ROME TRAVEL TIPS FOR FIRST TIMERS | 40+ Must-Knows Before Visiting Rome + What NOT to Do!

[@HappytoWander]

Hey everyone, I hope you enjoy this week's video all about Rome! As usual, there's more tips in the written version: happytowander.com/rome-travel-tips/ And you can follow me on Instagram here for real time travels and stories :) instagram.com/happytowander/ Be sure to chime in with any additional tips, by the way!! :)

[@lizzakamel]

Leaving for Rome in 2 weeks. Thanks so much for this!

[@HappytoWander]

You’re welcome!! Hope it’s helpful 🫶

[@NicoleDeandrea]

How was it

[@rkenzie5235]

I love that the Lizzie McGuire movie was mentioned in this video!! I also think of When in Rome with Mary-Kate and Ashley! This video was great! I’m visiting this summer during peak season, but I’m still super excited 😊 I’ll be traveling solo and I’ve got a great power walk 😂

[@rikayangu3833]

I really hope you enjoyed Rome, I`ve always said everyone should be lucky enough to visit Rome at least once in a life time,it`s like a Pandora box, always revealing new secrets.I want to believe im well travelled(over 50 counutries) and italy is one of those countries that always mazes me especially Rome. thanks so much again,it`s lovely seeing things from your lenses.

[@Vanloves2travel]

Another excellent and informative video, Christina. We were there in 2018 and enjoyed our trip. March is a beautiful month to visit as it’s warm during the day and cool at night. An added bonus is that the crowds are thinner. Check out the Trastavere area near the Vatican. It was not touristy when we visited and the cafes are restaurants were small and humble but incredibly good.

[@karenrichey6074]

Awesome info. Thanks for being quick and concise. You sure know how to pack a lot of info in a short video. Good job!

[@davidmitch]

Lattes do exist in Italy (and Rome), but its called caffè latte and only to be ordered in the morning.

[@leannegaedtke8860]

Thank you for this video, it was super helpful!

[@AdrianaRodriguez-d2j]

I love your videos I learn something new, we are going to Italy in April and I have shared your videos with my family. You did cleared many things I was wondering about like the city taxes in a vrbo to be paid in cash at check in

[@jolenejula]

Thanks!

[@HappytoWander]

Thanks so much!!! Glad you enjoyed the video 🫶 safe travels!

[@dolondawn]

16.49 minutes absolutely worth the time... thank you

[@trinalabayen7565]

Very helpful information . Thank you. 😊

[@maureenkam9212]

Thank you for this wonderful video. It's very useful. ❤ I remembered not being able to figure out how the tap worked on my first trip to Rome. It's after several toilet trips that I realised I had to step on the pedal. 😂 Will be going again in May next year. Hv already booked the hotel. Thank you for your excellent advice.

[@neilmccoy9390]

6. Villa Borghese is perhaps the most beautiful stately home in Western Europe. It must be booked online only, usually 4 weeks ahead is required because it is very popular. 7. During the month of August, the metro train lines may be shut down for weeks for maintenance - I learnt this the hard way. 9. Some churches have a box requiring 1 or 2 euro coins to turn a light on at their more popular chapels - in particular the Caravaggip frescos in churches San Luigi dei Francesi and the church in Piazza del Popolo.

[@braxtonmay391]

Thank you for helping me get ready :)

[@creativereindeer]

Wow! Super comprehensive. Appreciate the tip about staying at the airport hotel: great idea

[@Stephanie.S.1993]

Love this video, doing a singles trip to Rome in the fall with my besties and this video has really helped us plan our adventure 😃

[@ann-mariejensen2623]

Excellent, quick, straightforward info! Thank you!

[@Sasbeans2810]

Hi Christina!! This was so helpful, we are taking a trip in December, but I do have one question hopefully you can answer regarding the water bottle and water fountains...How do you know if it is a water fountain and that the water is clean to drink!?

[@king_cobra5492]

wonderful tips. Love Rome. Thank you

[@HappytoWander]

Thanks for watching

[@drewkastelajara3812]

Love Rome! Beautiful Place! Beautiful People! 🌆✨💕🇮🇹

[@TN-cz1on]

Great video! Thank you

[@368crv]

Thanks for all the tips. Am going there in Jan 25

[@catherinecarreiro3955]

Love your videos ❤ so informative and useful thank you

[@OneRedFeatherStudios.]

