# Rome - Ancient ruins, Renaissance art and irresistible food

> Discover Rome's ancient ruins, baroque squares and trattorias on a city break, and plan a relaxed trip from your departure airport with Parkoni.

Web page: https://parkoni.com/en/reiseziele/rome

[Parkoni editorial team](https://parkoni.com/en/ueber-parkoni) · Published 5 November 2026

Rome is a city where every street seems to lead to another chapter of history. Walk a few minutes from the busy centre and you pass ruins that were already old when Renaissance painters arrived, then turn a corner into a piazza with a fountain and a café terrace. It is a superb choice for a city break, for art lovers who want to see masterpieces at a gentle pace, and for anyone who believes a good meal is part of the sightseeing.

The city suits culture seekers and food lovers alike. Between museums and churches there is always time for a long lunch of fresh pasta, a glass of local wine and an unhurried coffee in the afternoon. Couples, families and friends all find something to enjoy, and the compact historic centre makes it easy to see a great deal in a few days.

## Highlights of Rome

- **The Colosseum and the Roman Forum**: The great amphitheatre and the ruins of the ancient city centre are at the heart of any first visit. Booking a timed entry helps you avoid long queues.
- **Palatine Hill**: A green hill above the forum with views over the ruins and the rooftops. It is one of the most peaceful spots in the historic centre.
- **Trevi Fountain**: A dramatic baroque fountain where visitors traditionally toss a coin over their shoulder. Go early or late in the day to enjoy it with fewer people around.
- **The Pantheon**: An ancient temple later turned into a church, still crowned by its famous dome with an open oculus at the top.
- **Vatican City and St Peter's Basilica**: The Vatican Museums hold extraordinary collections, including the Sistine Chapel, while St Peter's is one of the largest churches in the world.
- **Trastevere**: A lively district of narrow cobbled lanes, ivy-covered houses and small restaurants, perfect for an evening stroll.

## When to visit Rome

Spring and autumn are generally the most pleasant times to visit. The weather is mild, the light is lovely for photographs, and the streets are busy without being overwhelming. Summers can be very hot and the most popular sights become crowded, so plan outdoor sightseeing for the early morning or the evening if you travel in the warmer months.

Winter is quieter and often mild enough for exploring on foot, although some days can be cool and damp. It is a good season for museums and long meals indoors, and the city has a calm charm once the largest crowds have gone.

## Practical tips for Rome

- **Currency**: The euro is used across Italy. Most places accept cards, but keep some cash for small cafés and market stalls.
- **Language**: Italian is the everyday language. A few polite words such as buongiorno and grazie are always appreciated, and staff at major sights and hotels usually speak English.
- **Getting around**: The historic centre is best explored on foot. Buses and the metro cover the wider city well, and taxis can be found at ranks in the main squares.
- **Local customs**: Churches ask visitors to cover their shoulders and knees, so carry a light scarf. Italians tend to eat dinner later than in northern Europe, so there is no need to rush.
- **What to pack**: Comfortable walking shoes are essential, as the cobbled streets are tough on the feet. Add a refillable water bottle and sun protection.

## A stress-free start at your departure airport

Plan your trip to your departure airport early, compare car parks with Parkoni and book a space in advance, then start the holiday relaxed. With the parking sorted before you leave home, you can enjoy the journey and arrive in Rome ready to explore.

## Nonstop to Rome

Nonstop flights there leave from these airports, among others: [Dublin Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub), [Alghero-Fertilia Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alghero-fertilia-airport-aho) and [Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alicante-elche-miguel-hernandez-airport-alc).

