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So have finally booked rome for november 2 – just for 3 day. BA flight only on hotline using some avios so it cost me £143 with 23kg checkd lugg.
Any decent hotel reccomendations plz – price wise max of around £300 – £350 i think really
Also if i can use me avios or even earn more points using a certain website to book that will be good
And 3 days might be a little tight but can we do the main sightseeing and food places in that time??
should i do certain things on certain days?Thanks
3 days is tight but I saw most things I wanted to in 4, so if you rush it’s possible. Better to see less and enjoy it more then go back again another time.
I liked the Indigo. Well placed and lovely rooftop restaurant. Mini fridge in basic room good for keeping things in. Can’t comment on the breakfast as didn’t try it.
Indigo St George’s is great! It is also good with status recognition too – booked a reward base room got upgraded to premium with balcony.
3 days is tight but I saw most things I wanted to in 4, so if you rush it’s possible. Better to see less and enjoy it more then go back again another time.
I liked the Indigo. Well placed and lovely rooftop restaurant. Mini fridge in basic room good for keeping things in. Can’t comment on the breakfast as didn’t try it.
totally agree, would have booked 4 but budget and days off dont help. Plus can alwasy go back
What would be the main things for 1st timers: Collesium, Vatican, Fountain…?
Indigo St George’s is great! It is also good with status recognition too – booked a reward base room got upgraded to premium with balcony.
recogntion with Amex or BA? sorry have normally just booked places through either booking.com or trip advisor or even the agent directly
who did you book with for this hotel then?What would be the main things for 1st timers: Collesium, Vatican, Fountain…?
Just wandering around looking at the buildings/architecture, not rushing around is a great tip.
Personally I found the Colosseum a disappointment inside – hire a guide to get more from it. Palatine hill was much more interesting.
The pantheon was great. Trevi fountain of course, but it’s super busy so you won’t stay long at it. The Vatican. A hop on hop off bus gives you an overview of things.And try the little restaurants, not just for pizza! They are so lovely.
who did you book with for this hotel then?
Status recognition on a reward stay means they need to have used IHG points to book it and must have IHG status.
What would be the main things for 1st timers: Collesium, Vatican, Fountain…?
Just wandering around looking at the buildings/architecture, not rushing around is a great tip.
Personally I found the Colosseum a disappointment inside – hire a guide to get more from it. Palatine hill was much more interesting.
The pantheon was great. Trevi fountain of course, but it’s super busy so you won’t stay long at it. The Vatican. A hop on hop off bus gives you an overview of things.And try the little restaurants, not just for pizza! They are so lovely.
who did you book with for this hotel then?
Status recognition on a reward stay means they need to have used IHG points to book it and must have IHG status.
Ahh ok, found the hotel but at £1200 for 3 nights little out of my price range lol
Underground tour of the Colloseum – but tickets are hard to get. Forum and Palantine Hill – you can find Rick Steve’s Audio Tour for it and we enjoyed it. Walk around the city, look at the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, etc., and eat ice cream and pasta. You’ll not have much time left.
Agree that the indigo is great, but I would not pay 400 for it.
You are in luck. Free admission to all state museums on 3 November, first Sunday of the month.
More information: https://www.turismoroma.it/en/events/first-sunday-month-free-entrance-state-museums
My pick is Villa Borghese – I happen to be there on free Sunday of October.Vatican, not state, is free on last Sunday of the month. You can’t win ’em all.
Ahh ok, found the hotel but at £1200 for 3 nights little out of my price range lol
Is your £300-£350 per night or total?
Just looked on the IHG app on 3 nights starting 2nd Nov. A basic room starts at £302 a night app only, autumn special deal non-refundable room rate (£905 for 3 nights). Non-refundable with breakfast app offer £321 a night (£963 total).
If it appeals then maybe it’s worth booking direct. Of course, other hotels are available 🙂
Don’t forget there may be an extra Rome tourist fee per person per day to pay.
I’ve been to Rome many times for all sorts of reasons.
Most memorable occasion we went to Trevi Fountain at midnight (it was first weekend in December) which was great as we had it to ourselves. Palatine Hill is a favourite too and, if a hotel without points angle is suitable, try the Hotel Locarno near to Piazza del Popollo. Great 1930’s Art Deco vibe. Don’t go for the basic rooms which are really small, but the others are fine. Service lovely and breakfast fab. Ask at your hotel for good local trattoria recommendations.Consider taking the hop on hop off bus tour. This will take you to most of the main sights.
Hotels in Rome are expensive fairly much any day of the week, any time of year. You might consider looking at the various Room Mate hotels in Rome. For full disclosure, I know the people who set this up but I’m pleased to have discovered their properties and happily use them. Personally, in a big city we don’t really want all the bells and whistles of fancier brands that come at a big price. I’m more interested in a very comfortable room in a good location and the £100s saved can be reinvested in fine Roman food and wines.
The same people have invested in other brands in Rome so they might capture your money anyway!
And 3 days might be a little tight but can we do the main sightseeing and food places in that time
No chance. You might sprint to each and tick them off your list before sprinting to the next if that’s what you mean by ‘do’, but you have no chance at all of appreciating and understanding more than a fraction of the city’s treasures in three days.
I suggest seeing a small number of places properly instead. Standouts for me are the Palazzo Massimo and the adjacent Baths of Diocletian. It’s possible to spend hours gazing at the statuary in those places, getting inside the head of ancient Romans and their fashions, hair styles, understanding of beauty, vanity, pride and self-portrayal. You can’t rush these things, and the two took an entire day for us.
