Imperial Rome
2.5 km · half day · Ancient ruins · 6 stops
- Colosseum
- Roman Forum
- Palatine Hill
- Mouth of Truth
- Altare della Patria
- Doria Pamphilj Gallery
114 spots · Colosseum, Roman trattorias, Michelin, pizza al taglio and viral spots · 5 walking routes · metro and tram included
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This interactive map of Rome (Italy) brings together 114 hand-picked places: 28 attractions, 51 restaurants, 19 cafés and 16 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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2.5 km · half day · Ancient ruins · 6 stops
3 km · full day · Fountains and squares · 6 stops
2.5 km · half day · Art and faith · 6 stops
1.5 km · afternoon and evening · 6 stops
2.5 km · foodie afternoon · 6 stops
Anfiteatro Flavio
The empire's biggest amphitheater: 50,000 spectators 2,000 years ago.
Tip: Buy the combined Forum+Palatine ticket online and use the reserved entrance to skip the line.
🚇 Colosseo — Line B
Featured in: Google Top Italia
Show on mapCorazón de la Roma antigua
The ruins of the empire's political heart: temples, arches and the Via Sacra.
Tip: Climb the Palatine for the best panoramic view over the Forum.
🚇 Colosseo — Line B
Show on mapColina de los emperadores
The hill where the Caesars lived, with the Farnese gardens and views over the Circus Maximus.
🚇 Colosseo — Line B
Show on mapPiazza della Rotonda
The world's largest unreinforced concrete dome, intact since 126 AD.
Tip: Go right at opening or at noon: when it rains, the open oculus lets the water fall inside.
🚇 Barberini — Line A (12 min walk)
Featured in: Google Top Italia
Show on mapLa fontana de los deseos
The world's most famous baroque fountain: toss a coin and your return to Rome is guaranteed.
Tip: Go at 7 am or after midnight to have it almost to yourself.
🚇 Barberini — Line A
Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok
Show on mapScalinata di Trinità dei Monti
Rome's most elegant 135 steps, crowned by the church and Bernini's boat fountain.
Tip: Sitting on the steps is banned (fines): admire them from the Barcaccia fountain below.
🚇 Spagna — Line A
Show on mapFontana dei Quattro Fiumi
The baroque square built over a Roman stadium, with Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers.
🚇 On foot from Centro Storico
Show on mapMausoleo de Adriano
Imperial tomb, papal fortress and prison: the terrace has the best view of St. Peter's.
Tip: Climb to the terrace at sunset; Ponte Sant'Angelo with Bernini's angels is the best selfie.
🚇 Lepanto — Line A
Show on mapCiudad del Vaticano
Christianity's largest church, home to Michelangelo's Pietà and the dome.
Tip: Entry to the basilica is free; climb the dome (551 steps or elevator) for the view.
🚇 Ottaviano — Line A
Show on mapCapilla Sixtina
7 km of art ending under Michelangelo's ceiling: the Last Judgment, live.
Tip: Book online — no exceptions — and take the first slot; Friday night openings are calmer.
🚇 Ottaviano — Line A
Featured in: Google Top Italia
Show on mapVilla Borghese
The most stunning Berninis (Apollo and Daphne) plus Caravaggios in a cardinal's villa.
Tip: Entry only with a 2-hour timed reservation; book weeks ahead.
🚇 Spagna — Line A
Show on mapBarrio bohemio
Cobbled lanes, laundry overhead and Rome's most Roman nightlife across the Tiber.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Viral IG/TikTok
Show on mapVittoriano
The white marble monument to Victor Emmanuel II, with a panoramic terrace by elevator.
Tip: Pay for the elevator to the Terrazza delle Quadrighe: 360° over the Forums.
🚇 Colosseo — Line B
Show on mapBasílica del barrio
One of Rome's oldest churches, with golden 12th-century mosaics.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Show on mapEsquilino
The papal Marian basilica, its gilded ceiling made with the first gold from the Americas.
🚇 Termini — Line A/B
Show on mapCatedral de Roma
The Pope's true cathedral as Bishop of Rome, with the Holy Stairs across the street.
🚇 San Giovanni — Line A/C
Show on mapRuinas colosales
The giant imperial baths: 30 m walls that become an opera stage in summer.
🚇 Circo Massimo — Line B
Show on mapLa reina de las calzadas
The original Roman road among pines and ruins: rent a bike and pedal through history.
