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Rome’s Ancient, Sacred and Artistic Landmarks

Rome’s Ancient, Sacred and Artistic Landmarks

Rome · Italy

14 stops13 km2 h 38 min
  • Audio guide
  • 4 languages
  • Quizzes
  • Offline

Walk through Rome’s layered history, from the Roman Forum, Forum Romanum and Colosseo to the Mura Aureliane and Colonna di Traiano. Along the way, you will see the Pantheon, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi and Campo de' Fiori, then continue toward the elevated views of Janiculum Hill. The route also brings together Basilica di San Pietro, Castel Sant’Angelo, Piazza del Popolo, Villa Borghese and Galleria Borghese. Take this walk to experience Rome through its archaeology, architecture, public spaces and art.

The walk

Stops 1–6 of 14. The rest are in the app.

  1. Roman Forum

    Roman Forum

    Rome’s former marketplace became the stage for elections, trials, triumphs and imperial power.

  2. Roman Forum

    Roman Forum

    A marketplace that became the political, legal and religious heart of Rome

  3. Colosseum

    Colosseum

    A Flavian amphitheatre built over Nero’s private lake, then quarried by Rome for centuries.

  4. 8 more stops on this walk, in the app
  5. Aurelian Walls

    Aurelian Walls

    Rome’s emergency belt of walls, built in five years when the empire could no longer feel invulnerable.

  6. Trajan's Column

    Trajan's Column

    Trajan’s victory column is also a memorial, a tomb, and a marble film of war.

  7. Pantheon

    Pantheon

    A Roman temple rebuilt by Hadrian, preserved by becoming a church in the seventh century.

  8. Stop 7

  9. Stop 8

  10. Stop 9

  11. 8 more stops in the app

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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How a walk works

8 more stops in the app

This page shows the first 6 of 14 stops. The rest of the walk, and the guide who narrates it, are in the app.

  1. Pick a walk

    Every stop is a real place, already in walking order.

  2. Pocket your phone

    Follow the line on the live map, or download the walk before you lose signal.

  3. Listen as you arrive

    On a narrated walk the story starts on its own at each stop, so your eyes stay on the place.

See the whole walk in the app

Free to install · Every city’s featured walk is free, start to finish.

  • A guide who talks

    Narration at every stop, starting on its own as you arrive — phone in your pocket.

  • The route, followed

    A live map with the turns called out, and a way back whenever you wander off it.

  • In four languages

    English, French, Spanish and Arabic — the words and the voice, not just the labels.

  • Something to answer

    A few questions as you leave a stop, written from the story you just heard.

  • Or build your own

    Pick the places you actually want and the app works out the order to walk them in.

  • The unglamorous things

    Toilets, pharmacies, cash points and water, without leaving the walk.

  • No signal needed

    Download a walk before you go and it works under a souk roof or on a plane.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Stop for lunch, come back tomorrow, and the walk is exactly where you left it.