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Walks in Monti.
2 editor-picked walks through Monti. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Monti
Monti: the village under the Forum
Rome's oldest rione, a fountain square, and the artisan lanes a stone's throw from the ruins.
The Fori Imperiali: the promenade to the Colosseum
The straight road over the buried fora, Trajan's Market, and the Colosseum at the end of it.
Nearby
Other walks close to Monti.
Sorted by distance from the start of monti: the village under the forum. Good for stitching together a longer day.
The Quirinale: the palace hill and the Trevi done right
The president's hill, an oval Bernini church, and the back way to the Trevi Fountain.
The Capitoline: Michelangelo's hill above the Forum
The Cordonata, Michelangelo's piazza, the balcony over the Forum, and the wedding-cake Vittoriano.
The Celio: the quiet hill behind the Colosseum
A leafy hill two minutes from the Colosseum, with a round church almost nobody enters.
San Saba: the village above the Baths of Caracalla
A quiet garden-city pocket, the vast brick Baths, and the long green edge of the Circus Maximus.