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Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.

No Michelangelo, but Rome’s other Sistine Chapel is just as impressive

The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t have to fight through the crowds.

  • David Whitley

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‘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
Some Catholics worry that Pope Francis has canonised too many saints, setting the bar too low.

Pope calls on Romans to help housing crisis with ‘charity and solidarity’

Francis asked Catholic institutions and property owners to “make a courageous gesture of love” to Holy Year pilgrims and homeless locals.

  • Nicole Winfield
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Perry Kouroumblis, the prime suspect in the Easey Street murders, is being held at Regina Coeli, one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons.

Riots, suffering, death: The notorious Rome prison housing Easey Street suspect

Perry Kouroumblis is being held at one of Italy’s most overcrowded and violent prisons, as authorities fight to bring him to Australia.

  • Rob Harris and Josephine McKenna
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
Local haunt Bar San Calisto, which has been around since 1969.

The secret to finding la dolce vita? Staying in the same place for a month

The sweetest staycation: setting up a home base for four weeks in the heart of Rome’s Trastevere neighbourhood.

  • Barry Divola
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

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