Rome?

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Looking for a 3/4 night break to somewhere warm the last week in May to celebrate our wedding anniversary, thinking about Rome. Any pointers? Which airport do you fly into? Best areas to stay? Itinerary ideas? What's close to each other?

yes definitely! I have been to Rome twice - for a weekend, and for 5 days. There is never enough time to do everything but you don't need to worry about things being far apart - most of the attractions are close to each other. The vatican and St Peters are a bit of a walk from the old Roman stuff, but only a short bus ride/30 minute stroll away. It's the best, most beautiful city in the entire world.

Airport? I forget its name, but it is a taxi ride away.

Hmmm, my only trip to Rome involved a broken foot, 2 car crashes and an unplanned pregnancy, all in one weekend. Be careful out there!

Blardy Hell Clobbered! Sounds dangerous!

It's a while since I used to go but Ciampino was a bit of a pain to get to/from while Fiumicino was very easy.

Rome is great for a weekend trip. We went recently though and were disappointed that the Trevi fountain is being renovated. All the water has been emptied and it is covered in scaffolding and I don't think they are due to finish until the end of the year.
It is also easy to see most things by foot. We only got the bus once and no one even checked our tickets so I wouldn't bother with travel passes or the Romapass.

We flew to Fuimicino airport and the hotel arranged to collect us. It took about 30 mins into the centre. A taxi costs 40€ but there are also trains and buses.

When I went there was a human poo outside my hotel room every morning for three days.

There's also am awful lot of graffiti and I personally found it a bit "meh."

Know others who have loved it though.

Shameless place marking as I'm going in May to visit my eldest daughter!

Marie that's really disappointing. Was hoping to see the Trevi fountain in all its glory.

Rome was great.

Must do Vatican and St Peter's. Remember that Rome is very strict about legs and shoulder showing in churches. I went in te height of summer so was wearing strappy tops but took a pashmina in my handbag to throw over my shoulders when going in

Have a good time

Hello, we went fairly recently.

My toppest tip is to book either a guided tour and / or skip the line tickets to the places you want to go. The queues for The Colleseum are AWFUL! But it's an amazing place to see, we all loved it (it was my mum, 72, a 17 year old, 11 year old, me and dh).

We went to The Colloseum with Rome Walks and paid a few hundred quid IIRC but for that we went straight in and had a 3 hour 121 tour with an art historian. It was fabulous, the highlight of our stay.

The Sistine Chapel, again buy skip the line tickets (although you still have to mess about inside getting another entry document) as the queues are very very long indeed. You get shuffled along lots of corridors with lots of other people though, until you get to the actual Sistine Chapel and then it's PACKED and manned by guards whose job is to SHUSH you really loudly! Sometimes using a megaphone, I'm not joking

The Spanish Steps are lovely if you ignore the rose sellers. We were there at dusk too and had a drink at an outside bar at the top, lovely.

There's no point in going to the Trevi Fountain as it is closed and you can't see much. The Pantheon is nice and starts to light up at dusk.

It's a beautiful city to just walk around. IIWY I'd stay as centrally as possible, we stayed too far out and I wouldn't do that again. I'd look at Hotel Russie and Hassler I think if I went again.

We had a guided tour with www.romewalks.com

Completely agree that booking things in advance really helps. We walked past massive queues at the Colleseum and the Vatican just by booking before we went and printing the tickets at home.

I can't find the websites we used to book (it was in 2012) but we stayed in a little hotel called Auditorium di Mecenate. When we confirmed our booking the owner sent us a really useful email with all sorts of tips and pre-booking recommendations. We wouldn't have seen half of what we did without his help!