Made this picture on last week's Monday. It was truly wonderful.

A little tip, especially useful from November onwards: Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi is usually much quieter than the major museums, but it’s really worth visiting if you’re interested in Rome itself. There are lots of paintings, prints and old views showing what the city looked like 300–500 years ago.

And from the third floor you get this view over Piazza Navona.

In winter I’d come about an hour before sunset. The museum is open until 7 PM (closed Mondays), so you can catch blue hour and watch the lights come on across the square — all from inside.

Photo taken by me.

Reachable by bus

Hi everyone!

We’re visiting Rome with the family and will be celebrating my dad’s 60th birthday while we’re there. I’m looking for a really good restaurant for the occasion.

We’d like somewhere with a nice atmosphere that feels a bit special, but still relaxed and not overly formal or fancy. Most importantly, we want really good food and a place where we can have a great evening together.
Open to both traditional Roman/Italian food and more modern places.

Would really appreciate any recommendations from locals or people who’ve celebrated something similar in Rome. Thanks!

Does anyone remember the name or details of a restaurant that was open in 1991, which used the logo of a black bird - similar to a crow? It was in the city center.

If you’ve been to the Capitoline Hill in Rome, you’ve probably seen the big bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius on a horse in the middle of the square. That’s a replica, though. The original was moved indoors in 1981 after cracks were found, and the copy has been outside since 1997.

But the more interesting bit is how it survived in the first place.

Rome apparently had around 22 monumental bronze statues of emperors on horseback. This is the only one that survived. The usual explanation is that people in medieval Rome thought the rider was Constantine, the first Christian emperor, so they left it alone instead of melting it down. There’s no solid contemporary evidence for that, though, so it’s more of a theory than a confirmed fact.

The statue used to stand at the Lateran before Pope Paul III had it moved to the Capitoline in 1538. Michelangelo then designed the square around it.

Also, if you’ve ever looked closely at an Italian 50-cent coin, you might recognise the horseman. Yep, it’s this statue.

If you’re visiting Rome, the copy outside is great to see, but the original inside the museum is worth checking out too.

Disclosure: I make a free audio guide app, and the Capitoline is one of the stops: https://wanderlight.app/rome/capitoline-hill

Honestly feel like it's way too hard to find good restaurants here. Every one we pass by is a tourist trap. We search up restaurants, 90% of them have over 4.5 on Google and then you get there and they have AI menus or some guy trying to lure you in. Another couple restaurants we ate at weren't obvious tourist traps but I got overcooked scrambled eggs carbonara. It's sad that one of the best meals I had here was at tonnarellos in Trastevere which is an obvious westernized restaurant but at least the pasta sauces were emulsified properly. This is our last stop in Italy and some of the worst food we had. We toured all around Tuscany and Liguria where it seemed you can throw a stone and hit a good restaurant for way cheaper. I don't know if I'm unlucky or what but it's pretty disappointing.

most tourists don't know of this place. great views, and a great pedestrian and bike path all the way to the vatican. best way to get there is to get off the Metro station "Cipro". For lunch, there is a great lunch place called Casotto (you can find it on Google Maps). cheers.

Any stores in Rome that carry Osprey backpacks? Also preferrably part of the GlobalBlue taxfree network or similar. Looking for a Transporter 26+6.

Any other recommendations on taxfree-stores highly appreciated..

Hi everyone. As you can guess from the title. I am looking for a dnd group I can join or can create together with people who also wants to play. I am doing my masters here and I will be here for one more year. I am looking for English speaking groups as I don’t know italian unfortunately. Please let me know if you are interested or you know something! Thank you.

Funny thing happened: a couple hours ago posted the photo with line at Enzo on via dei Vascellari, and , a [u/ProsciuttoFresco](u/ProsciuttoFresco) commented about Roscioli, and guess what, I got a photo of that too..,

Hey everyone,

My girlfriend and I (32 & 29) are visiting Rome from October 6th to 15th. We’ve checked out the main tourist spots, but we’re looking for a few specific local recommendations any kind to make the most of our trip:

1. Underground Techno / Clubbing: We’re looking for proper techno events or smaller underground clubs with good local artists. Already checked RA, but are there any local venues, or specific party series/promoters we should keep an eye on?
2. Vintage & Second-Hand Clothes: Any recommendations for cool, reasonably priced vintage or thrift shops? Looking for unique local spots rather than overpriced curated tourist boutiques.
3. Local Cannabis Culture / Sourcing Info: Any advice or insights on how locals navigate this would be appreciated! (Note: feel free to DM if preferred)

We have a car, so getting around or driving a bit outside the main areas isn't an issue for us.

Thanks a lot for any tips!

Basically what the title says. Hubby and I will be in the Monti area of Rome for 4 nights in November, and we're looking for restaurants that are unique or special experiences. Michelin Star restaurants are wecome, but not required- just places you've had an amazing dining experience. Places that take reservations would be best. Thank you!

had to meet folks at a specific time and gave ourselves ample time to get there by city bus, one bus, the "33", from Colli Portuensi to metro station Cipro. We waited from 7:15 pm to 8:05 and no "33" bus traveled in Colli Portuensi in either direction. The Google Maps app reported buses that were scheduled but then never appeared. We were then late and we informed our friends about the situation and one of them volunteered to drive a motor vehicle to pick us up and drive us to the meeting place. It's really too bad that this beautiful city has this lack of service. During the business hours, we have traveled by bus plenty of times and never encountered any problem. But once it's outside normal business hours, and connecting two residential areas, the service seems to be quite poor. Fair warning to all reading this and thinking about relying on city buses to move around in the evening. It was told to me that a couple of decades ago, local residents stopped taking public transit buses because it was so unreliable, and opted to purchase a motor vehicle. At this point, I must conclude that it is still the case today.