Rome Travel Guide – Honest, Tested Tips + 75 Google Map Picks
Plan your Rome trip with confidence—real recommendations, zero fluff, and the kind of tips we’d text a friend before their flight. This digital guide was built by travelers (not scraped lists) to help you make the most of every day in Rome—without getting overwhelmed.
What You’ll Get
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A flexible 3-day itinerary with options for longer stays
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75+ personally tested picks—from pasta spots to piazzas
- A ready-to-use Google Map with all our recommendations—just open it on your phone and you’ll see every spot pinned and organized by neighborhood
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Local tips on food, neighborhoods, day trips, and shopping
We’ve also included links to experiences we’ve booked ourselves or would recommend to friends—like guided tours of the Vatican or Colosseum, cooking classes, and day trips—all available through our Viator partner shop. It’s an easy way to skip the planning overload and book trusted options ahead of time.
A Better Way to Plan
We know planning a trip to Rome can feel like a part-time job—too many tabs, too many opinions, and too much noise. That’s why we built this guide the way we’d want it: personal, practical, and actually helpful.
We don’t list every pasta place in the city—just the ones we’d send our best friends to. You’ll walk away with a clear plan, a ready-to-use map, and the confidence to explore Rome like a pro.
What’s Inside the Guide
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What to Eat: Our go-to pasta spots, wine bars, bakeries, and gelato counters
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What to See: Essential sights like the Colosseum and Pantheon—plus smaller museums, scenic overlooks, and night walks
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Where to Wander: Neighborhood tips for Trastevere, Testaccio, Centro Storico, and more
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Smart Day Trips: How to visit Orvieto, Tivoli, Pompeii, and beyond
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Shopping Tips: Where to buy olive oil, ceramics, Roman cheeses, and leather goods without falling into tourist traps
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Offline Google Map: All 75+ spots saved and sorted in your own map layer—ready to use as you explore
Made with Care (and Carbonara)
This guide was built from the ground up after days of walking Roman streets, chatting with locals, taste-testing cacio e pepe, and mapping every place we actually loved. Nothing here was crowd-sourced or AI-generated—it’s all us, John and Marlee (JAM), doing what we do best: helping people travel better with honest advice, tested picks, and tools that work.
Buy the Rome Travel Guide
Get clarity, confidence, and a practical plan for Rome—plus the custom Google Map that makes exploring easy. Download now and get started on your Roman holiday.
Who We Are (and Why You Can Trust Us)
We’re John and Marlee—partners in travel and in life—who’ve visited over 50 countries and spent more than 800 nights on the road since 2018. JAM Travel started after friends kept asking us to share our Google Maps pins and planning notes. So we did.
We’ve actually walked these streets, taste-tested the meals, and figured out the best routes so you don’t have to. Every place in this Rome travel guide was vetted for quality, vibe, and value. John’s the spreadsheet guy, Marlee brings the flair—and together, we make trip planning easier (and way more fun).
Planning More Trips?
Explore our other JAM Travel Guides for cities like Paris, London, Florence & Tuscany, and Istanbul. Each guide is packed with tested tips, honest advice, and Google Maps to match.
