Rome Travel Pictures

Rome was the last city in our Italy leg before flying to Paris for 12 nights. The city has a ton of things to see and do, definitely a must visit for anyone thinking about heading to Italy.
After checking into our apartment in the early afternoon we headed to the Spanish Steps. The area was packed with people and not nearly as nice as what the postcards show the steps to be. Moving on, we stopped by a Ferrari store for a quick photo before making our way to Trevi Fountain.

The story is that if you throw one coin into the fountain it’s for good luck. Another coin if you want to get married and a third if you want to come back in the near future. Whether it’s true or not, I have no idea!

Not to far from Trevi Fountain is the Pantheon. It’s quite massive on the inside and is even bigger when you get inside.

While strolling through the city was also went to Piazza Navona where I took this picture of a church.

No trip to Rome is complete without making a stop at the Vatican City. We went into St. Peters and to the top of the cupola. We didn’t go to the Vatican Museum. I hear it’s really good, but by the time we got into Rome, I was pretty much ready for a break from museums as Paris has a ton for us to check out.

Getting to the top of the cupola requires climbing just under 540 steps, 537 comes to mind. You can take the elevator for the first 200 steps at a cost of 2 extra Euro’s per person. It is definitely not worth paying for. We walked up and the first 200 steps are the easy ones. It’s more like walking up a ramp with half steps. The last three hundred is more challenging, requiring you to lean with the curve of the cupola and hold onto ropes up winding staircases.

The other most important place to visit in Rome is the Coliseum. The best way to get in is to buy your ticket at Palentine Hills. The same ticket is used to get into both places and there is no line up to get into the Palentine Hills.

The hills are great to walk through if you like checking out ancient ruins. The last picture was taken outside Palentine Hills but shows what some of the ruins look like. However, nothing beats the Coliseum.

Another great thing to do in Rome and all of Italy is to eat Gelato!

The last gelato picture actually has a store in Toronto – Mount Pleasant and Eglinton. The shopkeeper in Rome said they use the same recipes as their store. You can bet I’ll be checking out that place sometime soon!

Since our flight to Paris was at 6:45AM, we skipped out on 1 nights stay and hung around at McDonald’s until 3AM before taking a cab to the airport. After a long wait, it was time to board the plane and fly to Paris!

Tags: Coliseum, Europe 2008, Gelato, Grad Trip, Paletine Hills, Pantheon, Rome, St. Peters, Trevi Fountain, Vatican City