Reasons of the month · julio

What to do in Rome in julio

The best month for Rome is marzo — Run Rome The Marathon in mid-March — a 42 km route past the Colosseum, Castel Sant'Angelo and the Vatican, wit…

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Why Rome in julio

Opera under the stars at the Baths of Caracalla — Teatro dell'Opera di Roma stages Aida, Tosca and ballet in the 3rd-century thermal ruins through August.

Festa de'Noantri in Trastevere in late July — the Madonna del Carmine procession from Sant'Agata in Trastevere, piazza concerts and porchetta into the small hours.

Lungo il Tevere — bars, books, cinema and food along the riverbank between Ponte Sublicio and Ponte Sisto, the locals' escape from 33°C afternoons.

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Rome is worth visiting other months too

enero

New Year's Day Tiber dive from Ponte Cavour — a swimmer leaps in dressed as Babbo Natale, a tradition kept unbroken since 1946.

febrero

Carnevale Romano in mid-February — horse parades, masks and pulcinelle along Via del Corso and Piazza del Popolo, reviving the papal tradition.

marzo

Run Rome The Marathon in mid-March — a 42 km route past the Colosseum, Castel Sant'Angelo and the Vatican, with 20,000 runners leaving from the Imperial Fora.

abril

Easter on April 5 — Papal Mass at St. Peter's on Easter Sunday and the Urbi et Orbi blessing at noon from the central Loggia.

mayo

Internazionali BNL d'Italia May 6-17 at Foro Italico — ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 on clay, the direct warm-up to Roland Garros.

junio

Festa della Repubblica on June 2 — military parade down Via dei Fori Imperiali and the Frecce Tricolori jet display over the Altare della Patria.

agosto

Notte di San Lorenzo on August 10 — the Perseid meteor shower watched from Pincio and the Janiculum, Romans wish on the saint's tears.

septiembre

Romaeuropa Festival opens in late September — contemporary dance, theater and digital arts at the Auditorium and the Mattatoio through December.

octubre

Festa del Cinema di Roma October 15-25 at Auditorium Parco della Musica — red carpet, international premieres and retrospectives in Sala Sinopoli.

noviembre

Quietest stretch of the whole tourist season — Vatican, Colosseum and Galleria Borghese line-free, hotels at winter rates and mild 16°C highs.

diciembre

Pope's Midnight Mass at St. Peter's at 7:30 pm — the basilica by candlelight and the Vatican nativity unveiled in the square on December 24.

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