jz166

How's this itinerary? Thanks for any suggestions!

Day 1:
St. Peter’s, Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Castle of the Holy Angel

Day 2:
Colosseum, Via Sacra, Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, monument
Vittorio Emanuele II, Mouth of Turth

Day 3:
Pantheon, Column of Marcus Aurelius, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Fountain of the Four Rivers, Navona Square, Arch of Constantine, Trajan’s Column, People’s Square, Campidoglio Square, Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

dwdvagamundo

Move the Arch of Constantine, Trajan's Column and the Campidoglio to Day 2 as they are all right around the Forum.

Otherwise, looks good.

bobthenavigator

And, do not miss The Galleria Borghese---you will need a two hour time slot reservation your hotel can make for you.
It fits on day 3.

jz166

oh, thanks a lot, guys!

nytraveler

Suggest you start using the proper names for places or you may have trouble on the spot.

Piazzas - not "squares". Castel SantAngelo - not Castle of the Holy Angel. Signs will be in Italian. You may see some in English somewhere - but you really need to prepare for a different language.

dwdvagamundo

nytraveler--concur. Had to google "Castle of the Holy Angel" despite the fact, as it turned out, that I've been there a number of times.

drchris

May I recommend a Vatican tour? We did the Walks of Italy Pristine Sisitne tour and it made everything so much more meaningful. At the Colosseum, we took the "official" tour, which I think was only 5 euros and was done by an archaelolgist. I wish we had done a tour of the Forum, too.

Try to be in Piazza Navona in the evening - much more magical! Someone posted recently that the Trevi Fountain is closed. I haven't confirmed that but missing it would be a real loss.

Hope you love Rome as much as we did!

sassy27

Thanks for posting this. I will be going to Rome next year so have been researching things recently. It has been a while since my last visit and can't remember all of the places to squeeze in for 3 days. I knew of each place listed so using the "proper" Italian name didn't matter to me.

I also found that Trevi Fountain is being renovated so it's covered in scaffolding. Read the reviews on tripadvisor. One is especially funny. I also read it is not expected to be completed until Oct 2015 so months after my visit.

isabel

Yes the Trevi is under scaffolding. On the plus side, you can actually walk through Piazza di Trevi which is almost impossible most of the time. http://www.thenational.ae/blogs/all-...way-over-trevi

The colosseum is also - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/1...n_4078012.html

Also the Spanish Steps

msteacher

Order your tickets for the Vaitcan Museums and Coliseum/Forum/Palatine same ticket) online in advance it will save you hours of standing in line. Buon viaggio!