- [Dublin Airport \(DUB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub): Aer Lingus, Ryanair, year-round
- [Alghero-Fertilia Airport \(AHO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alghero-fertilia-airport-aho): Aeroitalia, year-round
- [Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport \(ALC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alicante-elche-miguel-hernandez-airport-alc): ITA Airways, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol \(AMS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams): ITA Airways, KLM, year-round
- [EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg \(BSL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/euroairport-basel-mulhouse-freiburg-airport-bsl): easyJet, year-round
- [Kraków John Paul II International Airport \(KRK\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/krakow-john-paul-ii-airport-krk): LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport \(BCN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/josep-tarradellas-barcelona-el-prat-airport-bcn): ITA Airways, Ryanair, Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport \(BRI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bari-karol-wojtyla-airport-bri): ITA Airways, Ryanair, year-round
- [Beauvais-Tillé airport \(BVA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/beauvais-tille-airport-bva): Ryanair, year-round
- [Berlin Brandenburg Airport \(BER\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/berlin-brandenburg-airport-ber): Eurowings, Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Bilbao Airport \(BIO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bilbao-airport-bio): Volotea, Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport \(BLQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bologna-guglielmo-marconi-airport-blq): ITA Airways, year-round
- [Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport \(BOD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bordeaux-merignac-airport-bod): Volotea, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [M. R. Štefánik Airport \(BTS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/m-r-stefanik-airport-bts): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Brindisi Airport \(BDS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brindisi-airport-bds): ITA Airways, Ryanair, year-round
- [Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport \(BUD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/budapest-liszt-ferenc-airport-bud): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Cagliari Elmas Airport \(CAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cagliari-elmas-airport-cag): Aeroitalia, year-round
- [Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport \(VRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/verona-villafranca-valerio-catullo-airport-vrn): ITA Airways, Neos, year-round
- [Turin Airport \(TRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/turin-airport-trn): ITA Airways, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Catania-Fontanarossa Airport \(CTA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/catania-fontanarossa-airport-cta): Aeroitalia, ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Brussels South Charleroi Airport \(CRL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brussels-south-charleroi-airport-crl): Ryanair, year-round
- [Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport \(CLJ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/avram-iancu-cluj-airport-clj): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport \(LYS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lyon-saint-exupery-airport-lys): easyJet, year-round
- [Comiso Airport \(CIY\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/comiso-airport-ciy): Aeroitalia, year-round
- [Dortmund Airport \(DTM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dortmund-airport-dtm): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Düsseldorf Airport \(DUS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/duesseldorf-airport-dus): Eurowings, year-round
- [Eindhoven Airport \(EIN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/eindhoven-airport-ein): Ryanair, year-round
- [Florence Airport, Peretola \(FLR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/florence-peretola-airport-flr): ITA Airways, year-round
- [Frankfurt Main Airport \(FRA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/frankfurt-main-airport-fra): Condor, ITA Airways, Lufthansa, easyJet, year-round
- [Frankfurt-Hahn Airport \(HHN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/frankfurt-hahn-airport-hhn): Ryanair, year-round
- [Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport \(GDN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/gdansk-lech-walesa-airport-gdn): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport \(GOA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/genoa-cristoforo-colombo-airport-goa): Aeroitalia, ITA Airways, year-round
- [Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport \(HAM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/hamburg-helmut-schmidt-airport-ham): Eurowings, easyJet, year-round
- [Helsinki Vantaa Airport \(HEL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/helsinki-vantaa-airport-hel): Finnair, year-round
- [Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport \(RZE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rzeszow-jasionka-airport-rze): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport \(KTW\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/katowice-wojciech-korfanty-airport-ktw): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Cologne Bonn Airport \(CGN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cologne-bonn-airport-cgn): Eurowings, Ryanair, year-round
- [Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport \(SUF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lamezia-terme-sant-eufemia-airport-suf): ITA Airways, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Larnaca International Airport \(LCA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/larnaca-airport-lca): Aegean Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Lille Airport \(LIL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lille-airport-lil): Volotea, year-round
- [Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport \(LIS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lisbon-humberto-delgado-airport-lis): Ryanair, TAP Air Portugal, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport \(MAD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas-airport-mad): Air Europa, ITA Airways, Iberia, Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport \(AGP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/malaga-costa-del-sol-airport-agp): ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Marseille Provence Airport \(MRS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/marseille-provence-airport-mrs): ITA Airways, Ryanair, year-round
