Rome in 3 days itinerary (with map)

Rome in 3 days itinerary (with map)

by Federica | Aug 4, 2022 | Hidden gems of Rome, Must sees in Rome

Planning a 3 days quick trip to Rome? Are you wondering what to squeeze in a 3 days itinerary in Rome? This city deserves a much longer stay, as there are so many things to see and do in Rome. But sometimes time is limited and you might have to squeeze in as much...

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It looks like the Sistine chapel, but it’s not!

It looks like the Sistine chapel, but it’s not!

🔸Right behind Campo de’ Fiori there is another square, which is called Piazza Farnese. Farnese because of the family that lived in the piazza and that built this sumptuous residence: Palazzo Farnese.

🔸Today Palazzo Farnese is home to the French Embassy, but the story of this palace started with the cardinal Alessandro Farnese, who commissioned its construction before he became pope Paul III about 20 years later.

🔸Alessandro Farnese called for the job the best artists of the time, including.. Michelangelo!

🔸Room after room your eyes will fill with beauty, but the real gem is at the end of the tour!

🔸On the first floor in fact, you will find the marvellous Galleria Farnese, painted by Annibale Carracci

🔸Today Carracci is not very well known by the general public as other artists like Michelangelo. But you need to imagine that Annibale Carracci and his brother were extremely famous at their times. They were considered to be among the best painters available at that time!

🔸The frescoes of the Galleria Farnese represent the love of the Gods. Some say this is like the laic version of the Sistine chapel, as the structure is very similar and the subjects are not religious

🔸To visit Palazzo Farnese you need to book you ticket in advance at this link: https://visite-palazzofarnese.it/?lang=en

Make sure you do visit this place because it is really worth it!

Have you ever been to Palazzo Farnese? What did you like the most? Tell us in the comments! 👇

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🔸You get to the top of the Janiculum hill (one

🔸You get to the top of the Janiculum hill (one of the highest and most beautiful viewing points over Rome), and while strolling through the park you find yourself in front of this gate..

🔸This is Villa Lante, which today houses the Institutum Roman Finlandiae, the Finnish Institute of Rome 🇫🇮

🔸 Villa Lante is one of the best preserved examples of Renaissance villa still surviving in Rome. It was built at the beginning of the 1500s, by the datary of the Pope Baldassarre Turini.

🔸 In 1551 the property transferred to the Lante family, hence the name Villa Lante. But the name remained the same even though other owners succeeded thought the centuries

🔸 In 1950 the Finnish embassy bought Villa Lante, and established here the Finnish Institute of Rome. Still today Finnish scholars are hosted in Villa Lante for their studies and reside in the upper floors of the Villa during their stay

🔸The scholars focus of liberal arts, as well as visual arts. They also have a studio where they can work inside the villa.. for sure a very inspiring location! 🤩

🔸You can visit Villa Lante by booking your visit in advance at this email: info@irfrome.org
The visit is for free and you have an audio guide describing the Villa the rooms in a short and easy way. Visits take place Monday to Friday from 9am to 12PM

🔸Have you ever been to Villa Lante?

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🔸This summer stay cool by going underground Rom

🔸This summer stay cool by going underground Rome😉

🔸We are in the heart of Trastevere and this is what you’ll find underground the basilica of San Crisogono

🔸As you enter, you’ll walk through the “modern” version of this church, which was built in the 1100s (and then renovated in the following centuries)

🔸You can instantly recognize the features of a medieval church: the Cosmati floor, the wooden ceiling, the columns on the sides which are different from each other..

🔸As always when in Rome, never stop to the surface level! Because if you walk to the lateral nave you’ll find a small door saying “sagrestia”

🔸You walk in, and with a €3 offer to the deacon you’ll get access to the the underground world of Trastevere..

🔸What you’ll find downstairs is the original version of the San Crisogono church built in the 5th century! 🤯

🔸Why was a new version of the church built on top of it? 🤔

🔸Because the previous basilica suffered the flooding of the Tiber river (not too far from here). So around the 1100s it was decided to build a new and elevated church on top of it. Which is the one that we see today on our modern street level 😊

Have you ever been to San Crisogono? If not, is this going into your bucket list?? Answer in the comments!! 😉👇

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🔸What a special banquet room! 🤩 🔸The Anc

🔸What a special banquet room! 🤩

🔸The Ancient Roman Emperor Tiberius had a lot of nice getaway spots outside of Rome (at some point he seemed not to enjoy too much the Roman political life and escaped the city, delegating a lot of tasks while he was away)

🔸One of this retreats was in his Villa in Sperlonga, which you can find about 2 hours drive south of Rome

🔸This Villa overlooked the Mediterranean Sea and, apart from being beautiful and lush (as an emperor’s villa should be), it featured a spectacular banquet room 🤩

🔸This banquet room has sculptures decorating it all over, in a breathtaking complex of decorations and water fountains to entertain the guests and the emperor while enjoying their lush banquets

🔸These sculptural groups represented an over life sized spectacular scene of the blinding of the one-eyed monster, Polyphemus, for example, which was straight out of Homer's Odyssey

🔸There was also a gigantic sculpture of the monster Scylla, the creature that allegedly created whirlpools and dangerous zones of water to wreck ships and kill and devour sailors

🔸The museum (where the statues are) is right next to the archaeological site of Tiberius’ villa and cave in Sperlonga.

🔸Sperlonga is also an oh-so-beautiful little town (all painted in white with blue window blinds, to give you an idea) totally worth visiting, which you can pair with this site on a day-trip from Rome

🔸Have you ever been to this place? Answer in the comments!👇😉

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