Day 1 of 3Day 15 stops·08:30 – 18:15·55m transit108:30 – 11:00·2h 30mColosseumBook the first entry slot and walk into the arena while the light is still low. The underground hypogeum tour is worth the upgrade — it's where the lifts and lions waited.Colosseo211:15 – 13:15·2hRoman Forum and Palatine HillSame ticket, same morning: walk the Via Sacra past the Senate house, then climb the Palatine for the view over the whole forum — emperors picked this hill for a reason.Foro RomanoWalking·15m313:45 – 15:15·1h 30mLunch in MontiRome's oldest quarter hides behind the forum: cobbled lanes, vintage shops and proper trattorie. Ai Tre Scalini or La Taverna dei Fori Imperiali — book either, both fill.MontiWalking·15m415:45 – 16:45·1hCapitoline Hill and the CampidoglioMichelangelo's piazza with the she-wolf and Marcus Aurelius on horseback. Slip round the right side of the palazzo for the free balcony view straight down the Forum.Piazza del CampidoglioWalking·25m517:15 – 18:15·1hSunset from the Orange GardenGiardino degli Aranci on the Aventine: umbrella pines, orange trees and all of Rome laid out to St Peter's. Peek through the Knights of Malta keyhole two doors up.Giardino degli AranciPlan your own trip on Trippad
108:30 – 11:00·2h 30mColosseumBook the first entry slot and walk into the arena while the light is still low. The underground hypogeum tour is worth the upgrade — it's where the lifts and lions waited.Colosseo
211:15 – 13:15·2hRoman Forum and Palatine HillSame ticket, same morning: walk the Via Sacra past the Senate house, then climb the Palatine for the view over the whole forum — emperors picked this hill for a reason.Foro Romano
313:45 – 15:15·1h 30mLunch in MontiRome's oldest quarter hides behind the forum: cobbled lanes, vintage shops and proper trattorie. Ai Tre Scalini or La Taverna dei Fori Imperiali — book either, both fill.Monti
415:45 – 16:45·1hCapitoline Hill and the CampidoglioMichelangelo's piazza with the she-wolf and Marcus Aurelius on horseback. Slip round the right side of the palazzo for the free balcony view straight down the Forum.Piazza del Campidoglio
517:15 – 18:15·1hSunset from the Orange GardenGiardino degli Aranci on the Aventine: umbrella pines, orange trees and all of Rome laid out to St Peter's. Peek through the Knights of Malta keyhole two doors up.Giardino degli Aranci