Italy
St Peter’s Basilica
We visited St Peter’s after the Vatican Museum. Though the line was long it moved quickly.
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums were a river of humanity pouring through corridors of art, until we all ended up at the pool of the Sistine Chapel.
Villa Borghese
We read “If you only have time for one art gallery in Rome, make it this one.” So we did. Plus the Vatican Museums.
Roman Forum and Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill made a calm break between the crowds at the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. The crowds did make it feel more real. Just imagine your fellow tourists are wearing togas.
Colosseum
One of the best moments of our trip was entering the arena in the Colosseum, like the gladiators would have.
The Pantheon
The Pantheon was about 5 minutes walk from our hotel and we were able to fit it in the first afternoon we arrived.
Rome
I enjoyed our 5 days in Rome a lot. I was expecting to find it hectic and confusing. Maybe visiting it last gave us time to get warmed up?
Amalfi and Positano
We did a ferry “tour” of Amalfi and Positano by simply taking the public ferry from Sorrento and stopping at each for a couple of hours.
Naples
We were supposed to do a walking tour of Naples but our Pompeii tour ran late so we missed it. So we walked through the city on our own.