it was the worst part of the trip i
almost died
no it was not like that
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what we have today is 10 smart things
that we did in our trip to rome and
three mistakes that we made and
hopefully we'll avoid them don't spend
extra money to stay in the hotels close
to major attractions such as trevi
fountain or vatican hotels in those
areas are generally more expensive if
you want a good hotel with reasonable
price you should look for it in the area
close to the wrong termini which is the
main train station of raw in our last
trip to rome we stayed in the boutique
hotel close to rome termini and it was
really nice it was very close two main
attractions right it was just in 20
minutes park 15 20 minutes walk to
trevor fountain and
about
again 15 or 20 minutes to collection
generally
historic center is very compact it's
ancient buildings are old small and
don't be surprised with the small size
of your hotel room just manage your
expectation and consider that most of
the time you will be outside and walking
around
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dawn aids at restaurants with tourist
menu
generally restaurants close to their
major attractions such as the trevi
fountain colosseum and maticon
are designed for tourists what does that
mean it means that they are overpriced
and the food is not very good
so if you see a restaurant with english
menu and picture and also someone is
standing in front of the restaurant and
try to pull you in this should be all a
warning sign for you
our trick was to walk for three four
blocks away from the main tourist
attractions or we went to transfer
neighborhood there are fantastic
restaurants in trastevere neighborhood
with a lot of authentic italian dishes
for sure you will love it
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also don't forget to try evening
apertivo which is an italian cultural
ritual
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mastercard or visa are generally
accepted in most places so don't carry
cash for security purposes there are
pickpockets on public transportation and
touristy areas or even in holy places so
as far as we know nothing happened to us
but there are lots of horror stories of
people losing their valuables or their
money so really be careful
don't take cash with yourself and don't
take valuables with yourself when you go
outside
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when in rome do as the romans do
generally italian people are very nice
and hospitable they treat tourists very
well and with respect they know that
trees contribute to the economy a lot so
it's good to learn some italian words so
just make some small talk with local you
will have a different experience from
rome when you know some words and you
can
communicate even a bit with local
what do you say
first tell me a couple of words in
italian apertivo
ciao esta
sono bono
several moments that we had a small talk
with local they were very hospitable
very helpful and we really like italian
they are
very nice this was funny because we
communicated in english and they
communicated in italy and some of you
understood each other
don't forget to visit trevi fountain
during the day and during the night
trevi fountain is so pretty during the
day but it is even more stunning at
night when it lights up it lights up
once dawn approaches so you can come
back to television fountain as your last
activity of the day
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don't forget to buy the skip the line
ticket for vaticon and collecion no
matter what time of the year you are
visiting rome the lineup for coliseum
and vertical
is crazy long it is insane i'm talking
about two or three hours of waiting so
the best thing to do is just to buy the
skip the line ticket or book a private
tour so you can easily save up to two or
three hours of your time in rome this is
what you did in your first trip to rome
right yes because during archery we
didn't need to do that because we went
there in the middle of the pandemic so
virtually there was no lineup
and i think it took us like a good
maybe
five minutes or so for collection maybe
for vatican it was more like a vertical
museum it was like 10 minutes
i think san peter's basilica was the one
that you know we had to wait them a bit
yeah and that was for like inspection
and security
so if
there is a pandemic you don't need to
buy and skip the line because there is
no one in line but
in a normal situation for sure you need
a skip the line ticket if you want to
save time and specifically in the summer
there is no shade so waiting under the
sun the heat will be really annoying
so the tickets for colosseum and forum
are sold together
and this is where we made our first
mistake so what happened was that we
went to the collection first
and but we went there and i think it was
around 2 p.m or so and we spent like a
good three hours there so by the time
that we were done we had to rush
towards forum and we had like less than
an hour so we had to just quickly take
pictures we didn't stay as as much as we
wanted
so the mistake that we made was we
didn't allocate enough time for friends
you need at least three four hours to
visit the whole frame it's really
beautiful it's the location that rome
has started and there are lots of
palaces and mansions and you need
at least three or four hours to spend
time
in the forum to see the whole places but
we made the mistake as he explained so
you don't make the mistake that we make
don't visit pantheon in the morning
usually there is a long lineup in the
morning for going to pantheon but what
we have found out was that in the
afternoon the lineup is shorter and also
it is less crowded
and here's the second mistake that we
made during our trip to rome
what was the mistake you know your hijab
all right
check the rest etiquette for some
churches and holy places i was aware of
dress etiquette for vaticon so i covered
my shoulders and my knees but i was not
aware of the dress code for
pantone my shoulders were not covered
and they didn't let me in so i had to
buy a scarf from a street seller around
and cover my shoulder so then they let
me in actually i think it was uh very
expensive like 10 15 20 euros right no
it was not like that
it was about like seven euro
and i negotiated
and
it was down to five euro at the end
yeah just my girl
negotiation space yeah let's just
remember don't forget to negotiate about
the price of a scarf from the street
cellar this is one thing that we have
done in iran and it became very useful
during our trip in rome yeah
don't buy bottled water so when you are
in rome you need to walk a lot because
the historic center is very compact very
dense and you will be walking from one
side to another side they are very close
together and workable
don't forget to drink water because you
walk more than usual and you need to
drink more water and the good thing is
you don't need to buy
water
like many other big cities because the
quality of water in rome is really good
and there are a lot of fountains
throughout the old center and the water
from those fountains is drinkable so
just carry an empty bottle and refill it
whenever you need
and this is the part that we made the
third mistake and probably the biggest
mistake of our trip remember about the
heater stroke yes
it was the worst part of the trip i
almost died yeah i know
tell the story so
master
didn't bring any water bottle with her
when we went to colossians
because i thought there is a store
inside coliseum yeah they don't know a
store they don't sell any water inside
cholesterol so
buy water or have water with yourself
when entering cholesterol yeah there are
a couple of small fountains that we
could drink water but they were far and
a bit few and then i think there is this
video of you that you know because you
were hit a stroke so you you were just
sitting down you couldn't move
and then when we left
we bought those frozen water from the
street seller
it was just two euro and i think it
really worth every penny when they exit
so we bought some of them and i tried to
use them to cool down my core
temperature
that was the worst experience ever
specifically if you're visiting in
summer just be mindful about heat
exhaustion the temperature is like 35 40
degree and you need to drink a lot of
water be mindful about that i really
don't want you experience the thing that
i experienced when i was visiting
collection and then i was sick for
like two days after event because of my
electrolyte imbalance and that is the
last thing that you want to experience
in a trip
i think we have to go back at least for
those two
those two parts that we missed yeah
don't forget to put on your comfortable
shoes leave your high heels at home rome
historic center is packed with monuments
attractions and historic site and you're
gonna walk all day from one side to
another side so
a
comfortable pair of shoes is a lifesaver
and
also also wear some kind of lubricant
or maybe vaseline you know rub it on
your tie
because you're going to walk for a long
time and you want to definitely prevent
chafing specifically in the summer it's
a bit humid so don't forget to plan the
advanced
rom has a lot to offer
it's just a lot regardless of how long
you are staying there either one week or
one month
my recommendation is to prioritize what
you like to see and plan realistically
for example allocate one day to visit
vaticon because it has a lot itself it's
another country visiting vatican museum
sistine chapel
it's a lot so it easily takes one day to
visit those monuments try to take the
most out of your trip and see as much as
you can but not just to check mark the
boxes try to enjoy your trip rome is
super lovely i have visited rome twice
and only still i want to go back and
visit it again i'm sure you will love it
as much as we love raw so hopefully you
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ciao
don't forget pantheon in the morning
don't carry cash don't carry cash
mastercard