Breakfast at Faro (second visit)
Via del Banco di Santo Spirito 4
Second visit. Same order strategy as Friday.
Alternative Apartment breakfast from Mercato Trionfale supplies stocked Friday evening.
Saturday 6 June
Colosseum exterior at golden hour, then Pierluigi
The big day — Villa Borghese, centro storico, Colosseum at golden hour, Pierluigi.
5 min walk
Metro: Ottaviano → Spagna
Three stops, six min. Use the Villa Borghese exit — free escalator. Quick Spanish Steps photo from below.
Villa Borghese — Pincio + Laghetto + risciò
Enter at Pincio for the rooftop view across to St. Peter's dome. Ten min. Then: the Laghetto (boating lake) — ~€4 pp for 20 min, two boats, one parent per kid, race around the Temple of Asclepius on the island. Risciò rental at Bici Pincio — four-seater electric quadricycle, ~€15/hour.
Casina del Lago
Beside the boating lake. Espresso for you, granita di limone for the kids.
Walk down to Piazza del Popolo + Tridente
15 min, downhill, shaded. South through the Tridente, light pass-through of Pantheon area and Piazza Navona (no entry yet).
30 min walk
Lunch: Retrobottega rooftop
New location April 2026, Jean Nouvel's renovation of the Alda Fendi art space. 360° views over Circo Massimo, the Palatine, Lungotevere, Piazza Venezia. Same chefs as the original Retrobottega. You booked the rooftop terrace, not the indoor room.
Crudo, fish, no dessert
- Table: a couple of crudo plates (raw fish, raw vegetables)
- Kids: one pasta each
- Parents: two fish or meat secondi with grilled vegetable sides
- Skip dessert — gelato comes next
~€55–65 pp
Maps
3 min walk
Bocca della Verità
Piazza della Bocca della Verità 18
3 min walk from lunch. 1st-century marble god's face that bites liars. Photo with hand inside — the Roman Holiday moment. Free.
Walk up15–30 min
Maps
Taxi back to centro storico
~15 min taxi, ~€10.
~€10
The Pantheon
Pre-booked slot. Stand directly under the oculus. When it rains, water falls inside.
2 min walk
Sant'Eustachio il Caffè
Many Romans' pick for best espresso in Rome. Secret recipe. Stand at the bar.
3 min walk
Piazza Navona
Long oval built over an ancient stadium. Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers.
5 min walk
Gelato: Gelateria del Teatro
Lavender-white peach or sage-raspberry.
10 min walk
Walk to Barberini metro
10 min.
Metro: Barberini → Termini → Colosseo
Metro A two stops to Termini, change to Metro B, one stop to Colosseo. ~15–18 min.
Colosseum exterior + Arch of Constantine, golden hour
Full loop around the outside. Wander 50 m to the Arch of Constantine. Look down Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Forum. Late-light travertine at 18:30–19:00 in June is the photo everyone takes. No interior — by design.
~40 min
Maps
Metro back: Colosseo → Termini → Spagna
~15 min.
Dinner: Pierluigi
Saturday splurge. Roman seafood institution since 1938, daily catch from the Lazio coast.
Parents skip pasta
- Catalana di gamberi Pierluigi (raw red prawns with citrus, house signature)
- Tartare di ricciola
- Kids share scialatielli ai lupini di mare con broccoletti e limone
- Parents split branzino al sale (fileted at the table)
- Contorno of grilled seasonal vegetables
- Limonata for the kids; half-bottle Vermentino di Bolgheri for parents
~€85–95 pp
Maps
The Rome-at-night loop + Neve di Latte
Pierluigi → Campo de' Fiori (5 min) → Piazza Navona illuminated (10 min) → Pantheon at night (facade lit) → cross Ponte Sant'Angelo with angels under floodlight, Castel Sant'Angelo glowing behind. End at Neve di Latte — fior di latte plus pistacchio di Bronte. Home by 23:30.