Here are some glimpses of places I took folk in 2024; whichever time of year you come (even in a Jubilee year) with some judicious choice of sites and timing Rome really doesn’t ever have to be busy. In my opinion there are no bad times to come, just bad ways of doing it!
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Goats on the Appian Way. Roads and Water tour, January
Custom day trip to Pompeii and Oplontis, February
Naples and Sicily. A custom itinerary arranged by Bellini Travel, March
A gastronomically themed jaunt to Ostia Antica together with Rachel Roddy (plus historically coherent snacks along the way and a slap up lunch afterwards), April
On-brand holidaying in August: the papal palace at Avignon, contemplating Julius Caesar in the English Channel, aqueduct in Segovia
“The Third Rome”, EUR, September
Many many visits to the Vatican Museums. Here are few glimpses of my favourite quieter areas (during regular opening hours) from an afternoon in October
Many visits over the year to Parco Archeologico del Colosseo, which is much much more than the Colosseum. These are some of my favourite glimpses of the Palatine and Forum from a tour in December, I don’t think I’ve taken exactly the same route twice all year!
A day of exploring Baroque Rome in December
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So many wonderful places you’ve introduced people to in 2024! It’s a wonderful reminder of all the fascinating places in and near Rome that are waiting for people to explore! Here’s to a wonderful 2025 full of even more explorations!
So many wonderful places you’ve introduced people to in 2024! It’s a wonderful reminder of all the fascinating places in and near Rome that are waiting for people to explore! Here’s to a wonderful 2025 full of even more explorations!
Exquisite pictures. I wish you a 2025 filled with, at the very least, as much beauty and joy as this one appears to have been.