Things to do on a three-night trip to Rome

I’d definitely book tours in advance (sorry can’t remember who we used but I would have gone on Tripadvisor. I did a search of emails and Viator came up). We did colosseum with palatine Hill, a day trip to Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius and skipped the Vatican as too much queuing and people, and walked everywhere else. Popped into the odd church and found some beautiful things (one had a gold exhibition in the basement). It will be HOT. Hotter than here. This was about ten years ago and it was 35. My kids were 9 and 10 and say it was one of our best trips (just me and them). Just wish I hadn’t gone in the summer!

If you want to go to the Sistine Chapel book ASAP as it sells out and the queue otherwise is massive.
We went to the Colosseum in the afternoon as the tickets are for 24 hours - we went back the next day
and spent ages in the Palatine Gardens. You can buy them on the day.
The walk along the top of the Spanish Steps is lovely as is Villa Boirgeise. I also loved the Keats museum and breakfast at Babingtons.
Most of the sites are in walking distance and one of the things I loved was pottering around the streets and visiting as many churches as possible!

The Colosseum and the Pantheon where my favourites.

What a lovely way to celebrate your amazing news!

there’s the obvious Colosseum, Vatican (pre book tickets if you can) - if you feel up to the climb the venture up the inside of the dome (again, ticketed) is a corker and worth the view at the top.

Pantheon, Trevi fountain and and Forum are worth a look, a bit further field are the catacombs which I loved.

eat out one evening in Trastevere, cheaper and best food in Rome!

escape to the Villa Borghese gardens for a change of pace!

its a fabulous city - enjoy!