Tip: Closed to traffic on Sundays: perfect for cycling. Combine it with the catacombs.
🚇 Bus 118 from Circo Massimo
Show on mapVía Appia
Kilometers of underground galleries where the first Christians were buried.
🚇 Bus 118 — Appia Antica
Show on mapMirador del Janículo
The balcony over all of Rome: a midday cannon shot and the best sunset over the domes.
Tip: Go up 40 min before sunset; bring a drink and stay until the lights come on.
🚇 Tram 8 + walk uphill
Show on mapAventino
An orange-tree garden with a quiet balcony over the Tiber and St. Peter's.
Tip: Steps away is the famous Knights of Malta keyhole.
🚇 Circo Massimo — Line B
Show on mapPriorato de Malta
Peek through the keyhole and you'll see St. Peter's dome perfectly framed.
🚇 Circo Massimo — Line B
Featured in: Viral TikTok
Show on mapIsla en el Tíber
The boat-shaped islet between Trastevere and the Ghetto, with an original Roman bridge.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Show on mapPlaza + mercado
Fruit and flower market by day, epicenter of the downtown night scene after dark.
🚇 On foot from Centro Storico
Show on mapSanta Maria in Cosmedin
The marble disc that, legend says, bites the hand of any liar.
🚇 Circo Massimo — Line B
Show on mapVia del Corso
A private palace with Caravaggio and Velázquez's portrait of Pope Innocent X.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapTrieste
A whimsical pocket of art nouveau houses with fairies, spiders and fairy-tale towers.
🚇 Bus 63 — Buenos Aires
Show on mapArte del s. XXI
Zaha Hadid's museum: curved concrete and contemporary art in Flaminio.
🚇 Flaminio — Line A + Tram 2
Show on mapTrastevere
The checkered-tablecloth trattoria voted Rome's best of 2025: textbook carbonara and cacio e pepe.
Tip: They don't hold long reservations: show up right at opening (12:30 or 19:00) or wait for a table.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Time Out #1 2025
Show on mapJunto al Panteón
Family trattoria since 1961 in the Pantheon's shadow: classic saltimbocca and amatriciana.
Tip: Book days ahead: it's tiny and always packed.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Eater 38 · Histórico 1961
Show on mapCampo de' Fiori
Cult deli-restaurant: the carbonara plus an endless list of wines and cheeses.
Tip: Book online; sit at the counter surrounded by hams.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Eater 38 · 50 Best
Show on mapTestaccio
Temple of cacio e pepe, mixed at your table by the waiter. Booking essential.
Tip: The tonnarello cacio e pepe and the abbacchio are non-negotiable.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Clásico Testaccio
Show on mapTestaccio
A trattoria dug into a mound of Roman amphorae: grandma's pasta, unfiltered.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Show on mapSan Giovanni
Sarah Cicolini's reinvented Roman cooking: refined offal and next-level pastas.
Tip: Try the rigatoni with pajata if you dare; if not, the carbonara.
🚇 Re di Roma — Line A
Featured in: Eater 38 · Michelin Bib
Show on mapOstiense
Neighborhood bistro with seasonal produce and creative pastas at honest prices.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38 · Michelin Bib
Show on mapMonteverde
The trattoria worth the tram ride: perfect fritti and a world top-ten carbonara.
🚇 Tram 8 — Casaletto terminus
Featured in: Eater 38 · 50 Top Italia
Show on mapTestaccio
Facing the old slaughterhouse: home of coda alla vaccinara and Rome's quinto quarto.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Histórico 1887
Show on mapCentro
Fine-casual counter dining: handmade pasta and signature plates, no pretense, no tablecloth.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Michelin
Show on mapPalazzo Manfredi
A Michelin star with Rome's most cinematic table: the Colosseum at arm's length.
Tip: Ask for a terrace table at sunset; it's one of the toughest reservations in town.
🚇 Colosseo — Line B
Featured in: Michelin ⭐
Show on mapMonte Mario
Rome's three stars: Heinz Beck and a view of the whole city from the Rome Cavalieri.
🚇 Taxi from Ottaviano
Featured in: Michelin ⭐⭐⭐
Show on mapTrastevere
Trastevere's Michelin star: creative cooking inside a glass-and-steel design.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Michelin ⭐
Show on mapVaticano
The pizza al taglio that changed Rome: Gabriele Bonci's airy dough, weighed and sold by weight.
Tip: You eat standing on the sidewalk; try several different slices.
