As Rome leaves behind the darkest days of winter and steps into February, listed below are some ideas for the perfect occasions and issues to do within the Everlasting Metropolis this month.
Carnevale enjoyable
Whereas no match for Carnevale in Venice, Rome’s centuries-old carnival celebrations inject color and enjoyable into town presently of 12 months. Youngsters costume up fancy costumes, streets are strewn with vibrant confetti, and bakery home windows are stuffed with tasty treats corresponding to frappe and castagnole.
Six Nations
Rugby fever involves Rome because of the 2024 Six Nations match, with the Azzurri going through England and Scotland on the Stadio Olimpico. The Italy vs England recreation will likely be held on 3 February (the Scotland match is in March) with the “third half” festivities all the time spilling over into Rome’s pubs.
Free museums
Italy opens its state museums and archaeological websites totally free on the primary Sunday of the month – on this case 4 February – in parallel to Rome’s free opening of its city-run museums. The checklist of websites open totally free ranges from the Capitoline Museums to the Pantheon, the latter of which should be booked on-line upfront.
Romantic Rome
Valentine’s Day provides the right probability to discover the romantic aspect of Rome. Common locations to mark San Valentino in Rome embrace a go to to the Giardino degli Aranci or gazing over the Roman Discussion board from the Capitoline hill, strolling down the Spanish Steps (simply do not sit down), strolling throughout the angel-filled Ponte Sant’Angelo or having fun with the sweeping panorama of town from the Gianicolo hill.
New archaeological park
Discover the new archaeological park on the Caelian Hill, within the shadow of the Colosseum, with free entry. The park contains the great new Forma Urbis Museum (tickets required) which permits guests to stroll throughout a glass flooring over the remaining fragments of a famed marble map of historic Rome.
Classical music and opera
Soak up a classical music live performance by the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and get swept away by the orchestra within the huge Santa Cecilia corridor on the Auditorium Parco della Musica, or deal with your self to an evening on the opera courtesy of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
Exhibitions
There are a number of blockbuster exhibitions at present on in Rome, together with the dizzying world of Escher at Palazzo Bonaparte, Fidia on the Capitoline Museums, a tribute to singer-songwriter Rino Gaetano at Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rubens at Galleria Borghese, and Emotion at Chiostro del Bramante.
