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Rome has plenty of attractions worth spending money on, but if you look around you’ll see there’s a lot of magnificent sights you can visit for free. The Pantheon: one of the best preserved monuments in Rome, and one of the most famous sights Rome has to offer. This giant pagan temple and later a [...]

The Capitoline Museums are the home of sculpture in Rome. The museums are split into two parts. There is a tunnel between to the two Palazzos making up this museum. One focuses solely on sculpture and the other also includes some paintings. If you have the time both are worth the time and your ticket [...]

The National Museum of Rome (Museo Nazionale Romano) is designed to hold one the most important archaeological collections in the world. This collection is spread across three different locations – the Baths of Diocletian, Palazzo Miassimo and Palazzo Altemps. Baths of Diocletian The Baths of Diocletian were the largest baths in ancient Rome. They could [...]

Housed in the Casino summer house, of the Villa Borghese, the Galleria Borghese houses one of Rome’s greatest private art collections. Only the collection of the Vatican is considered better. Cardinal Scipione Borghese collected in the 17th century most of the works in this collection and he built a sumptuous residence to house them. He [...]

This is a hidden highlight that can often be overlooked by visitors to Rome. In the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is the premier private collection of late-renaissance art. The collection encompasses paintings, statues and furniture. Since the 16th century a number of Roman families (who were united over time by marriage to be known as the [...]

The Castel Sant’Angelo is located over the bridge Ponte Sant’Angelo, on the way to the Vatican. It is sometimes referred to as the Mausoleum of Hadrian, as it was built by this Roman emperor to act as a final resting grounds for him and his family. In ancient Rome tombs where not permitted within the [...]

The Sistine Chapel (Capella Sistina) is located within the Vatican Museum complex, which consists of 12 different subsets. The Vatican Museum admission fee will get you access to all twelve of these collections, as well as the Sistine Chapel. The chapel is a must-see in Rome, so prepared to brave the crowds, as most visitors [...]

The Vatican Museums are among the largest and most comprehensive museums in the world. The museum complex houses an extensive collection, from ancient Egyptian artifacts to the modern arts. The 12 buildings that make up the complex have been added to over time, but were designed to join the original palace with St Peter’s Basilica [...]