If you want to see the Sistine Chapel, book breakfast, and scoot straight to the chapel when it opens before the crowds arrive. But remember the museum is a one-way system so you can’t go back to the previous rooms once you’ve committed to the chapel. If you know the Bible well, the chapel is beyond extraordinary – I spent a couple of hours there, for example – but, if you struggle to know Moses from Elijah, you might be better with a guide; even then, you might be underwhelmed, as the narrative behind the paintings will have no resonance. It’ll take another couple of hours to see the bits of the museum that follow the chapel and even more time to see St Peter’s.
You obviously have to see the Forum and Palatine Hill, which you can join onto a visit to the Colosseum. We spent a full day between the two, and even that wasn’t long enough.
So that’s your three days accounted for with no time left for dozens of other ancient sights, for shopping, for a lingering lunch in a back-street trattoria, for architecture. You’ll have an amazing time, but there’s no way way that you’ll do Rome in three days.
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rather than quote each person better to try and answer all
Yes my total hotel budget for the 3 nights is approx £350, could bump it up slightly but im off the mind that if you are just sleeping there than as long as the bed in comfy thats me done. Now if it was a resort like dominican where we spent all the time thatn totally different story.
Plus we will spend out time sightseeing as only 3 days.I think that a healthy amount right?
I agree with 3 days not being that long but not enough holidays and cost this is really it
Not arriving on 1st sunday either otherwise would have def taken that offer of free entry up.
Arriving Sunday 10:30 am at the airport
Departing Weds flight @ 15:40So need to leave by lets say 12 from hotel so i was thinking the following:
Sunday arrive – Try and book collesium tour, at roughly 2pm and after go forum and palentine hill
monday – vatican / sistine chapel – is this all day
Tuesday – Options open / trevi fountain and others?
Weds – pretty much breakfast then airport. Unless we can do fountain in the morning approx 9-11ish
Despite what I said earlier, three days is a good length trip to Rome; much longer, and you’d be too knackered to take it in. Just be prepared to want to go back, and accept you won’t see everything.
I wouldn’t do the forum area on arrival day. It’ll be getting dark by 5pm, so you want to start early – maybe that’s for Tuesday?
There are some nice cheaper hotels in Trastavere which is a great location for the evening
We stayed at at Hotel Canada near the Termini which I think would be in your budget. It is decent 3 star hotel; nice rooms and good breakfast. The Termini area is not the prettiest but we felt very safe walking around at night and there are a number of shops and restaurants very close to the hotel. The nearest metro is 2min walk away which makes it very easy to get to the main tourist attractions. Book your tickets to the Colosseum and Vatican well in advance as they sell out. Definitely get a guide – we used LivTours for the Colosseum – expensive but good and did the Vatican’s own guided tour. We also hired a private tour guide from http://www.withlocals.com to see other sites in the city – you could do that on the Tuesday and see the Trevi fountain, Pantheon, Spanish Steps. Enjoy!
Also guys what is the best way to get around rome from the various places, Bus, Train?
I guess taxi would be expensive and or take longer right?
Can you get a day bus or train pass and is it fairly easy to navigate?Also guys what is the best way to get around rome from the various places, Bus, Train?
I guess taxi would be expensive and or take longer right?
Can you get a day bus or train pass and is it fairly easy to navigate?Walk. Nothing is more than 45 minutes away on foot, and it’s a beautiful city.
Also guys what is the best way to get around rome from the various places, Bus, Train?
I guess taxi would be expensive and or take longer right?
Can you get a day bus or train pass and is it fairly easy to navigate?Walk. Nothing is more than 45 minutes away on foot, and it’s a beautiful city.
Agree with this. Pretty much walked everywhere. Felt safe day and evening. Only got a taxi to and from airport…which was scary in itself. The taxi driver back constantly waving his hand over an image of Mary as he speeded wasn’t reassuring 😂
We stayed at the Club House Hotel Rome, likewise I only allocated a small budget for Rome given I didnt expect to be spending any time in the hotel. I love Rome but the hotel quality/price ratio is very different to other parts of Europe (I have booked ME Barcelona, 5 star in the shopping district on a Saturday night stay next month for £140, whereas this Rome one was £170 a night). The place was fine and clean and the trip from the local tube stop to the trevi fountain was 13 minutes which I thought was acceptable given we would be making that trip twice a day (and less if we got a taxi back).
We skipped hotels and Airbnb’d it. Far from our usual style, but there was no way I was paying 300-400 euros for a Travellodge style hotel. We paid £750 for 4 nights in Piazza del Monte di Pietà which is still above your budget (https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/12910395). You could also look at somewhere a bit further out and take the metro.
Avoid all Google and Tripadvisor restaurant recommendations. They have been review bombed by Americans who don’t know good food. Our host’s recommendations though were outstanding. There are heaps of decent places for breakfast in the area including the tourist traps in Campo de Fiori which we did do one day just because.
We used Uber a fair bit for taxis which were never that expensive, but mainly because OH has dodgy knees. Busses are also a great way to get around. Google Maps deals with routing.
What everyone else said on sights. If you want some off the beaten track suggestions, just say but I think the classics will easily fill your time.
Avoid all Google and Tripadvisor restaurant recommendations.
This. Applies anywhere in Europe. Any restaurant likely to appeal to Americans is a restaurant from which I will run a mile.
I know it all.depends on location but any decent restaurant reccomendations that are not too expensive in or around the main areas
Walking around Rome would.be ideal but Mrs has slight knee issue aswell so might need to also use the bus and or train (if they are available)
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