- [Memmingen Allgau Airport \(FMM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/memmingen-allgau-airport-fmm): Ryanair, year-round
- [Munich Airport \(MUC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/munich-airport-muc): ITA Airways, Lufthansa, easyJet, year-round
- [Nantes Atlantique Airport \(NTE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nantes-atlantique-airport-nte): Transavia, Volotea, easyJet, year-round
- [Naples International Airport \(NAP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/naples-airport-nap): ITA Airways, year-round
- [Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport \(NCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nice-cote-d-azur-airport-nce): ITA Airways, easyJet, year-round
- [Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport \(OLB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/olbia-costa-smeralda-airport-olb): Aeroitalia, Volotea, year-round
- [Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport \(OTP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bucharest-henri-coanda-airport-otp): TAROM, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Falcone-Borsellino Airport \(PMO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/falcone-borsellino-airport-pmo): Aeroitalia, ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Paris-Orly Airport \(ORY\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/paris-orly-airport-ory): Transavia, Wizz Air, easyJet, year-round
- [Charles de Gaulle International Airport \(CDG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/charles-de-gaulle-airport-cdg): Air France, year-round
- [Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport \(OPO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/francisco-de-sa-carneiro-airport-opo): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Poznań-Ławica Airport \(POZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/poznan-lawica-airport-poz): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Václav Havel Airport Prague \(PRG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vaclav-havel-prague-airport-prg): Eurowings, Smartwings, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Târgu Mureş Transilvania International Airport \(TGM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/targu-mures-transilvania-airport-tgm): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Reggio Calabria Airport \(REG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/reggio-calabria-airport-reg): ITA Airways, year-round
- [Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport \(SCQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/santiago-rosalia-de-castro-airport-scq): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Milano Linate Airport \(LIN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/milano-linate-airport-lin): ITA Airways, year-round
- [Seville Airport \(SVQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/seville-airport-svq): Ryanair, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Sibiu International Airport \(SBZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/sibiu-airport-sbz): Wizz Air, year-round
- [Sofia Airport \(SOF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/sofia-airport-sof): Bulgaria Air, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport \(ATH\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/athens-eleftherios-venizelos-airport-ath): Aegean Airlines, ITA Airways, Ryanair, Sky Express, year-round
- [Split Saint Jerome Airport \(SPU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/split-saint-jerome-airport-spu): Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, year-round
- [Stockholm-Arlanda Airport \(ARN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/stockholm-arlanda-airport-arn): Norwegian Air Shuttle, Ryanair, year-round
- [Stuttgart Airport \(STR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/stuttgart-airport-str): Eurowings, year-round
- [Valencia Airport \(VLC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/valencia-airport-vlc): ITA Airways, Ryanair, Vueling, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport \(ZAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/zagreb-franjo-tudjman-airport-zag): Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, year-round
- [Venice Marco Polo Airport \(VCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/venice-marco-polo-airport-vce): ITA Airways, year-round
- [Vienna International Airport \(VIE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vienna-airport-vie): Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, year-round
- [Vilnius International Airport \(VNO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vilnius-airport-vno): Ryanair, year-round
- [Warsaw Chopin Airport \(WAW\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/warsaw-chopin-airport-waw): LOT Polish Airlines, Wizz Air, year-round
- [Copernicus Wrocław Airport \(WRO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/copernicus-wroclaw-airport-wro): Ryanair, year-round
- [Brussels Airport \(BRU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brussels-airport-bru): Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways, Ryanair, easyJet, year-round
- [Billund Airport \(BLL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/billund-airport-bll): Norwegian Air Shuttle, seasonal
- [Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport \(FAO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/faro-gago-coutinho-airport-fao): Ryanair, seasonal
- [Hannover Airport \(HAJ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/hannover-airport-haj): Eurowings, seasonal
- [Ibiza Airport \(IBZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ibiza-airport-ibz): Aeroitalia, ITA Airways, Neos, Ryanair, Vueling, Wizz Air, seasonal
- [Palma de Mallorca Airport \(PMI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/palma-de-mallorca-airport-pmi): ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air, seasonal
- [Rotterdam The Hague Airport \(RTM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rotterdam-the-hague-airport-rtm): Transavia, seasonal
- [Salzburg Airport \(SZG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/salzburg-airport-szg): Sky Alps, seasonal

Routes as listed on Wikipedia from the airlines' schedules; the airline's current timetable is authoritative.

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