · 360 m -
Basilica di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte Attraction · 410 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Rugby
February – March
The men's national team play at Stadio Olimpico. The premier tournament is the Six Nations in Feb / March
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Romics
April, October
Romics is an international semiannual comic book, animation, and gaming convention in Rome, Italy. The event takes place over four days, usually during April for the spring edition, and October for the autumn one.
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Estate Romana Festival
June – September
From late June through early September offers various musical events of jazz, rock, and classical music, and film, sport, theater and children’s fun
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Festa dell'Unità
June
Festa de l'Unità is an annual social-democratic festival in Italy, originally organised by the Italian Communist Party (PCI) to finance and spread its official newspaper l'Unità (Unity), and now organised by the Democratic Party.
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Rome Film Festival
October
International Rome Film Fest (original: Festa del Cinema di Roma) is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October.
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MedFilm Festival
November
The MedFilm Festival is a film festival created in 1995 in Rome. It is focused on giving voice and visibility to independent movies.
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Rome Independent Film Festival
November
Rome Independent Film Festival (or RIFF) is an annual film festival held every November in Rome, Italy to represent and promote independent filmmakers globally. The festival was started in 2001.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Rome); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
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Getting around
- Taxi Poli 060609 230 m
- Taxi Stamperia 060609 260 m
- Taxi Tritone 060609 350 m
- Venezia 570 m
- P.za Venezia 590 m
- Barberini 610 m
Train stations: Flaminio 1.6 km, Rome 1.6 km, Roma San Pietro 2.4 km, Vatican City 2.7 km, Euclide 3.0 km, Roma Ostiense 3.1 km, Quattro Venti 3.1 km, Roma Trastevere 3.4 km, Valle Aurelia 3.4 km, Acqua Acetosa 3.5 km, Campi Sportivi 3.8 km, Appiano 3.9 km, Roma Tuscolana 4.1 km, Roma Tiburtina 4.2 km, Roma Balduina 4.4 km, Monte Antenne 4.5 km, Roma Nomentana 4.9 km, Roma Prenestina 5.2 km, Val d’Ala 5.4 km, Gemelli 5.6 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.