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Lazio

Travel guides, landmarks and museums in Lazio: what to see and do.

Guides in Lazio

the garden front of villa medici, white and covered in ancient reliefs, with the two towers, the colonnaded loggia in the centre with two lions beside the steps and clipped box hedges in the foreground
Museums & masterpieces

Villa Medici in Rome: 6 things to see, in the cardinal’s villa that Napoleon gave to artists

10 min read
the casina delle civette seen from the forecourt, with the pink bay-window turret under a roof of green majolica, the pointed gable with a round window, a crenellated brick tower on the left and a conical slate roof on the right
Museums & masterpieces

Casina delle Civette: 6 stained-glass windows to see, in the Art Nouveau house of Villa Torlonia

10 min read
the villino boncompagni ludovisi on via boncompagni, with the carved portal and the flags at the entrance, the three rows of windows and trees in front
Museums & masterpieces

Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi: 6 things to see, in a villa left to the state by a Swedish princess

11 min read
porta san sebastiano seen from outside, with the two round crenellated brick towers, the base faced in white marble and the open archway at the centre
Museums & masterpieces

Museo delle Mura: 6 things to see at Porta San Sebastiano, where you go in free

11 min read
the renaissance facade of the piccola farnesina ai baullari, with the rusticated ground floor and arched windows, the aedicule windows of the piano nobile, the columned loggia on the right, the friezes of lilies between the floors and the red museum sign above the entrance
Museums & masterpieces

Museo Barracco: 6 works to see, in a palace called Farnesina by mistake

11 min read
the fortezzuola seen from its formal garden, with the pink facade and the arcades on the ground floor, the clipped box hedges and a lamp post in the foreground
Museums & masterpieces

Museo Pietro Canonica: 6 works to see, in the house-studio inside Villa Borghese

11 min read
stefano lecchi calotype of 1849 with the aranciera of villa borghese reduced to a ruin, the roof collapsed, rubble in front of the central doorway and the row of round windows in the low wall, with the photographer signature written at the bottom
Museums & masterpieces

Museo Carlo Bilotti: 6 works to see in the Aranciera of Villa Borghese

11 min read
roesler franz watercolour of 1888 with the porto di ripetta on the tiber, a sailing barge moored at the quay, men working on the paving, two children standing and the ochre palaces on the right
Museums & masterpieces

Museo di Roma in Trastevere: 6 works to see, and the 120 watercolours of a vanished Rome

12 min read
the reconstructed room with the opus sectile walls from the porta marina building at ostia, with the inlaid marble panels lit in the darkness of the museo delle civilta
Museums & masterpieces

Museo delle Civiltà: 6 works to see at the EUR, in a museum remaking itself

12 min read
palazzo primoli on the corner of via zanardelli in rome, home of the napoleonic museum, with the red museum banners on the facade
Museums & masterpieces

Napoleonic Museum in Rome: 6 works to see, in a museum you get into free

12 min read
a wall of the galleria corsini with paintings in gilded frames hung in several rows up to the vault, the large ones high and the small ones low, above carved console tables
Museums & masterpieces

Galleria Corsini: 6 works to see in the only intact eighteenth-century picture gallery

12 min read
the great hall of the galleria colonna seen along its length, with the marble floor, the paintings on the gilded walls and the frescoed vault
Museums & masterpieces

Galleria Colonna: 7 works to see, in a palace that opens two days a week

13 min read
the garden front of villa farnesina, with the glazed arches of the ground floor loggia between the two projecting wings and a fountain in front
Museums & masterpieces

Villa Farnesina: 6 works to see, in the villa Raphael painted for a banker

13 min read
the terracotta sarcophagus of the spouses in its case at villa giulia, with the couple reclining on the banqueting couch and the man holding the woman by the shoulders
Museums & masterpieces

Villa Giulia Etruscan Museum: 8 works to see, and the tomb that arrived in 2026

14 min read
the marble enclosure of the ara pacis of augustus with the procession reliefs, inside the glass museum building in rome
Monuments & landmarks

Ara Pacis: 6 reliefs to read, and a monument rebuilt twice

13 min read
via merulana in rome almost deserted, the street palazzo merulana faces, with parked cars and nineteenth century buildings on both sides
Museums & masterpieces