🚇 Cipro — Line A
Featured in: Eater 38 · 50 Top Pizza
Show on mapGianicolense
Pier Daniele Seu's signature Neapolitan-Roman pizza, a world leader in creative versions.
🚇 Tram 8 — Trastevere
Featured in: 50 Top Pizza
Show on mapTestaccio
The crispy Roman pizza of always: cheap, fast, with your order jotted on a slip of paper.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Show on mapTrastevere
'L'obitorio' for its marble tables: paper-thin pizza and supplì until the small hours.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Show on mapTestaccio
The Roman invention: a pizza bianca cone stuffed with stews like pollo alla cacciatora.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38 · Icono street food
Show on mapCentro
Arcangelo Dandini's gourmet supplì: Rome's rice croquette raised to heaven.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Gambero Rosso
Show on mapGhetto judío
Jewish-Roman cooking: the carciofo alla giudìa (fried artichoke) is unmissable.
🚇 Tram 8 — Arenula
Featured in: Cocina del Ghetto
Show on mapGhetto judío
A Ghetto institution since 1860: fried artichokes, filetti di baccalà and fritto misto.
🚇 Tram 8 — Arenula
Featured in: Histórico
Show on mapEsquilino
The mythical carbonara near Termini: yolk, guanciale and the waiter's cheese-wheel show.
🚇 Vittorio Emanuele — Line A
Featured in: Clásico
Show on mapAventino
A Michelin star with a winter garden: chef Martini's contemporary Italian cooking.
🚇 Circo Massimo — Line B
Featured in: Michelin ⭐
Show on mapPrati
Refined Roman bistro: its supplì and carbonara rank among the city's best.
🚇 Lepanto — Line A
Featured in: Gambero Rosso
Show on mapVia Veneto
Colombian chef Roy Caceres' fine dining near Villa Borghese: 65° egg carbonara and lacquered eel.
Tip: The lunchtime bistrot set menu is the most accessible way in.
🚇 Barberini — Line A
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrevi
Emilian trattoria from 1931 steps from the Trevi: pumpkin tortelli, tagliatelle bolognese and bollito misto.
Tip: Save room for the tortellini in brodo; book ahead.
🚇 Barberini — Line A
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapCampo de' Fiori
The mythical Settimio reborn: a doorbell at the entrance, period floors and the legendary fried meatballs.
Tip: Ring the bell to get in, the way it's always been. Ridiculously cheap wine list.
🚇 Bus 64 — C.so Vittorio
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapCampo de' Fiori
Pure Roman cooking with friendly service (rare in Rome): tonnarelli cacio e pepe and roast suckling lamb.
Tip: The 4-course Roman menu at €36 is one of the best deals in the center.
🚇 Bus 64 — C.so Vittorio
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapSan Lorenzo
The Barreca-Baccannelli power couple is back: cartwheel pasta with braised beef and fried tripe over tomato.
Tip: Order the fried tripe with pecorino: their absolute classic.
🚇 Tram 3/19 — San Lorenzo
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapEsquilino
The Cameruccis' Le Marche cooking: braised rabbit, stuffed fried olives and the runny-yolk raviolo.
Tip: The oozing-yolk raviolo is non-negotiable; book ahead.
🚇 Vittorio Emanuele — Line A
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapPigneto
Ethiopian-Eritrean on Via Prenestina: ethereal injera, spiced stews and free-flowing tej (honey wine).
Tip: A few blocks away is Mrgda Vegano, from the same owners.
🚇 Tram 5/14 — Prenestina
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere
One of Europe's best craft beer pubs: 12 taps from Italy, the US and Belgium.
Tip: Open 365 days a year; the street tables are front row to Trastevere.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere
Thin, crispy Roman pizza tonda that never folds, plus supplì al telefono and fried lasagna bricks.
Tip: Heads up: the kitchen closes 15:30–18:45 despite the 'all-day' hours. Book the Trastevere branch.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Eater 38 · Nuevo mar 2026
Show on mapTrastevere
A refined Orient Express-style speakeasy: bottled classic cocktails in 90-minute slots.
Tip: Booking online is a must; slots start at 6 pm.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere
Natural wines, cheeses and cold cuts from micro-producers; the Sardinian owner adds crab fregola.
Tip: Try the Sardinian prosciutto with a Barbagia red. Open almost every day of the year.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapIsola Tiberina
The 1959 trattoria in the medieval tower on Tiber Island, back at its best: serious coda alla vaccinara.
