What To See in Rome? TOP 5 things to do!

by Touriteroo

                                                       VATICAN POST OFFICE

         SEND a postcard from the Vatican to your home or your loved ones with a postmark and a stamp.

 Pleasure is very cheap: a postcard and a stamp of the Vatican will cost 1.5 €. The price of a postage stamp depends on the country of destination. In total, there are 3 post offices in the Vatican. 1st - in the Vatican Museums (go up the escalator and immediately to the right), 2nd - on the right when you exit St. Peter's Cathedral, 3rd - the most unusual, located on top of the dome of St. Peter's Cathedral. There is not only the Vatican post office, but also a souvenir shop and a cafe, so you can make a long stop before descending.

            CLIMB TO THE DOME OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA IN THE VATICAN

SEE Rome at a glance. For this you have 3 possibilities. Orange Garden (or Savello Park) on the top of the Aventine Hill, one of the most romantic places. Here, among oleanders and arbors braided with ivy, oranges really grow, or rather, oranges - a bitter and therefore inedible, but very beautiful variety of citrus.

The dome of St. Peter's is the highest point above Rome (136m), plus a beautiful view of the Vatican Gardens. The rise costs 8 € - on foot, 10 € - part of the route by elevator. After the elevator, 320 steps remain in an incredibly narrow passage, the walls of which are also curved, repeating the shape of the dome. A life hack from the guide is to plan the ascent to the dome in the morning, and even better at dawn. Terrace quadriga in Victoriana - the highest panoramic platform in Rome 75 meters (with the exception of the dome of St. Peter) at 360 ° - 70 meters high (lift 10 €). A complete list of terrace viewpoints in Rome.

                  COFFEE IN ROME

TRY specialty coffees or cappuccinos in the coffee shop of the same name in Piazza S. Eustachio, next to the Pantheon. Accordingly, they are called gran caffe and gran capuccino. Perfect Italian coffee - strong, black with the amount of sugar that it needs to set off the taste, the best cappuccino with foam - in Rome. According to the opinions of coffee lovers in Rome, and in Italy, coffee is delicious everywhere, but here it is special. The name of the coffee house comes from the Basilica of St. Eustathius of the same name. Here you can also buy coffee and coffee accessories. Life hacks from the guide The best coffee houses in Rome.

TREVI FOUNTAIN and 3 COINS

ANOTHER tourist tradition associated with the Trevi Fountain. An obligatory stage in any sightseeing tour of Rome. Throw coins over the left shoulder with the right hand while standing with your back to the fountain: the first - to return to Rome. The second coin, according to legend, will help meet an Italian, and the third guarantees a wedding in Rome. It is easy to guess what amounts of money are collected in the bowl of the Trevi Fountain. The collected amounts until 2020 were directed to charitable purposes. In 2018, over €3 million was raised. The invention of one of the 10 things to do in Rome is attributed by historians to the antiquarian and art dealer Wolfgang Helbig (late 19th century).

KEYHOLE and 3 COUNTRIES

LOOK into the so-called "Holy Hole" (Santo Buco), or rather the keyhole of the portal of the residence of the Maltese Sovereign Order of Cavaliers and Hospitallers of Ionites on the square dei Cavalieri di Malta, on the Aventina. From there you can see three states: an enclave of the order itself, then the city-state of the Vatican (the dome of St. Peter's Basilica is visible), and between them Rome itself, that is, ItalyContinue walking to two basilicas: St. Sabina and St. Alexios the Man of God Orange Garden (or Savello Park). Here is one of the most beautiful panoramas in Rome.

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