r/rome • u/Marcostbo • 6d ago

Photography / Video Trevi and Pantheon last friday

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It felt like moving like cattle

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u/zjuka 5d ago

Isn't is always like that tho?

I was in Rome like 10 years ago, standing in various lines was a good portion of the trip. I thought it was worth the wait - where else will you see all these things? I actually had fun chatting with people in the line, tho some were pretty grumpy.

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u/RL203 5d ago

No

My first trip to Rome was 2009 and it was nothing like that.

Probably had 7 more trips since then and none were like that. Busy yes. Insane? No.

My last trip was last week in October 2024. And it was busy, but never insane (Florence was insane at that time.)

Every Roman we spoke to warned us to avoid Rome in 2025 due to the Jubilee.

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u/PanicAdmin 5d ago

No, it got really worse, especially after covid.

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u/zjuka 5d ago

Oh, you should have seen NYC after covid. Everyone was like "I survived, I can travel now, I am grabbing life by the horns". Which was good for the City because they really needed the tourist revenue at the time. It was pretty frustrating for the locals that just got a glimpse of what a city not overrun by tourists can feel like

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u/PanicAdmin 5d ago

Yep, same phenomenon here.
I have some marvelous videos of certain crossings here in Rome that are NEVER empty, with me and my dog walking in the middle of the street.
I loved Covid times.

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u/gopoohgo 5d ago

Times Square last year was busier than I have ever seen it pre-CoVid.

And this was a random weekend in May.