Tip: In spring, order the lamb coratella with artichokes.
🚇 Tram 8 — Via Arenula
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere
From natural wine bar to culinary revelation: chef Mirko Pelosi ferments, ages fish and spices without ego.
Tip: Two people can (and should) order the whole menu.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapColosseo
Elegant seafood steps from the Colosseum: crudo, oysters, red prawn pasta and whole roasted fish.
Tip: Book an outdoor table in summer; the fresh fish comes at a premium.
🚇 Colosseo — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapCentocelle
A tour of regional Italian comfort food with a seasonal twist: gricia with grapes or figs and natural wines by the glass.
🚇 Mirti — Line C
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere
Italy's best cheeses (ex-Roscioli) with natural wine or craft beer at high tables.
Tip: Order the blue from affineur Andrea Magi.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Mastai
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapMonteverde
Mama Aqla's Yemeni and Ethiopian cooking: sambusas, mutabbaq and sandwiches on Roscioli bread.
Tip: Perfect to grab and picnic in Villa Pamphilj.
🚇 Tram 8 — Gianicolense
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapAventino
Pizza in teglia from a Bonci disciple: long fermentation, audible crunch and the Ragùver with Sunday ragù.
Tip: Eaten standing at high tables: perfect after the Colosseum/Forum.
🚇 Circo Massimo — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTestaccio
In the capital of offal: rigatoni with pajata, fettuccine with chicken giblets and incredible vegetables.
Tip: The seasonal vegetables (braised zucchini, wild herb salad) are a show of their own.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTorpignattara
Ultra-thin Roman pizza rolled by hand by an ex-Pizzarium baker: a crisp base that never gives in and golden fritti.
Tip: Start with the margherita to get the style, then go for the seasonal special.
🚇 Malatesta — Line C
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere Sur
Kosher Jewish-Roman food to go: carciofi alla giudia, fried baccalà and zucchini concia.
Tip: The concia and the baccalà are the standouts; they sell fresh pasta too.
🚇 Trastevere station — Tram 8
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTrastevere Sur
Family trattoria since 1968 with a wood-fired oven: the Sunday lasagna flies and the brisket is from another planet.
Tip: Order whatever came out of the wood oven that day. Wonderfully kind service.
🚇 Trastevere station — Tram 8
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapSan Paolo
The Trecastelli brothers' neo-trattoria: carbonara and amatriciana loaded with guanciale, and pajata in every form.
Tip: Try the pajata however they're serving it that day.
🚇 San Paolo — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapGarbatella
Abruzzo meets Rome in a Nordic key: rigatoni with meat-roll sauce and lamb with puntarelle.
Tip: There are counter seats perfect for dining solo.
🚇 Garbatella — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapMarconi
China's regions with a Roman soul: Peking-style tripe with chili oil and somm Jun's natural wine list.
Tip: Let Jun recommend a natural wine or a tea.
🚇 Marconi — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapSan Paolo
Fish from Fiumicino and Anzio with an exceptional cellar: linguine with telline and aged mineral whites.
🚇 San Paolo — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapRoma 70
Neighborhood taglio with stone-ground flours and lab-level precision; the supplì and the kebab are local legend.
Tip: Don't miss the kebab, a regulars' favorite.
🚇 Laurentina — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapJunto al Panteón
Rome's most famous espresso since 1938: creamy, pre-sweetened, a house secret.
Tip: Order it 'senza zucchero' if you want it bitter: it comes sweet by default.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Histórico 1938
Show on mapPiazza della Rotonda
Steps from the Pantheon: the granita di caffè with cream is a mandatory summer classic.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Histórico
Show on mapVia Condotti
Rome's oldest café (1760): velvet salons where Goethe and Stendhal used to sit.
🚇 Spagna — Line A
Featured in: Histórico 1760
Show on mapCentro
Artisan gelato with garden flavors (ricotta and figs, rosemary and honey) by Via dei Coronari.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapPrati
One of Rome's best gelatos: Bronte pistachio and chocolate with no shortcuts.
🚇 Lepanto — Line A
Show on mapTrastevere
'Gelato' spelled backwards: Marco Radicioni's lab with flavors that rotate weekly.
🚇 Tram 8 — Trastevere
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapMonti
All-natural gelato with no colorings and wild combos (blue cheese, chocolate and tobacco).
