April 21-22 Rome

We had a lovely morning on Trenitalia's Frecciarossa high speed train. With speeds up to 180mph we traveled from Florence to Rome in 1.5 hours.
After checking into our hotel we spent the day exploring. We got our steps in visiting Tivoli Fountain, Trinità dei Monti (the church at the top of the Spanish Steps), walking around the Colosseum grounds, the Presidential Palace and
Parliament.
Wednesday we were up early for an hour's walk to the Vatican Museums, where we took a guided tour of the museum's highlights. All I can say is WOW! I thought the Doge's Palace in Venice was the height of opulence, but the Vatican trumped it.
We only spent about four hours at the museum and saw maybe 30% of the exhibits. You could easily spend two days to take everything in.
I'm sure glad I booked the first tour of the day because the line was blocks long when we departed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_MuseumsRead more