It's rare to see the Spanish Steps in Rome without a horde of icecream-licking tourists, but renovations can be a blessing. Like this, the place has a beauty of its own and it's one of the many reasons why we will always love Rome
Sant' Ignazio di Loyola at Campus Martius. Nave ceiling, fresco by Fr. Andrea Pozzo, highlighting the triumph of the Jesuit Order. Painted in 1685, it is one of the most spectacular examples of trompe l'oeil
The old Roman road, begun in the 4th century BC, eventually to connect Rome with Brindisi in the south of Italy. The first ten kilometers of the Via Appia are now part of a protected regional park and form an ideal location for hours of hiking or biking within a pastoral setting, alongside ancient ruins, where apparently time stood still
