Viator Rome

Whether or not you’re a shopaholic at home, one of the things we tend to do when we travel is go shopping – either for souvenirs or gifts to bring home to family and friends. In Italy, it’s easy to get caught up in the whole shopping thing, especially when you see fashionable Italians strutting their stuff everywhere you go. You might think of Milan as the fashion capital, but Rome does more than hold its own, and of course there’s plenty else besides clothing and shoes to buy in the shops in and around Rome.

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For all the justifiable reasons that people love Rome, there’s one thing that surprises many visitors – this is a city that wears you out. There are large and sprawling cities in other parts of Italy (Naples, anyone?) as well as Europe, but in other places either you can focus on just one small part of the city so as not to get overwhelmed, or public transportation is convenient and easy to use. In Rome, the major sights are spread out all over the city, so you’ll need to get well-acquainted with the public transit options in Rome before you walk yourself to exhaustion.

Savvy travelers know that the shoulder seasons are usually the best times to visit popular places – and that’s also true in Rome. The city is never really “empty” of visitors, since it’s so incredibly popular, but visiting Rome in the Spring can be a good way to experience a slightly less crowded city that also is neither roasting hot or bitterly cold. Here are some ideas of things to do in Rome in the Spring.

One of the biggest tourist attractions in Rome is also among the most popular sights in the entire country – the Colosseum. This iconic Roman theater is a must-see when you’re in the Italian capital. Unfortunately, one of the things visitors to the Colosseum also see are the long lines snaking out from the entry doors around the curved walls. The lines are especially bad in the high season, as you’d expect, but even in the height of summer there are ways you can avoid waiting in hours-long lines just to get in to see the Colosseum.