Category Archives: Things to Do in Rome

‘Tis the season for roasted chestnuts and twinkling Christmas lights in Rome. When the weather is dry, this is truly one of my favorite times to be in the Eternal City. The trees are lit up and the streets are sparkling with hanging stars and lights strung across alleyways. Rome doesn’t have a great Christmas […]

October is known as something of a second summer in Rome, but November is when autumn truly arrives. The days are shorter, the nights come earlier, and rain seems to always be in the forecast. But that’s not to say it isn’t a great time to be in Rome. The crowds seem to disappear and […]

Did I ever tell you about the time I moved to Rome, went to the wine festival in Marino the next day, and found out that wine really does come out of water fountains in Italy? (Sometimes). Regardless of when you visit, it is always a good time for a Rome wine tasting.  I think […]

I have taken quite a few tours of Rome over the last few years. I have traversed the city on Vespa and donned a hard hat to go underground into Nero’s Domus Aurea – but in eight years I had never taken a bike tour of Rome until a few months ago. What I realized […]

Unfortunately, Rome has suspended its free first Sunday of the month for the city museums and monuments. Luckily, there are some incredible free things to do in Rome all of the time – including the Mario Praz Museum. Mario Praz was a writer, literature professor, and art critic who was born in Rome in 1896. […]

It is strange to me to name a museum Museo della Via Ostiense – essentially: the Ostiense St. Museum – but then again, this free museum is pretty strange itself. And in fairness, the name is very descriptive. The museum sits right smack dab in the middle of one of Rome’s busiest traffic roundabouts on […]

There is really so much to do in Rome that I sometimes have trouble prioritizing even though I live here. However, I knew that it was ridiculous that I had never been to the top of the Palatine Hill. The Palatine Hill is above the Roman Forum and you can visit with the same ticket […]

Take a tour of the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, one of the city’s most unique neighborhoods