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Rome : Top 10 Vistas

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1. Roman Forum from Campidoglio

Walk around the right side of Palazzo Senatorio for a postcard panorama – floodlit at night.
2. Il Vittoriano

Climb the “Wedding Cake” for vistas across the Imperial Fora.
3. Gianicolo

The Eternal City is laid out at your feet from a lover’s lane perch across the Tiber.
4. The Spanish Steps

Views spill down the steps to the tourist-filled piazza (see The Spanish Steps and Piazza di Spagna).
5. Musei Capitolini Café

A bird’s-eye sweep over the archaeological park at Rome’s heart can be seen from here (see Musei Capitolini).
6. St Peter’s Dome

St Peter’s colonnade and Castel Sant’Angelo can be seen from Michelangelo’s dome (see The Dome).
7. Knights of Malta Keyhole

St Peter’s Dome is perfectly framed through a gate keyhole in this garden (see Piazza of the Knights of Malta).
8. Castel Sant’Angelo Ramparts

Lazy Tiber River vistas with the Ponte Sant’Angelo directly underneath (see Castel Sant’Angelo).
9. Pincio

Valadier carefully designed this view from his gardens, across Piazza del Popolo to St Peter’s (see An Afternoon Roman Passeggiata).
10. Villa Mellini

A different panorama, near Rome’s observatory above Piazzale Clodio, taking in the city and hills beyond from the northwest.