Ancient Rome
The Colosseum, the Forum, the Palatine and the Pantheon — one ticket explained, how to buy without being scammed, and what you are looking at.
Visiting the Pantheon: What to Know Before You Go
The Pantheon is, quietly, the most astonishing building in Rome — a nearly two-thousand-year-old temple so perfectly preserved you can walk in and stand under…
The Roman Forum, Brought Back to Life
To an unprepared visitor, the Roman Forum can look like a confusing field of broken columns and rubble. To someone who knows what they're seeing, it's the single…
The Colosseum Underground & Arena Floor: Worth It?
Once you start booking Colosseum tickets, you'll hit a fork: the standard ticket, or a pricier "Full Experience" that adds the arena floor and the underground…
Appia Antica: Rome's Ancient Road on Foot or Bike
A few kilometers from the Colosseum, the crowds vanish and ancient Rome opens up in a way no museum can match: the Via Appia Antica, the "Queen of Roads," begun…
Capitoline Hill & the Vittoriano, Made Simple
Two of Rome's most prominent landmarks sit side by side and confuse almost every first-timer: the Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio), the ancient and most sacred of…
How to Buy Colosseum Tickets Without Getting Scammed
The Colosseum is the first thing most Americans book for Rome, and it's also where first-timers lose the most money to confusion. Between the official site, a…
The Colosseum, Forum & Palatine: One Ticket, Explained
One of the most common moments of confusion for first-timers in Rome happens at the ticket page: you came to see the Colosseum, and suddenly you're being asked…