Things to Do in Rome

Brioni

• Shopping
• Centro Storico

Brighenti

Brighenti sells strictly lingerie di lusso, or perhaps better phrased, haute corseterie. You might run...

• Shopping

Bottega Veneta

Overlooking one of Rome's most upscale squares, this is the largest Bottega store in Europe, an offshoot...

• Shopping

Gucci

• Shopping
• Centro Storico

Savelli

This company specializes in the manufacture and sale of mosaics, an art form as old as the Roman Empire...

• Shopping

Ferragamo

• Shopping
• Centro Storico

Anatriello Argenteria Antica e Moderna Roma

This store is known for stocking new and antique silver, some of it the most unusual in Italy. New items...

• Shopping

Fendi

The House of Fendi is mainly known for its leather goods, but it also has furs, stylish purses, ready-to-wear...

• Shopping

National Gallery of Ancient Art (Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica)

Palazzo Barberini, right off Piazza Barberini, is one of the most magnificent baroque palaces in Rome....

Altar of Peace (Ara Pacis)

In an airy glass-and-concrete building beside the Tiber rests a reconstructed treasure from the reign...

Federico Buccellati

At this, one of the best gold- and silversmiths in Italy, neo-Renaissance creations will change your...

• Shopping

Fausto Santini

• Shopping
• Trastevere/Testaccio/Aventino/Gianicolo

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

This great church, one of Rome's four major basilicas, was built by Pope Liberius in A.D. 358 and was...

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano

This church is the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, where the pope comes to celebrate Mass on certain...

Lingerie D'elia

This shop offers delicately beautiful lingerie and negligees, all original designs of Luisa Romagnoli....

• Shopping

Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) & the Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina)

The Vatican Museums boast one of the world's greatest art collections. They're a gigantic repository...

• Museums

Richard Ginori

One of the city's most prestigious retail outlets for porcelain, both artworks and plates, contains a...

• Shopping

Vatican Gardens

Separating the Vatican from the secular world on the north and west are 23 hectares (58 acres) of lush...

• Picnics, Parks & Gardens

Ai Monasteri

This shop, evoking a medieval apothecary, was founded here in 1892 and has since been managed by four...

• Shopping

Francesco Rogani

Francesco Rogani has become one of Rome's most famous leather stores, offering a wide selection of bags...

• Shopping

Pyramid of Caius Cestius

From the 1st century B.C., the Pyramid of Caius Cestius, about 36m (120 ft.) high, looks as if it belongs...

• Landmarks

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme

If you ever wanted to know what all those emperors from your history books looked like, this museum makes...

• Museums

Profumeria Materozzoli

This elegant profumeria was founded in 1870 and has been satisfying Roman tastes in cosmetics and perfumes...

• Shopping

Augustus's Mausoleum (Mausoleo Augusteo)

This seemingly indestructible pile of bricks has been here for 2,000 years and will probably remain for...

St. Peter in Chains (San Pietro in Vincoli)

This church was founded in the 5th century to house the chains that bound St. Peter in Palestine (they're...