Laura Itzkowitz What was it like exploring the Colosseum? The Colosseum is one of the most famous and fascinating ancient sites in the world. Envisioning what it would have been like during the ...

Upstart archaeological museums and long-shuttered ancient sites have opened and reopened. Toss in a bevy of major art exhibitions — Picasso, Munch, Dali, Kahlo and Caravaggio — and Rome’s ...

but one I was happy to put to the test on a Vespa sidecar tour (when in Rome and all that), which zipped past major attractions like the Spanish Steps, St Peter’s Square, the Jewish quarter and ...

Instead, if you have time to sightsee, you’ll need to leave Vatican City — but there are still plenty of sites with papal links in Rome. A 10-minute walk from St. Peter’s Square is the ...

Now Roman museums are among the most elegantly designed and its archaeological sites the most user-friendly in the world. “Compared to Rome in the mid-1980s, the improvement is incredible ...