Rome.

With 4,5 million inhabitants and approximately the same number of scooters and cars, the city of Rome (Roma) can call itself one of the busiest cities in the world. Exhausting? Well, the crowds are also relative, because with an afternoon nap in Villa Borghese, a walk through the beautiful Trastevere district and a lot of coffee you can go a long way during your city trip in Rome.

When you walk through Rome, you have the feeling of being in an open-air museum. Every corner of the street offers a surprising look at the past. Churches, temples, hotels, museums, fountains and obelisks offer you a glimpse of ancient, imperial Rome. During your city trip to Rome, it is therefore definitely worth planning out a route (or more) in advance.

Rome has the advantage that all sights lying close to each other. If you choose your accommodation in a good, central location, the 'legs cart' will suffice. You can easily walk from your hotel to the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum and Piazza Navona and many other sights. Some neighborhoods can be just too far. You can then take public transport.

The metro is best recommended, although you don't have to imagine too much of the metro network. There are only 2 lines: line A and line B. Still, the metro is handy if you want to go to the Vatican, for example, and your hotel is near Central Station. Or if you want to visit the EUR district with its rational buildings in fascist style. Above you will find a map of the metro in Rome.

And then of course there is the Vatican, a city-state within a city. The smallest state in the world was created in 1929 after conflicts between the Popes and Italy. The Pope is in charge. Do you want to know more about Vatican City?

Rome of course has many great things to visit, but we would like to highlight the Testaccio district specifically. Testaccio houses a unique piece of Rome: a working-class neighborhood where the tourist is still strange, families sing along with lamentations and where you can really enjoy a delicious meal in an Italian restaurant for little money.

In this district you will find 'Il Monte di Cocci'. This hill consists for the most part of the shards of terracotta vases, which were formerly dumped here by the workers. Now along this winding road many nightclubs and bars lie in deep cellar vaults, which have been slid into the ridge like drawers.

And then of course there is a lot of culture in Rome, which over the centuries has grown into the center of the Christian world. Artists and architects flocked here to work for the popes, leaving behind a motley collection of buildings over the centuries.