Italy: Top 10 Rome Part 2
5) Galleria Borghese: It is one of the best museums on the planet if you ask me. All is how it should be, works perfectly situated throughout the spacious rooms. The Villa itself if a warm stone place placed in an oasis in the city. The gardens are a dream and the park surrounding the villa is an airy wonder that deserves to be covered inch by peaceful inch.
4) The Spanish Steps and the Mouth of Truth: Everyone has seen the film "Roman Holiday" and if you haven't you should! As a teenage girl visiting Rome for the first time I have never come to have another more exciting experience than standing on the Spanish steps where one Audrey Hepburn stood and realizing where I actually was. Another scene from the film takes place at the " Bocca della Verita." It is a bit hidden but the walk to and around this area is splendid and its a good neighborhood to escape tourists and just get lost among the buildings and ruins.
3) Piazza Navona: This is what Rome is all about. People watching, drinking wine, eating gelato, sitting in a neighboring square talking with friends. My first trip to Rome was less than perfect, but when we were feeling low we would return time after time to this area and just sit, look, listen and talk and then everything would be right again.
2) Pantheon: One of the best preserved buildings from Ancient Rome. It was built in the 2nd century AD and admission if free! This is another place that could only be found in Rome. The sheer size of the building, the immense amount of genius it took to building and remain upright today is baffling. The surrounding area is a bit of a tourist trap, especially for meals so my advice is to stop to sit and have a drink, then move on. 
1) Trastevere neighborhood: Any time of day is good to come to this neighborhood. I happened to go at a strange time between meals. My friend and I found a small restaurant with only one other patron and sat down. It was down a little street next to a variety store and across from several apartment buildings. Down the street you could see children kicking a ball around and at one point during our time there we witnessed a nice young man ask out a very nice young woman. We drank an almost insane amount of delicious red wine and devoured the single best pizza of my entire life. Our faces got sunburned, we were tipsy, but were sublimely happy.
4) The Spanish Steps and the Mouth of Truth: Everyone has seen the film "Roman Holiday" and if you haven't you should! As a teenage girl visiting Rome for the first time I have never come to have another more exciting experience than standing on the Spanish steps where one Audrey Hepburn stood and realizing where I actually was. Another scene from the film takes place at the " Bocca della Verita." It is a bit hidden but the walk to and around this area is splendid and its a good neighborhood to escape tourists and just get lost among the buildings and ruins.
3) Piazza Navona: This is what Rome is all about. People watching, drinking wine, eating gelato, sitting in a neighboring square talking with friends. My first trip to Rome was less than perfect, but when we were feeling low we would return time after time to this area and just sit, look, listen and talk and then everything would be right again.
2) Pantheon: One of the best preserved buildings from Ancient Rome. It was built in the 2nd century AD and admission if free! This is another place that could only be found in Rome. The sheer size of the building, the immense amount of genius it took to building and remain upright today is baffling. The surrounding area is a bit of a tourist trap, especially for meals so my advice is to stop to sit and have a drink, then move on. 
1) Trastevere neighborhood: Any time of day is good to come to this neighborhood. I happened to go at a strange time between meals. My friend and I found a small restaurant with only one other patron and sat down. It was down a little street next to a variety store and across from several apartment buildings. Down the street you could see children kicking a ball around and at one point during our time there we witnessed a nice young man ask out a very nice young woman. We drank an almost insane amount of delicious red wine and devoured the single best pizza of my entire life. Our faces got sunburned, we were tipsy, but were sublimely happy.
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