Rome for Readers: A Self-Guided Literary Walking Tour

Highlights

• Self-Guided Walking Tour
• Offline Access
• Lifetime Access

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Piazza del Popolo

   Pass by

   This self-guided audio tour starts near Piazza del Popolo. As you explore the sites connected to some of the world's greatest writers, you'll pass through the piazza.

2. 2

   Stop 2

   Pass by

   On this self-guided walking, you'll stroll past Hotel de Russie where Charles Dickens stayed in the mid-1800s.

3. 3

   Stop 3

   Pass by

   On this self-guided walking, you'll see Antico Caffè Greco where Gogol would write for hours and Terrazza della Pincio where Henry James liked to sit and write while people-watching.

4. 4

   Stop 4

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   On this self-guided tour, you'll find out where famous writers lived in Rome and wrote their most famous lines, and where they drank coffee and met with other writers. You'll pass by Hotel d'Inghilterra Roma and hear how its connected to these writers.

5. 5

   Stop 5

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   On this self-guided tour, you'll stroll through Piazza Mignanelli, taking in its surrounding sites and hearing about its connected to famous writers like Shelleys, Keats, the Brownings, Lord Byron and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

6. 6

   Spanish Steps

   Pass by

   On this self-guided tour, you'll stroll through Piazza Di Spagna, taking in its surrounding sites and hearing about its connected to famous writers like Shelleys, Keats, the Brownings, Lord Byron and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

7. 7

   Babington's Tea Room

   Pass by

   On this tour, you'll pass by Baington's Tea Room and hear how it got its start as the first tea room in Rome.

8. 8

   Keats-Shelley House

   Pass by

   On this self-guided walking, you'll take in the fountain that inspired John Keats’ epitaph (Fontana della Barcaccia) from the house that Keats stayed in on Piazza di Spagna.

Before you go

Location