Who's been to Rome, Italy?
Jan 10, 2018 10:48:32 #
I'm travelling to Rome. Would appreciate insight into photo locations both urban and rural. Wondering if rural locations Require a rental car.
Jan 10, 2018 11:35:32 #
You won't lack for major attractions: the Colosseum, Vatican City, the Roman Forum/Palantine Hill, Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, multiple museums...
Check in advance which attractions require entry tickets and consider taking some of the packaged tours that offer "line skipping" - multiple sources for these, but a good start for information is Trip Advisor. Also, consider taking one of hop on hop off tour buses.
As for rural locations, a lot depends on what you want to do. Certainly a rental car is an option, but there are also bus tours (again, take a look at Trip Advisor for some ideas) and if you're a comfortable DIY traveler, train service to surrounding towns is good - you can check schedules at this website https://www.italiarail.com/. If you have a couple of days, consider going to Florence, but do take the fast train, about 1h45 minutes (the slow trains can take up to 4 hours).
I'm sure you'll get lots of suggestions - the reality is, it's hard to go wrong in Rome.
Check in advance which attractions require entry tickets and consider taking some of the packaged tours that offer "line skipping" - multiple sources for these, but a good start for information is Trip Advisor. Also, consider taking one of hop on hop off tour buses.
As for rural locations, a lot depends on what you want to do. Certainly a rental car is an option, but there are also bus tours (again, take a look at Trip Advisor for some ideas) and if you're a comfortable DIY traveler, train service to surrounding towns is good - you can check schedules at this website https://www.italiarail.com/. If you have a couple of days, consider going to Florence, but do take the fast train, about 1h45 minutes (the slow trains can take up to 4 hours).
I'm sure you'll get lots of suggestions - the reality is, it's hard to go wrong in Rome.
Jan 10, 2018 12:15:37 #
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I'm travelling to Rome. Would appreciate insight into photo locations both urban and rural. Wondering if rural locations Require a rental car.
We took public transportation. Did not need a rental car. Also learn about the gypsy's and the techniques they use to rob you. Best to keep your passport, credit cards and cash in a belt that is designed to go under your shirt.
Jan 10, 2018 12:19:27 #
lots to photograph in the old city as mentioned above, pretty much a picture waiting to happen down every alleyway. We took a train to a town close by that offered some good panos of Rome but sorry can't remember the name of the place at the moment.
TIP at the train station (which is always busy) you buy your tickets from machines, young girls will come up to help you and then will show you to the the track and then tell you they want 20 euro for helping, ignore them from the get go, they are gypsies, will always be two of them. My wife let the one help, I told the kid no way to 20 euro for help buying 2 euro tickets, gave her 2 euros and told her to have a nice day.
Oh and the old city is safe to walk everywhere, we ate at restaurants and were out past midnight walking all over, no problems at all.
Walking near the forum and the Coliseum you need to be aware of gypsies there as well, nothing to fear, just keep them at a distance and you won't lose anything.
We went by train to Venice as well and spent three days there, my shutter finger was in shock after the trip from all the pictures and then we rented a villa in Tuscany for a week, a car there would have been helpful but we walked and hired a car to take us on tours.
While in Rome you will have to eat, 100 metres from Trevi Fountain is the best little deli restaurant you will find. La Prosciutteria, address Via dell Panetteria, 34A, oo187, Roma, Italy. Get a charcuterie board for two and a bottle of Valpolicella great lunch spot and very inexpensive, in 2014 that cost 18 euro. It will be full of locals.
Enjoy your trip, I can't wait to go back.
TIP at the train station (which is always busy) you buy your tickets from machines, young girls will come up to help you and then will show you to the the track and then tell you they want 20 euro for helping, ignore them from the get go, they are gypsies, will always be two of them. My wife let the one help, I told the kid no way to 20 euro for help buying 2 euro tickets, gave her 2 euros and told her to have a nice day.
Oh and the old city is safe to walk everywhere, we ate at restaurants and were out past midnight walking all over, no problems at all.
