Roman Holiday - Part IV

As we had seen all of the main tourist sights on our list during the first three days, we were able to spend our final day in Rome just wandering the city at a relaxed pace. The weather had returned to mostly sunny, which was nice, though there was a lingering chill to the air.

We first headed to the Campo dei Fiori area in order to check out the open air market there. Unfortunately, the market wasn’t open so we headed to the Piazza Navona, which includes a couple of Bernini’s statues: Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi and La Fontana del Moro.

We then spent nearly an hour trying to find a nice authentic pizza place for lunch. Though we had pizza a couple of times already during the trip, it wasn’t really authentic and instead was the average pizza by the slice that one could find anywhere in the U.S. Here are some pictures that I took along the way on some streets that we happened to take by chance.

Finally we found a nice restaurant that specialized in pizzas and we were rewarded for our patience. I got a pizza margherita and added some prosciutto di parma.

After lunch we headed to the Villa Borghese park, which was not far from our hotel. On the way we passed back through the Piazza di Spagna and hiked up the Spanish Steps again. The view was fantastic – bright blue skies with puffy white clouds.

Villa Borghese park was very nice and there were tons of people enjoying a relaxing holiday. In a way, it reminded me of El Retiro Park in Madrid. Not by the look, per se, but in the general relaxed atmosphere and local feel. We unfortunately didn’t have time to visit the Villa Medici, so that will have to wait until next time.