Rome doesn't need an introduction.
It's one of the most famous cities on Earth, for good reason.
The capital of Italy, the capital of an ancient empire, and the home of the Vatican, Rome is a living archive of Western history.
But it's also a modern travel destination, a massive city with traffic, transit, and more tourists than space.
3 million locals live here, even more if you count the pigeons.
11 million visitors come here each year.
That means crowds, lines and sometimes chaos, but also access to some of the most iconic landmarks in the world.
The Colosseum, Pantheon, St Peter's Basilica, the Roman Forum, the Trevi Fountain and more, all in one city.
Rome sits in the central western part of the Italian peninsula, about 20 km inland from the Tyrrhenian Sea.
It's the beating heart of the Lazio region, not only politically and historically, but geographically, situated at a crossroads that has shaped trade, conquest, religion and migration for nearly 3,000 years.