Walking near the forum and the Coliseum you need to be aware of gypsies there as well, nothing to fear, just keep them at a distance and you won't lose anything.
We went by train to Venice as well and spent three days there, my shutter finger was in shock after the trip from all the pictures and then we rented a villa in Tuscany for a week, a car there would have been helpful but we walked and hired a car to take us on tours.
While in Rome you will have to eat, 100 metres from Trevi Fountain is the best little deli restaurant you will find. La Prosciutteria, address Via dell Panetteria, 34A, oo187, Roma, Italy. Get a charcuterie board for two and a bottle of Valpolicella great lunch spot and very inexpensive, in 2014 that cost 18 euro. It will be full of locals.
Enjoy your trip, I can't wait to go back.
Jan 10, 2018 12:35:03 #
current wrote:
I'm travelling to Rome. Would appreciate insight into photo locations both urban and rural. Wondering if rural locations Require a rental car.
Take a look at this ....... should help .......
http://blog.antoinebarthelemyphotography.com/10-best-photo-locations-rome/
Jan 10, 2018 13:41:18 #
Italy has excellent public transportation. There are very few places that can't be reached by bus and/or train. You really only need a rental car for touring regions like Tuscany or Umbria. Since you seem to be a biker, I would suggest renting a mortor bike or a Vespa for touring the countryside - much easier to find a spot to park at the side of the road when you come across a nice scene. Suggestion - take the train to Naples and rent a bike for a day to tour the Amalfi Coast and take in Pompeii. Another option would be take train to Orvieto and ride around the Val D'Orcia and Crete Senesi in Tuscany (may want to include an overnight stop in Sienna or Pienza for that trip - but well worth it). Everywhere you turn your head is a photo op on that trip.
Jan 10, 2018 13:58:25 #
current wrote:
I'm travelling to Rome. Would appreciate insight into photo locations both urban and rural. Wondering if rural locations Require a rental car.
It's like Hank told you, there are good photo ops around every bend! When driving in Rome, be prepared for a ted bit different driving style!
Jan 10, 2018 16:35:49 #
Thank you! I'll check bus tours, trains and Trip advisor. My primary objective is to take photos of the rural landscape.
Jan 10, 2018 16:54:40 #
Valuables under shirt is a good idea. It's been years since I was last in Europe - not ever in Italy and the gypsies are new to me😉
Jan 10, 2018 17:00:18 #
I'll definitely go to La Prosciutteria....... The gypsies appear to be a theme!!! Thanks.
Jan 10, 2018 17:08:54 #
The two wheeler is a great suggestion; gives me more control of where I can stop and for how long.
Jan 10, 2018 17:15:38 #
Jan 10, 2018 17:25:46 #
I remember how it was in Athens - LOL.....The drivers' temperment was somewhat volitile and unforgiving - lots of yelling. Was surprised they didn't wear out their horns. Maybe it comes with the region?
Jan 10, 2018 17:40:14 #
Others have already covered the Rome, things to see part—and there is a lot to see. I would also walk to the top of St Peter’s Basilica for a pretty awesome 360 view of the city. No need to drive in Rome. A bit about the gypsys and pickpockets. It must be my mien— but I’ve never been bothered once in Several trips to Italy, London and ,most recently, Paris. I’m also a big proponent of one camera-one lens. Mirrorless if you can.
Also recommend Vatican City.
Love Italy; love Italians; love the food & wine.
Enjoy.
Also recommend Vatican City.
Love Italy; love Italians; love the food & wine.
Enjoy.
Jan 10, 2018 21:02:37 #
My favorite photos of Rome are those taken very early in the morning before the city really wakes and late at night with the lit fountains and landmarks. Get up early and go to Piazza Navona to get some photos of the fountains before it becomes clogged with tourists. Then head to the pedestrian bridge with Bernini's beautiful angels, cross the Tiber and visit a peaceful St Peters Square. Rome at this time of day is magical. The Vatican and Collonade are beautifully lit in the evening and although you cannot enter the square at this time it is easily photographed.
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