First-Timer's Day in Rome by Car, with the Vatican Museums

Circo Massimo

An overview of the Circus Maximus, the first great stadium of ancient Rome, built for horse and chariot racing. Above it stands the Palatine Hill, where Roman legend places the she-wolf that found Romulus and Remus.

Foro Boario

Two ancient Roman temples from the third century BC, standing in remarkable condition.

Piazza Venezia

A drive past the monument Romans call the wedding cake, raised to Victor Emmanuel II, first king of a unified Italy, in white marble and in deliberate conversation with the Roman Forum beside it.

Pantheon

The most famous of the ancient Roman temples, dedicated to many gods before it became a church, which is why it survived. Inside there is marble on the floors and the walls, and the oculus at the centre of the ceiling.

Costo extra

Trevi Fountain

The coin goes in for a safe return to Rome, or two if you want to find love here, which is the version of the legend the locals prefer. The sculpture around the basin works on the theme of taming the waters.

Spanish Steps

Climb the Spanish Steps as the film stars did in the last century, or sit on them and watch instead, then walk down Via Condotti past the best shops in the city.