Palazzo Merulana: 6 works to see from the Cerasi collection, in a building back from nothing

12 min read
the eighteenth century facade of palazzo braschi, home of the museo di roma, on the corner between piazza navona and corso vittorio emanuele
Museums & masterpieces

Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi: 7 works to see, and piazza Navona without the fountain

13 min read
the atrium of the maxxi in rome seen from above, with the black suspended staircases over the white floor and the curved concrete walls
Museums & masterpieces

MAXXI: 6 things to see, starting with Zaha Hadid’s building

12 min read
the white colonnaded facade of the palazzo delle belle arti, home of the national gallery of modern art in rome, on viale delle belle arti
Museums & masterpieces

National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome: 8 artworks to see, from Canova to Pollock

14 min read
headless roman statue in white marble standing in front of the control panel of the centrale montemartini in rome, with dials and a stop lever
Museums & masterpieces

Centrale Montemartini: 7 artworks to see among the engines of Rome’s first power station

13 min read
Castel Sant’Angelo in Rome seen from the Tiber, with the cylindrical drum, the bronze angel on top and the bridge with its statues reflected in the water
Museums & masterpieces

Castel Sant’Angelo: 6 spaces to see, from Hadrian’s ramp to the Passetto

13 min read
the hemicycle of Trajan’s Markets in Rome seen from the forum, with the Torre delle Milizie above and the brick arches on two tiers
Museums & masterpieces

Trajan’s Markets: 7 artworks from the Museum of the Imperial Fora

12 min read
the brick exterior of the Octagonal Hall at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, with the portico and the word planetario above the entrance
Museums & masterpieces

The Museum of Rescued Art in the Octagonal Hall: the artworks coming home

9 min read
the portico of the great cloister at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome, with Roman sarcophagi lined up along the wall beneath the arches
Museums & masterpieces

Baths of Diocletian: 4 spaces to see, from the cloister attributed to Michelangelo to the Hall of Gold

12 min read
the loggia of the courtyard at Palazzo Altemps in Rome, with the three arches and the grotesque-painted vaults above the balustrade
Museums & masterpieces

Palazzo Altemps: 6 artworks to see, from the Ludovisi Gaul to the Ludovisi Juno

14 min read
the façade of Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome, with the vertical banner of the National Roman Museum next to the arched portal
Museums & masterpieces

Palazzo Massimo alle Terme: 8 artworks to see, from the Boxer to Livia’s frescoes

14 min read
piazza navona with borrominis facade of sant agnese in agone and the fountain of the four rivers
Travel guides

Borromini’s works in Rome: what they are, which ones you can visit, and in what order

11 min read
borrominis concave and convex facade on via di propaganda in rome seen from below
Travel guides

The Borromini you cannot visit: four works you look at from the street

9 min read
the concave facade of sant agnese in agone with its twin bell towers in piazza navona in rome
Monuments & landmarks

Borromini in Rome’s churches: four free stops, from the facade to his tomb

10 min read
the courtyard of the sapienza with the concave facade and the spiral lantern of sant ivo in rome
Monuments & landmarks

Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza: Borromini’s spiral, and why you cannot go in today

8 min read
borrominis perspective gallery at palazzo spada seen on axis with the statue at the far end
Museums & masterpieces

Borromini’s perspective gallery at Palazzo Spada: nine metres that look like thirty-five

8 min read
the rippling facade of san carlo alle quattro fontane at the crossroads of via delle quattro fontane in rome
Monuments & landmarks

San Carlino alle Quattro Fontane: the church that fits inside a pier of St Peter’s

9 min read
The Minerva elephant designed by Bernini, carrying the Egyptian obelisk on its back
Monuments & landmarks

Bernini in Rome: palaces, angels and the last sculpture

11 min read
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Ávila by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the Cornaro Chapel
Monuments & landmarks

Bernini’s works in Rome’s churches: five stops, all of them free

11 min read
The Cathedra Petri by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the apse of St Peter’s Basilica
Monuments & landmarks

Bernini’s works in St Peter’s: seven masterpieces in one building

11 min read
The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Museums & masterpieces

Bernini at the Borghese Gallery: the works nobody looks at

10 min read
The first bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Museums & masterpieces

