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The oldest parts of the Eternal City: Guide to Foro Romano

16 July 20206 October 2020Posted in Citytrip, Europe, Italy, RomeTagged Ancient Rome, Arco di Settimio Severo, Arco di Tito, Casa delle vestali, Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Miranda, colosseo, colosseum, Eternal city, Foro Romano, Forum Romanum, History, Italy, La dolce vita, Nothing else matters, Palatino, Roma, Rome, ruins, Tempio di Antonino e Faustina, tempio di vesta, Via SacraLeave a comment

When we suddenly changed our plans and went to Rome for the summer instead of Iceland, we made a (small) list of the absolute (and obvious) highlights of the city that we didn’t want to miss. On our first day in the city, we could cross off the Trevi Fountain and for our second day, we wanted to explore the oldest parts of the city, ticking off the boxes to the Colosseum and the Foro Romano. Again, the city was as quiet as it had ever been before and we had hours to explore the ancient ruins by ourselves.

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