Welcome to Rome!

Rome is a city of vivid and unforgettable images: the view of the city silhouette from Janiculum Hill at dawn for example. But Rome is also a city of sounds, beginning early in the morning with the peal of church bells. The streets fill with cars, taxis and motor scooters, all blaring their horns as they weave in and out of traffic; the sidewalks become overrun with bleary-eyed office workers rushing to their desks after stealing into crowded cafes for the first cappuccino of the day.

That is when another Rome comes alive; restaurants and cafes grow more animated, especially if you found one on an ancient hidden piazza or along a narrow alley deep in Trastevere. After dinner, you can have a gelato and stroll by the fountains through Piazza Navona, and the night is yours.