A Roman Holiday - Our Itinerary

I shared in my previous post some trip planning tips for a holiday in Rome. Here, I would like to share an outline of our Rome itinerary. 

The walking duration on the map indicates the the total walking time. Although we walked for the most part, we did use metro/bus to get to places when the walking time exceeds 30 minutes.

Day 1 

• St. Peter's Square (for general mass), St. Peter's Basilica
• The Vatican Museums + Sistine Chapel
• The Spanish Steps (closed for renovation), the Fountain of the Ugly Boat, Trinita dei Monti
• Trevi Fountain

A Roman Holiday - Trip Planning Tips

I am writing this to share some trip planning tips that I hope will be useful to those who intend to visit Rome in the near future. Rome is a city always buzzing with tourists. Planning ahead will definitely save you from unnecessary stress and headaches.

Also check out this post for our Rome itinerary.

Roman Forum

My Roman Holiday 2016 vs 2005

2005

11 years ago in 2005 Spring, I visited Italy with a group of friends. We were all students traveling on a limited budget. Five of them travelled from the UK and I from the US, and we met up in Rome.

I still think it was quite an epic feat that we managed to plan and execute the trip, considering that we were studying in different universities across different counties/continents. The strategy we employed was to divide and conquer. We divided ourselves into three groups, each group was in charge of planning the itinerary for different cities.

We were quite "kiasu" back then, trying to include as many attractions as possible in our itinerary. My memories of the trip were: lots of walking, lots of picture-posing, lots of gelato, and sore feet/leg/body. No pain no gain. "Physical sufferings" aside, we achieved our goals (with some misadventure), and had so much fun!