What to see in Rome on your own? Attractions and surroundings

What to see in Rome from the sights in the vicinity? If you decide to spend 2-3 days or a week in the capital, then you shouldn't sit in a hotel, let's go see the world with our own eyes. Consider the best excursion places that you can visit on your own or book an excursion.

What is the best to see in Rome?

Several places that you can see on your own without excursions, which are easy to reach. The best sights in Rome, must-see in winter and summer.

If you are interested in a more complete overview with prices for excursions, opening times, a map of all attractions and a walking route, then be sure to check out our Popular Places to Visit in Rome page.

Among the sights of Rome, there is a constant "struggle" for tourists. The Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Sistine Chapel are masterpieces, each more beautiful than the other. Travelers pay no less attention to the Imperial Forums. Ancient ruins remind of the former power and greatness of the Roman Empire.

There is also a modern version - the Italian Forum. A huge sports complex was built at the beginning of the last century. It was built on a spacious area. Once it was intended to host the Olympic Games here - in 1940. But Japan took over the dream. Hotels in Rome near Italian Forum are in high demand today. After all, the complex includes a swimming pool, stadium, arenas for competitions.

But the Italian Forum is famous not only for its sports bias. Aesthetic pleasure is the main goal for tourists who seek to look at the Olympic and Marble stadiums. They were built as a tribute to the memory of the ancient events of the capital of Italy. Therefore, large white-stone statues were placed, each of which evokes an association with a certain sport.

Let's go back to the old buildings. At the end of the republican period, the famous Roman Forum became too small to cope with the responsibilities entrusted to it. And the emperor was the first to set an example of the expansion of the famous building. The Forum of Caesar was built in 54 - on a grand scale, as expected.

But not everything has survived to our times - part of it is located under a square and one of the streets of Rome. The silver basilica, the temple of the ancestor Venus, the towering statue of Caesar and the gilded bronze pedestal of Cleopatra - once the forum looked majestic. Today, only the ruins of shops and workshops, the remains of the Temple of Venus and a bronze sculpture of the emperor have survived.

Augustus followed Caesar's example and built a second Forum in 2 BC. NS. The entrance to it ran through a graceful arch. The niches of the walls housed statues of famous Roman figures - from the legendary Aeneas to Caesar. But the main asset was the temple to Mars the Avenger, built of marble. Inside was a statue of a god, surrounded by plinths of Venus, Eros and Fortune. And, of course, they did not forget about August. In front of the temple there was a sculpture where he is depicted on a chariot.

Most tourists tend to see the remains of antiquity with their own eyes. True, little has survived. Only a part of the column, a staircase, artifacts and a part of a semicircular niche remained.

And the most important thing that you can see in Rome on your own or with the help of excursions is the Trevi Fountain. One cannot do without this sights of Italy, most tourists who have just arrived on vacation go directly to the fountain to throw a coin and make a wish.

Map of all sights of Rome

A small map with the sights of the capital of Italy, which you can get to yourself and see everything with your own eyes.

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