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Thanks so much for your feedback!!!

Another thought. If we wanted to add in Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano and the Holy Steps, where would you place that? Grazie.

I realized that I left out a few piazzas on my previous itinerary. Piazza Venezia is near the Roman Forum. You could stop there before going to the Forum and then continue along Via dei Fori Imperiali to get to the Forum. San Giovanni in Rotondo is about a 20-minute walk southeast of the Colosseum, along Via San Giovanni in Rotondo.

Piazza del Popolo is right below the Pincian Overlook. You could enter the Villa Borghese at the entrance to the left of the Spanish steps, then walk through the garden and end up at the Pincian overlook, then go down the steps to Piazza del Popolo. Do go into the church of Santa Maria del Popolo, which has so many great works of art, it could be a museum.

If you're staying near the Tiber in Trastevere, Monday morning would be an ideal day to do the Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Trevi fountain walk.

I see you don't have any sightseeing lined up in Trastevere. I really recommend both the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere (wonderful golden mosaics in the nave and on the front), and the Villa Farnesina (Renaissance Villa with beautiful frescoes and garden). The church of Santa Cecilia is also very nice.

A couple of other last minute questions. I haven't seen much written about either of these, but we find them intriguing ...

If we want to see the Mouth of Truth (Bocca della Verita), can you help me identify how that might best fit in our itinerary in terms of location?

Same question for the Pyramid of Cestius?

Here's our current itinerary:

Arrive late evening prior to Day 1

Day 1

Palatine Hill, Forum, Colosseum

San Giovanni, Holy Stairs

110 Open Bus Tour

shopping/wandering

possible Night Tour across Rome (Rick Steve's) - Piazza Navona, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain

Day 2

Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica (tour with Angel Tours)

Borghese Gardens & Pincian overlook

Piazza di Spagna, Spanish Steps

Shopping/wandering

Via Condotti & Via del Corso

Day 3

considering a day trip to Capri or other island city

Day 4

additional shopping/wandering

Campo de' Fiori

Train to Florence

Grazie!

Just realized I left a couple of Piazzas out of my itinerary

Day 1 - Piazza Venezia - near Roman Forum

Day 2 - Piazza del Popola - below the Pincian Overlook

If you are in Rome on a Sunday, you might want to check to see if the Pope is in residence. If he is, he will usually make an appearance on his balcony facing the piazza at noon time. He does a general blessing at this time...be a shame to be there and not attend.

Nonna Sicilia

Romaturismo, the tourism branch of the Comune di Roma, has recommendations for 48 and 96 hours in Rome:

romaturismo.it/v2/…romain4896ore.html

The Mouth of Truth is in the portico of the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, near the Roman forum, close to the Tiber. So I guess you'd include it in that part of your itinerary.

Not sure what nights you are in town, but during the summer the 110 bus is running tours (NOT hop on/hop off) on Thurs/Fri/Sat nights, might be a nice, relaxing cheapish way to see the city at night, let me know if you need more info.

This google map of Romw shows a lot of the main tourist sites and some that I was intgerested in. You will probably have to zoom in and out to see what you need to.

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Santa Maria Cosmedin is blue circle maker with the questin mark inside.

San Giovannni Laterno is the green star and arrow marker.