Rome in the Uncrowded Season

Photo Credit: MEOWZILLA-stock.adobe.com / Colosseum at night

Price: From $5,690 from Rome, Italy 

Tour Operator: Thalassa

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When in Rome, arrive at a moment where lines are shorter, palazzos more open, and vistas wider. Because Rome remains the center of Italian, European, and Mediterranean culture, the city attracts people from across the globe, but we planned this trip just outside the busy season. Rome has always attracted the world, for it is the “world’s biggest museum” as Federico Fellini reportedly said. This tour, specially tailored for us, was created to take full advantage of Rome’s ancient and modern splendor just outside of the heavy tourist tide, so we can enjoy a larger slice of Rome to ourselves, during the Ides of March no less. 

Although the Ides of March gave Caesar a fright, they will be perfect days for us as we visit his ancient city, starting with the Colosseum, moving toward the Roman Forums, and ending where it all began with Romulus and Remus in the Capitoline Museum. Not only will we celebrate Rome’s mythic founding and ancient achievements, we will also move over to the Vatican, where Michelangelo’s frescoes appear from the heavens and St. Peter’s Basilica tries to get us there. 

Besides the galleries, museums, masterpieces, and alleyways, we will also enjoy the richness of local market food stalls, learn to make regional specialties (with a focus on pasta, of course), and dine at the local restaurants that have seen as much history as flavors go through their doors. This shorter trip, a week of free and fabulous exploration, will give you as much culture and history as we can manage, all the while enjoying evenings free to explore the masterpieces that any side street will lead to. Friends, Romans, countrymen, let’s go to Rome together.