Restaurants are less expensive than New York, London and Paris, whether a local trattoria, street food stand or Michelin-star restaurant and the rise of Airbnb across the Peninsula has not-so-gently encouraged hotels to upgrade packages, amenities and rates.
To make the most out of a visit to the capital (and spend the least), consider visiting Rome in January and February when sites like the Colosseum and Vatican are less busy and hotel inventory is at highest.
Many five and four-star properties offer incredible deals during the low season.
No matter what time of year, plan on a walking workout — Rome’s city center has the highest concentration of masterpieces (in churches where all you need is a spare 1 or 2 euro coin to light up a Caravaggio or a hidden Michelangelo) and monuments like the Pantheon and Trevi Fountain.
The city’s museum system MuseiinComune has a lineup of free entry museums, which together cover the more than 2,800-year cultural history of Rome, while the 7 euro ticket to the National Museum gives you entry to four incredible ancient sites (Palazzo Massimo, Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi, Baths of Diocletian) in a three-day period.
Travelers looking to discover a more “unknown” (and less expensive) Italy should consider a long weekend in Sicily: Alitalia constantly has offerte, special deals to Palermo and Catania, where the food is delicious and very different from the Italian cuisines you are used to, and the culture is right in front of you on the streets.
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