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From Perth to Rome direct in under 16 hours: you land in Rome in time for a morning espresso.

‘Don’t turn up without a booking’: Rome will be busier than ever this year

With pilgrims flocking to Rome for the Catholic Jubilee, you’ll need to plan ahead and follow these tips to avoid the holy masses.

  • Justin Meneguzzi
Fresh coffee and “la gioia”… the haircut is just a bonus.

The highlight of my visit to Italy was somewhere totally unexpected

I’ve needed a haircut for months, but as usual, I’ve been putting it off. I’d been butchered before when travelling.

  • Justine Costigan
Accommodation in Rome, especially near Vatican City (back left), is at a premium for Holy Year in 2025.

I stayed in Rome’s poshest area and it was surprisingly cheap

The city’s upper brow may live here, but for tourists it’s a sweet spot – close enough to the city’s most visited sights and far enough to feel Roman.

  • Natasha Bazika
Emirates’ business class is all class.

Qantas take note, this is how you do business class on a superjumbo

When it comes to the pointy end, Emirates is all class. Its Australian codeshare partner needs to start paying attention.

  • Anthony Dennis
Bring an appetite when departing from Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport.

There is no greater airport to eat in than this one

This five-star airport delivers one of the most enjoyable airport experiences around. Just be sure to bring an appetite.

  • Shaney Hudson
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The Mithraeum was the place of worship of the god Mithras.

This is one of Rome’s best attractions, but without the crowds

The Baths of Caracalla is a site with all the beauty, history and scale of the city’s most famous attractions but a tiny fraction of the crowds.

  • Ben Groundwater
The Baths of Caracalla.

An expert expat’s tips for Rome’s San Saba district

Imagine living just down the street from the Baths of Caracalla, which were opened as a place of leisure and social activity in AD 216.

  • Belinda Jackson
Sit among Rome’s rooftops on the terrace.

Supremely located hotel has two Rome icons on its doorstep

Rome wasn’t built to be seen in a day, so it helps to have a hotel in such a central and convenient location.

  • Jane Richards
Beyond its renaissance splendour, La Posta Vecchi is foremost a seaside retreat for city folks.

The stylish seaside resort Romans don’t want you to know about

La Posta Vecchia is just a short hop from the Italian capital, hence why the Eternal City can count seafood – not just carbonara – among its culinary heritage.

  • Maria Pasquale
One of the views from La Terrazza atop the hotel.

Excess reigns supreme at luxury fashion house’s new Rome hotel

Two thousand years may have passed but Bulgari’s new outpost pays homage to its first emperor and Roman antiquity.

  • Maria Pasquale

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