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Originally Posted by FurnaceFace
Paging 4x4. He lived there for a time.
Upvoting The Pantheon. Amazing building. Sort off off the beaten path, Ostia Antic:
You can rent bikes and cruise around ancient cobblestone roads that Roman legionaries used to ride chariots on as you go from ruin to ruin.
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That was over 12 years ago, so my info is totally outdated, and my stories are "onion tied to a belt"-esque. I do, however, agree about the Pantheon. Probably my favourite building in the whole city. Some would say it's no big deal, but that roof stunned me every time I went in there.
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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Oh, and if you want an experience a lot of people don't do, and is exceptionally memorable...check out the "Museum and Crypt of the Capuchin Friars"
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This is also really true. It takes 10 minutes, but you will remember it forever. Seriously. Beware, the 'open' times are really sparse. Like 11-2 M-F or something. Really easy to get to. In the basement of a non-descript church at Piazza Barbarini. Right near a few other things to see.
Inner Trastevere hole-in-the-wall restaurants with patios are awesome places to eat, as well as the Jewish Ghetto near Teatro Marcello.
You need 4-5 days to see enough of Rome, if not a year.
Oh, and previously mentioned Porta Portese is a pretty cool market, but be-f'ing-ware of pickpockets.