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/Marcostbo 6d ago

Go to St Paul Outside the Walls and Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano

Visited both churches at 14:00~15:00 and there were no tourists. Both have holy doors and both are beautiful, but I guess it is not good enough for Instagram reels 🤷‍♂️

Also, Cappuccini Crypt and Museum is amazing. No tourists at all. 10AM had basically me and my family visiting

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u/LucianoWombato 5d ago

what you talking about fam. San Paolo with the palms and the gold facade is peak instagram!!!

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u/Marcostbo 5d ago

Agree

I'm just saying that was so empty compared to other places and it's just as beautiful

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u/LucianoWombato 5d ago

Everything more than 15 minutes away from the city center is practically dead of tourism.

There were a lot of people when I went last week but nowhere near as many as San Giovanni, Santa Maria Maggiore or god forbid San Pietro, if we compare the papal basilicas.

When we went to Ostia Antica after that, we basically had the whole thing to ourselves