VISIT ROME IN 2 DAYS WHEN IT RAINS

If you only have 2 days to visit Rome, but the weather conditions are anything but favourable, do not despair: fortunately, the eternal city offers a great number of things to do and see even indoors.
You will undoubtedly find a way to save your holiday and return home satisfied with the visit.

Below you will find our tips about what to do if you are in Rome for two days with the rain:

1. VISIT A MUSEUM

One of the things that you can do in Rome when it rains is undoubtedly to visit a museum and you are spoiled for choice. Here are the most important ones:

Visit Rome in 2 days with the rain: the Vatican Museums

Vatican Museums
With 7 km of exhibition space and more masterpieces than those of many small countries, the museums can boast one of the largest collections of art in the world. HERE FOR THE TICKETS!

Capitolini Museums
They are the oldest public museums in the world. The focal point is a collection of ancient statues, but you will also find many masterpieces of great Italian and Flemish painters. It is included in the Roma Pass

Doria Panphilj Palace and Gallery
It contains one of the richest private art collections in Rome. The gallery consists of ten rooms, arranged chronologically and filled with floor-to-ceiling paintings. Do not miss the Salome with the head of the Baptist Titian and Rest on the flight to Egypt of Caravaggio and also the portrait of Innocent X by Velasquez. TICKETS

 

2. ENTER THE PANTHEON

The beautiful Pantheon's dome in Rome

A nice thing to do when it rains in Rome is to go and see for yourself if it is true that the rain does not enter.
(This actually happens because the opening of the Pantheon creates a “chimney effect” that is an upward air flow that leads to the shattering of water droplets.Thus, even when there is heavy rain, you have the feeling that inside there is little rain. The fact that there are both central and lateral drainage holes on the floor to prevent puddles from forming on the floor reinforces this feeling).

3. A TOUR ON TOURIST BUSES

A tour of Rome on hop on hop off buses Rome when it rains: the beauty of a tour on the tourist buses.
A tour on the tourist buses can be a good idea if you are visiting Rome in 2 days in the rain. You will have the chance to see all the main attractions of the city comfortably seated and dry!

4. DRINK A COFFEE AT SANT’EUSTACHIO

Enjoying a good coffee at the Bar Sant'Eustachio in Rome

Watching Rome in the rain while enjoying a good coffee at the Bar Sant’Eustachio, which is said by many to be the best coffee in Rome, will certainly be a good feeling. You can go there after visiting the Pantheon, if you like.

5. VISIT THE CATACOMBS OF SAN CALLISTO

A visit to the Catacombs can solve the problem of what to do in Rome when it rains. The catacombs of San Callisto are the largest and most visited ones. Dug at the end of the second century on private land, they became the official cemetery of the newly established Roman Church. Here people found the tombs of about 500,000 people and the tombs of 7 popes martyred in the third century, as well as frescoes and inscriptions in Greek and Latin.

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