The two busts of Scipione Borghese: the crack that made Bernini start again

8 min read
Truth Unveiled by Time by Gian Lorenzo Bernini at the Galleria Borghese
Museums & masterpieces

Truth Unveiled by Time: the statue Bernini carved for himself

9 min read
Boy with a Basket of Fruit by Caravaggio at the Galleria Borghese
Museums & masterpieces

Sick Bacchus and Boy with a Basket of Fruit: the two Caravaggios Scipione got through a seizure

9 min read
David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio at the Galleria Borghese
Museums & masterpieces

David with the Head of Goliath: the painting Caravaggio used to beg for pardon

9 min read
detail of bernini’s fountain of the four rivers in piazza navona in rome
Travel guides

Bernini’s fountains in Rome: which ones are really his and how to see them in a day

15 min read
bernini’s bee fountain on the corner between piazza barberini and via veneto
Monuments & landmarks

Bee Fountain: Bernini’s smallest fountain and the mistake that cost dear

9 min read
the barcaccia fountain in piazza di spagna with the spanish steps behind it
Monuments & landmarks

Fontana della Barcaccia: the sinking boat at the Spanish Steps

11 min read
bernini’s fountain of the four rivers in the middle of piazza navona in rome
Monuments & landmarks

Fountain of the Four Rivers: the story, the symbols and the legend that does not hold

13 min read
Civita di Bagnoregio seen from the bridge, the village on its tufa spur surrounded by badlands
Travel guides

Villages in Lazio: 9 to visit, and how you actually get there without a car

16 min read
the Boxer at Rest in the National Roman Museum, one of the eight unmissable museums in Rome
Museums & masterpieces

Museums in Rome: the 8 not to miss, with the closing day and what to look for inside

15 min read
the arcades of the Colosseum lit at dusk, the first stop of a three-day itinerary in Rome
Travel guides

What to see in Rome in 3 days: an itinerary built around bookings and closing days

16 min read
the Boxer at Rest, a seated Greek bronze with bound hands and copper inlays on the wounds, at the National Roman Museum
Museums & masterpieces

National Roman Museum: 6 works to see and how the combined ticket works

14 min read
the inner courtyard of Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome with its orange trees and two levels of arched portico
Museums & masterpieces

Doria Pamphilj Gallery: 6 works to see in the finest private collection in Rome

13 min read
the façade of Palazzo Barberini in Rome seen from the gate, with the Barberini bees on the coat of arms and the lit portico
Museums & masterpieces

Palazzo Barberini: 7 artworks to see, from the two Caravaggios to La Fornarina

14 min read
Carlo Maderno’s façade of St Peter’s Basilica at blue hour, with Michelangelo’s dome behind it and the inscription of Paul V
Monuments & landmarks

St Peter’s Basilica: what to see, what you pay for and what you do not

14 min read
the Trevi Fountain seen from the front, with the façade of Palazzo Poli, the papal inscriptions and Oceanus in the central niche
Monuments & landmarks

The Trevi Fountain: the history, what you are looking at and the new access rules

12 min read
the portico of the Pantheon in Rome with its monolithic columns and the Agrippa inscription, seen from Piazza della Rotonda with the obelisk
Monuments & landmarks

The Pantheon in Rome: what to see, what the ticket costs and why the dome stands up

13 min read
the Roman Forum seen from the Palatine, with the Basilica of Maxentius on the left, the Arch of Titus and the Colosseum beyond
Monuments & landmarks

The Roman Forum and the Palatine: what to see and how to read the ruins

13 min read
the arcades of the Colosseum lit at dusk, with the Palatine Hill and cypresses in the background
Monuments & landmarks

The Colosseum: how to visit it, which ticket to choose and what to really look at

13 min read
The Odescalchi Castle of Bracciano overlooking the lake
Monuments & landmarks

How to visit Bracciano Castle: everything you need to know (updated 2026)

8 min read
The School of Athens, Raphael’s fresco in the Vatican Rooms
Museums & masterpieces

Raphael’s School of Athens: all the secrets of this timeless masterpiece (updated 2026)

9 min read
The terraces of the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina
Monuments & landmarks

Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia in Palestrina: the most venerated of antiquity (updated 2026)

10 min read
The Grotto of Tiberius in Sperlonga, the natural cave turned into a nymphaeum by the emperor
Monuments & landmarks

