Aerial view over St. Peter's Square and the rooftops of Rome

Classical · Italy

Rome

Ruins, Piazzas & Long Lunches

Best time
April to June
Location
Italy

About Rome

Rome is not a city with historic sites in it; it is a city built out of them. A church will have a medieval floor over a fourth-century basilica over a Mithraic temple, and the block behind it will be a stadium turned into a piazza. That density is the reason six days is the minimum and the reason it rewards walking — nothing in the centre is more than half an hour from anything else, and the interesting parts are between the famous ones. Come in April, May or the second half of September, when the light is long, the evenings warm enough to eat outside, and the August heat and closures are well clear.

Good to know

Flight time
8h 30m direct from Delhi, 9h from Mumbai
Currency
Euro (EUR)
Language
Italian; English throughout the centre
Visa
Schengen visa, apply 4 – 6 weeks ahead

What you'll do

The four we'd book first

  1. The Forum from the Palatine

    Up on the hill first, where the whole imperial centre lays itself out below and you can finally see how the pieces fit.

  2. The Pantheon's oculus

    Unreinforced concrete, 43 m across, standing since 126 AD, with an open hole in the top and rain that falls straight through it.

  3. Testaccio market at nine

    The city's best food market, still mostly locals, with a trapizzino stall and cheese counters that will let you taste before buying.

  4. Trastevere after dark

    Cobbles, ivy, no through traffic, and Santa Maria's twelfth-century gold mosaics lit up over an otherwise ordinary square.

Curated itineraries

Rome packages

Two thousand years stacked on a single street, a market breakfast in Testaccio, and the Forum walked before the Colosseum queues have formed.

  • Signature6D | 5N

    Rome in Six Days

    • Vatican Museums on an early entry slot
    • Colosseum, Forum and Palatine in one guided morning
    • Testaccio market and a Trastevere evening
    • Rome

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹1,14,900, reduced from ₹1,63,200

    Rome in Six Days — Rome, 6D | 5N, from ₹1,14,900
  • Honeymoon7D | 6N

    Rome for Two

    • Rooftop suite with a view over the domes
    • Vatican gardens in the evening light
    • Pasta-making in an Orvieto cellar kitchen
    • Rome
    • Orvieto

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹1,49,900, reduced from ₹2,12,900

    Rome for Two — Rome, 7D | 6N, from ₹1,49,900
  • Family7D | 6N

    Rome with the Family

    • Two hours at gladiator school
    • Colosseum underground and arena floor
    • Ostia Antica, an entire Roman town
    • Rome
    • Ostia
    • Tivoli

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹1,39,900, reduced from ₹1,98,700

    Rome with the Family — Rome, 7D | 6N, from ₹1,39,900
  • Luxury8D | 7N

    The Eternal City, Privately

    • Sistine chapel before general opening
    • After-hours Borghese and Farnesina visits
    • Two nights in a Castelli Romani villa
    • Rome
    • Castelli Romani

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹2,89,900, reduced from ₹4,11,700

    The Eternal City, Privately — Rome, 8D | 7N, from ₹2,89,900
  • Adventure9D | 8N

    Rome, Umbria & the Amalfi Path

    • Sentiero degli Dei above the Amalfi coast
    • Via ferrata in the Monti Sibillini
    • The Appian Way by bicycle
    • Rome
    • Umbria
    • Amalfi Coast
    • Vesuvius

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹1,64,900, reduced from ₹2,34,200

    Rome, Umbria & the Amalfi Path — Rome, 9D | 8N, from ₹1,64,900
  • Culture10D | 9N

    Rome, Florence & Naples

    • Uffizi and Accademia on timed entries
    • The Naples archaeological museum's Farnese rooms
    • Pompeii and Herculaneum with an archaeologist
    • Rome
    • Florence
    • Naples
    • Pompeii

    Per person, starting from*

    ₹1,84,900, reduced from ₹2,62,600

    Rome, Florence & Naples — Rome, 10D | 9N, from ₹1,84,900

*Per person on twin sharing. Prices move with season and availability — we confirm yours in writing before anything is booked.

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