About this route
Ancient ruins, Renaissance art and Baroque fountains — the essential walk through nearly 3,000 years of history.
Stops on this route
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Start
Colosseum
The 50,000-seat Flavian Amphitheatre, icon of Imperial Rome.
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Roman Forum
Ruins of the political and religious centre of the ancient Roman Republic.
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Pantheon
Best-preserved Roman building, with the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
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Trevi Fountain
Baroque masterpiece — tradition says tossing a coin ensures your return to Rome.
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Spanish Steps
Monumental stairway of 135 steps connecting Piazza di Spagna to the Trinità dei Monti church.
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St. Peter's Basilica
The world's largest church, crowned by Michelangelo's dome, at the heart of Vatican City.
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End
Castel Sant'Angelo
Cylindrical fortress originally built as Emperor Hadrian's mausoleum.
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