What to see in Sperlonga: the villa of Tiberius in one of Italy’s most beautiful villages (updated 2026)

12 min read
the creation of adam in michelangelo’s sistine chapel
Monuments & landmarks

Curiosities about the Sistine Chapel: 5 Anecdotes You Do Not Know (updated 2026)

10 min read
The Romanesque basilica of San Pietro in Tuscania on top of its hill
Travel guides

Tuscania, the ideal town to discover history from the Etruscans to the Middle Ages (updated 2026)

5 min read
The Canopus of Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, with the long pool framed by columns
Monuments & landmarks

Visiting Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli: the secrets of the emperor’s palace (updated 2026)

12 min read
The village of Civita di Bagnoregio isolated on its tufa spur in the valley of the calanchi
Travel guides

Why you should visit Civita di Bagnoregio before it disappears forever (updated 2026)

7 min read
paolina borghese by Canova
Museums & masterpieces

Galleria Borghese Rome: 10 masterpieces you absolutely must see (updated 2026)

17 min read
Bernini’s Triton Fountain in Piazza Barberini, Rome
Monuments & landmarks

The Triton Fountain in Rome: 5 things to know and a few anecdotes (updated 2026)

8 min read
One of the colossal sculptures of the Park of the Monsters in Bomarzo among the woods
Monuments & landmarks

The Park of the Monsters in Bomarzo: what to see and the secrets of the Sacred Wood (updated 2026)

8 min read
The entrance arch and buildings of the Coppedè district in Rome
Monuments & landmarks

The Coppedè district in Rome: a unique place suspended between dream and reality (updated 2026)

7 min read
The Circus of Maxentius along the Appian Way in Rome
Monuments & landmarks

The Appian Way: 5 things to discover on the queen of roads, a UNESCO site (updated 2026)

12 min read
The helical Royal Staircase of Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola
Monuments & landmarks

Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola: all the information and curiosities about this gem of the Viterbo area (updated 2026)

9 min read
The fountain in the main square of Sutri during the village festival, with the bell gable and clock behind
Travel guides

What to see in Sutri: the amphitheatre carved out of tuff, the Etruscan necropolis and a crypt in the dark (updated 2026)

12 min read
equestrian statue of marcus aurelius at the capitoline museums
Museums & masterpieces

Visiting the Capitoline Museums: 8 must-see works you should know (updated 2026)

13 min read
The decumanus maximus among the ruins of the archaeological park of Ostia Antica
Monuments & landmarks

Visiting Ostia Antica: one of the most beautiful archaeological parks in the world (updated 2026)

11 min read
the interior of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome
Museums & masterpieces

Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome: great masterpieces and a dark past (updated 2026)

9 min read
The villa of the Priory of Malta on the Aventine Hill in Rome
Monuments & landmarks

The Priory of Malta on the Aventine: the most romantic spot in Rome (updated 2026)

12 min read
The harbour and colourful houses of the fishing village of Marta on Lake Bolsena
Travel guides

What to see in Marta: myths and legends in a fishing village on Lake Bolsena (updated 2026)

4 min read
The Fountain of the Naiads at the centre of Piazza della Repubblica in Rome
Monuments & landmarks

The Fountain of the Naiads in Piazza della Repubblica: the secrets of a scandalous masterpiece (updated 2026)

6 min read
The Imperial Forums of Rome seen from above
Travel guides

The history of Rome in brief: from its founding to today (updated 2026)

9 min read
The Palazzo della Farnesina in Rome, seat of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Museums & masterpieces

The Farnesina Collection: the contemporary art hidden inside Italy’s Foreign Ministry (updated 2026)

5 min read
vatican museums
Museums & masterpieces

Tour of the Vatican Museums in Rome: 9 masterpieces you absolutely must know (updated 2026)

14 min read
Altare della Patria (Vittoriano) in Rome
Monuments & landmarks

Altare della Patria: everything you should know about the Vittoriano in Rome (updated 2026)

11 min read
The swan stained-glass window of the Casina delle Civette at Villa Torlonia, Rome
Monuments & landmarks

Villa Torlonia and its enchanted houses: a beautiful, little-known place in Rome (updated 2026)

8 min read