Really lovely and informative video, especially with the reference to the Rome Pass. Great advice on that. I would add to your food section by saying; if you want to experience genuine Gelato, don't buy from places where it is displayed as piled high and tons of colors. Authentic Gelato is NEVER piled high, and comes in oftentimes muted colors, but contains rich and incredible flavors, generally of the fruit that is currently in season.

[@lauren7335]

Thanks so much for this, really appreciate it!

[@HappytoWander]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 🫶

[@ubtravel]

Wonderful video! Will be there next month, thanks for the tips!

[@gyriagos517]

Going to Rome in a weeks time and this has helped a lot. Thank you🙂

[@stevebartley628]

Good tip to cross the street with others. I do that EVERYWHERE

[@varaleung1348]

Thank you for a great video Christina! I’ll be going to Rome next week, staying 2 nights near the Vatican City before cruising. It’ll be my first time in Rome and your tips are very helpful. Any good restaurants that you can recommend?

[@naziasvoice]

How is the weather in crowd in mid June?

[@antoniolewis1711]

Thank you for a very informative video on Rome. Please make more videos on cities in Spain and Portugal if possible.

[@HappytoWander]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 🫶 I could definitely make that happen. Any cities in particular you’re looking for?

[@antoniolewis1711]

Lisbon, Porto, Viseu, Setubal in Portugal, and Vigo, and Madrid, in Spain.@@HappytoWander

[@letchoeats]

Great tips. Thank you

[@claudio59123]

👍👋i am citizen of rome, and confirm her words be good

[@Sasbeans2810]

I'm visiting in December, how do you know which water fountains have clean water for you to drink? Or are they all clean for drinking water?

[@claudio59123]

@@Sasbeans2810 the water in the small public fountains in Rome is all drinkable, however the water in the large fountains is not drinkable, so don't drink in the Trevi Fountain and in Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna, and so on. Many tourists don't know that to drink comfortably from the small fountains you have to plug the water outlet towards the bottom and the water will come out from a smaller hole towards the top. A piece of advice: take a hotel in the historic centre, because you will walk a lot, even a small one is fine, such as Hotel Portoghesi near Piazza Navona. You can trust the comments on Google for restaurants, museums, clubs. Have a nice holiday.

[@claudio59123]

@@Sasbeans2810 the water in the small public fountains in Rome is all drinkable, however the water in the large fountains is not drinkable, so don't drink in the Trevi Fountain and in Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna, and so on. Many tourists don't know that to drink comfortably from the small fountains you have to plug the water outlet towards the bottom and the water will come out from a smaller hole towards the top. A piece of advice: take a hotel in the historic centre, because you will walk a lot, even a small one is fine, such as Hotel Portoghesi near Piazza Navona. You can trust the comments on Google for restaurants, museums, clubs. Have a nice holiday

[@joannelee2228]

I missed the link to the map for the attractions in Rome that were on your video. Please let me know how to get the map

[@genodymos_ant]

4:37 Roma Pass 6:28

[@yhl1977]

In general, Is it better to carry a backpack or pulling a luggage around in Italy?

[@Amaru722]

All i want to know what is that big building called

[@UCjbfttZaGiVq3DF7wPO]

Heyy at 9:20, could you please write the name of the parks you mentioned? And what do you mean by "top of the hour" at 9:30? Thank you, visiting Rome next week :)

[@SefisCameraBag]

Top of the hour means on the hour

[@gionataflamigni1570]

Quando sei bella Roma quando e' sera , quando la luna si specchia dentro al Fontanone....

[@sampronesti]

Bravo!!!!!!!

[@Proseccity]

I'll be there in 6 days❤🎉

[@robbieking4070]

I’m planning a trip to Italy in January (4 days in Milan, 4 days in Rome). I’m in the process of booking hotels and if I pay them online do I still need to pay that cash tourist tax you mentioned?

[@terrianthony8660]

Leaving for Rome soon! Thanks for sharing! ❤

[@seraphim.angel.]

