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Rome: Colosseum, Forum, Pantheon
Fiumicino, Lazio, IT · 5 stops · 46 km (28.7 mi) · about 2 h 24 min driving · 15 spoken stories
This 2.5-hour drive from Fiumicino Airport to Vatican City takes you through the heart of ancient Rome, hitting the Colosseum, Roman Forum, Capitoline Hill viewpoint, Pantheon, and Trevi Fountain. Perfect for first-time visitors wanting the main classical sites in order.
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From Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
The stops
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Colosseum
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.
“Here it is, the building everyone pictures when they think of ancient Rome.”
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Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome.
“This is the civic heart of the ancient city.”
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Capitoline Hill (Piazza del Campidoglio)
The Capitolium or Capitoline Hill, between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
“We have climbed the Capitoline, one of the seven hills, sitting between the Forum and the Campus Martius.”
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Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under emperor Augustus and reconstructed under Hadrian (117–138); since AD 609, it is a Catholic church called the Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs. It is perhaps the most famous, and architecturally most influential, rotunda.
“If you want to stand inside ancient Rome rather than among its ruins, this is the place.”
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Trevi Fountain
The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762. Standing 26.3 metres (86 ft) high and 49.15 metres (161.
“You will hear the Trevi Fountain before you see it, a wall of water hidden in a tight knot of streets.”
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