🚇 Cavour — Line B
Show on mapTrastevere
Small-batch artisan gelato and sorbets in the heart of Trastevere.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Show on mapCentro
Café by day, cocktail bar by night: vintage armchairs, brunch and wifi near Campo de' Fiori.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapNomentano
Third-wave specialty coffee with filter methods and Australian-style brunch.
🚇 Bologna — Line B
Featured in: Specialty
Show on mapPrati
House-roasted beans and a proper flat white steps from the Vatican.
🚇 Ottaviano — Line A
Featured in: Specialty
Show on mapOstiense
Scandi-Roman bakery: sourdough bread, cardamom buns and weekend brunch.
🚇 Garbatella — Line B
Featured in: Specialty brunch
Show on mapPigneto
Pasolini's historic bar in Pigneto: coffee, a garden and aperitivo in the most alternative neighborhood.
🚇 Tram 5/14 — Pigneto
Featured in: Histórico 1924
Show on mapTestaccio
A kiosk-café inside an old tram: open-air spritz under the plants in Testaccio.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Show on mapCentro
The Roscioli clan's café-pastry shop: cream-filled maritozzo and impeccable espresso.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapCampo de' Fiori
The square's bakery: hot pizza bianca sold by weight, a Roman mid-morning ritual.
🚇 On foot from the center
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapEsquilino
Family pastry shop since 1916: cream maritozzi, wild strawberry tart and seasonal bignè.
Tip: Order at the counter and sit at Caffé Regoli next door.
🚇 Vittorio Emanuele — Line A
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapGhetto
The Ghetto's historic Jewish bakery: pizza ebraica, amaretti and the ricotta-sour cherry tart that sells out.
Tip: Go early for the ricotta and sour cherry tart before it's gone.
🚇 Tram 8 — Via Arenula
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapPorta San Paolo
A vintage kiosk turned specialty café by day and natural wine and draft cocktail bar by night.
Tip: It's almost all open-air: dress accordingly and go early for pre-aperitivo calm.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38 · Nuevo mar 2026
Show on mapLujo · Plaza de España
Rome's luxury street: Bulgari, Gucci, Prada and Valentino running down from the Spanish Steps.
🚇 Spagna — Line A
Show on mapShopping masivo
1.5 km of chain stores between Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Venezia: walk and shop.
🚇 Spagna / Flaminio — Line A
Show on mapVintage
A cobbled street of antique dealers, vintage and design boutiques near Piazza Navona.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapTrastevere
The giant Sunday flea market: vintage clothes, records, antiques and haggling.
🚇 Tram 8 — Trastevere
Featured in: Domingos
Show on mapTestaccio
A covered neighborhood market: vegetables, cheeses and the most Roman street food stalls.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Featured in: Eater 38
Show on mapTestaccio
The cult deli: cheeses, cured meats and guanciale to take Rome home with you.
🚇 Piramide — Line B
Show on mapTrastevere
Cheese shop from 1900: pecorino romano, ricotta made fresh at dawn and burrata from Puglia.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Show on mapOstiense
Four floors of Italy's best: pasta, olive oil, wine and themed restaurants.
🚇 Piramide — Line B + train
Show on mapVia del Corso
An art nouveau shopping gallery with stained glass, cafés and shops facing Piazza Colonna.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapPrati
Prati's big shopping artery: chain stores, shoe shops and the Trionfale market nearby.
🚇 Ottaviano / Lepanto — Line A
Show on mapCentro
An artisan wooden toy shop with giant Pinocchios: mandatory photo and the perfect gift.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapTrastevere
A tiny, charming English-language bookshop stacked to the ceiling in Trastevere.
🚇 Tram 8 — Piazza Trilussa
Show on mapMonti
A weekend urban market with emerging designers, vintage and accessories.
🚇 Cavour — Line B
Featured in: Fin de semana
Show on mapMonti / Pigneto
A vintage megastore selling by the kilo and by the piece: the mecca of Roman secondhand.
🚇 Cavour — Line B
Show on mapCentro
Products from Italian abbeys: liqueurs, honeys, chocolates and monastic cosmetics since 1892.
🚇 On foot from the center
Show on mapPantheon
Chocolatier to the Savoy court (19th c.): 80 handmade bonbons and cult marrons glacés in autumn.
Tip: A small box is the perfect souvenir; in summer there are pâte de fruits.
🚇 Bus 64 — Largo Argentina
Featured in: Eater 38
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