The first stop on our 2 week trip to Italy and it was the perfect place for us to start. Rome is amazing and there is just so much to see. We arrived in Rome after 21 hours of traveling, but since our time was limited we set straight out to see the city. Our hotel entrance was steps away from the Trevi Fountain so that was our first stop. Beautiful and massive which was true for just about everything in Rome. The little square in front of the fountain is constantly packed with tourists. From there we wandered over to the Piazza Navona. Rome is built with these tiny little streets that barely have room for cars. It can feel clausterphobic with the giant building surrounding you. But then the tiny streets all meet into a giant open square (which they call Piazzas). The experience of walking out of the tiny side streets into these beautiful, large squares was undescribable. The Piazzas are decorated with fountains a
nd monuments. The Piazza Navona is one of the largest in Rome. There are 4 amazing fountains that stretch down the center of this square. Street vendors selling artwork setup here to try and entice the tourists (which Brian and I willingly fell victim to). The square is lined with restaurants and gelaterias! The gelato (Italian ice cream) is soooo good. It is a great spot to get some gelato and sit on the edge of one of the fountains and people watch. After leaving the Piazza Navona we headed to Trastevere which is across the Tiber river. It is less of a tourist area across the river. This is where we got our first taste of the amazing churches in Rome. We stopped by Santa Maria in Trastevere. The artwork in the church was spectacular. Everything guilded in gold and beautiful paintings depicting scenes from the bible or different saints. From there we head back over the river and went in search of the Spanish Steps. We were probab
ly the most disappointed with the Spanish Steps. We found them very unimpressive. They were covered with people sitting on them which made it challenging to climb your way to the top. After climbing the steps we were ready to call it a day but we were very close to the Piazza del Popolo so we headed over there for our last stop of the day. This Piazza again was filled with fountains. Most cities in Italy, Rome included, are surrounded by large stone walls. This was part of the ci
ty's ancient defense system. There would then be a large entrance gate built. This is located in the Piazza del Popolo. Very cool. At this point we were exhausted and ready to head back to our hotel for some much needed sleep. The city was so amazing it was difficult to head back to the hotel but we knew we had 3 full days ahead of us in Rome.
The first stop on our 2 week trip to Italy and it was the perfect place for us to start. Rome is amazing and there is just so much to see. We arrived in Rome after 21 hours of traveling, but since our time was limited we set straight out to see the city. Our hotel entrance was steps away from the Trevi Fountain so that was our first stop. Beautiful and massive which was true for just about everything in Rome. The little square in front of the fountain is constantly packed with tourists. From there we wandered over to the Piazza Navona. Rome is built with these tiny little streets that barely have room for cars. It can feel clausterphobic with the giant building surrounding you. But then the tiny streets all meet into a giant open square (which they call Piazzas). The experience of walking out of the tiny side streets into these beautiful, large squares was undescribable. The Piazzas are decorated with fountains a
nd monuments. The Piazza Navona is one of the largest in Rome. There are 4 amazing fountains that stretch down the center of this square. Street vendors selling artwork setup here to try and entice the tourists (which Brian and I willingly fell victim to). The square is lined with restaurants and gelaterias! The gelato (Italian ice cream) is soooo good. It is a great spot to get some gelato and sit on the edge of one of the fountains and people watch. After leaving the Piazza Navona we headed to Trastevere which is across the Tiber river. It is less of a tourist area across the river. This is where we got our first taste of the amazing churches in Rome. We stopped by Santa Maria in Trastevere. The artwork in the church was spectacular. Everything guilded in gold and beautiful paintings depicting scenes from the bible or different saints. From there we head back over the river and went in search of the Spanish Steps. We were probab
ly the most disappointed with the Spanish Steps. We found them very unimpressive. They were covered with people sitting on them which made it challenging to climb your way to the top. After climbing the steps we were ready to call it a day but we were very close to the Piazza del Popolo so we headed over there for our last stop of the day. This Piazza again was filled with fountains. Most cities in Italy, Rome included, are surrounded by large stone walls. This was part of the ci
ty's ancient defense system. There would then be a large entrance gate built. This is located in the Piazza del Popolo. Very cool. At this point we were exhausted and ready to head back to our hotel for some much needed sleep. The city was so amazing it was difficult to head back to the hotel but we knew we had 3 full days ahead of us in Rome.
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