Just booked our tickets to Rome and this is very helpful. Thank you 😁

[@TravelAussieStyle-c2p]

Plan your next trip and don’t forget to purchase an eSIM! 😎

[@ash40s]

Lots of fantastic information, but you speak so fast! I thought my playback was speeded up! I take notes,so had to listen over and over.

[@GoldScrapful]

Showing prices for 2 days before the video was released. I bet you looked at those prices months ahead. When i had to stay due to a cancelled flight, it was WAY MORE than 1.5eur lmao

[@shwetasrinivasan6744]

Why do you say the Hop On Hop Off bus is not good for Paris and Rome?

[@bookworm1171]

I think the Spanish Steps sitting rule must have changed. I was there in Jan 2024 and there were a lot of people sitting and taking selfies. 🤷‍♀️

[@Kelly-nt2rq]

Im terrified. I have never traveled anywhere and i have to go to Rome in 1 month. Im can hardly walk. Im also an idiot. This scares me so much.

[@ar-ry7bo]

Are you going alone? Where are you coming from?

[@BLUDERRESIGNNOWWW-lq8bb]

I’m going to Paris, London, or Rome. I don’t know where to go.🤔🤔🤔😰😰

[@alicekiarie2480]

Mee too😢. Did you decide?

[@olivers7135]

When I’m «hangry»

[@yaowsers77]

Lol the Lizzie McGuire movie

[@76tony19]

This might be a stupid question but, is there dive bars in and around the area? And I do mean Dive bars, like the dirty dingy bars here in the states

[@MetroSA-227]

Is there very many gluten-free options at restaurants?

[@sanverkanidinc4870]

Helpful video, but she speaks a bit too fast. I had to slow down the speed to .75.

[@cherry12000luv]

❤❤

[@skamravec]

13:20 do you tip a waiter? and how much?

[@JeanSamuelDESIRE]

🥰😎

[@cantrait7311]

It’s pronounced porketta not porchetta Cafe macchiato has only foam not milk You can order a caffe latte if you want milk in your coffee or a cappuccino

[@CalebsCars]

You sound fun at parties

[@cantrait7311]

@@CalebsCars at least not Ignorant

[@HWYHOG1]

@@CalebsCars 😂really

[@MicheleLaraia-j4m]

Caffellatte

[@tomhotel]

You can't limit my café lattes. It says so right here. And I don't want to get dirty looks when I come in here...

[@MaribelZoey]

Wish u speak slower so a senior citizen like my mom understand well

[@AriannaAyers]

I was in my early 20’s, before I learned to travel, with my then 3 YO child, and 60’s mother, dripping with real TCO jewelry, unattended handbags, and luggage bags galore. In other words, the easiest victim to scam - only I wasn’t. Be it dumb luck, a watchful, and divine eye, or the sheer pity that any would be crook had on us, we had a pleasant and safe trip. In those days, the sport of choice was futbol, followed closely by ranting against Albanian immigrants…

[@harmandhillon1992]

Was excited for video but very disappointing 😢

[@AriannaAyers]

Why?

[@LeMagnifiqueDoubleAgent-cj4zo]

What are you talking about that you can’t get a latte? Yes, if you ask for just a “latte,” you’re going to get just milk; you have to ask for a “caffe latte”. Also, if you want milk in your espresso, you don’t order a macchiato, which has just a little bit of milk foam.

[@billybee9659]

There’s always a cranky person watching these travel videos. Lol. She gave a perfectly wonderful solution to the problem.

[@LeMagnifiqueDoubleAgent-cj4zo]

@@billybee9659, I’m not being “cranky,” I’m giving you the proper advice because this vlogger clearly doesn’t understand what she’s saying. What she proposes is no “solution” in Italy.

[@bliss938]

@@LeMagnifiqueDoubleAgent-cj4zoI mean..your comment was helpful to me 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@nedadimitrova3436]

No one sits on a public toilet !!!

[@sharonpadley7781]

You talk much too fast and it is not easy to follow.😮

[@BadKruser]

You can change the playback speed. She sounds pretty good at 0.75. Also, turn on CC.

[@mariozderic]

why do you lie about ''only 1,5 euro ticket on trainline?'' it is 14 euros per one way...

[@Sundeepdeep-c1g]

Great info thanks so much 🤗

[@WeezyTee]

Good info! Thanks😊

[@KeithSoremTeam]

Very helpful!