ItalyRome rewards walkers and wanderers more than ticket-checkers. The historic centre is compact enough to cross on foot in 40 minutes, yet dense enough that you stumble onto a 2,000-year-old temple while looking for gelato. Plan your big-ticket sights (Colosseum, Vatican, Borghese) with timed-entry tickets booked days ahead, then leave the rest loose: the real magic is an unplanned aperitivo in Trastevere, an espresso standing at a marble counter, or a piazza you didn't know existed. Eat where Romans eat (Testaccio, the side streets off the tourist drags), respect the riposo lull in early afternoon, and remember that most churches close 12:30-15:30. Rome is layered, chaotic, and gloriously analog - the more you slow down, the more it gives.
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The Pantheon now requires a 5 euro ticket - buy online to skip the line, and it opens 09:00.
Quietest in the morning; duck into Sant'Agnese in Agone if it's open. Best photo from the south end facing the church.
Best Trevi photo from the right-hand terrace; you cannot sit or eat on the Spanish Steps (it's fined).
