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🎨 Art
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What to do in Rome this weekend
26–27 September · both days planned, with times, prices and tickets
Researched live by an agent that reads what is actually on. Updated 2026-09-21.
Saturday
Saturday 26 September
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🎨 Art
Terme di Diocleziano — Museo Nazionale Romano ('Roma in moneta' closing)
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🎵 Concert
La Traviata (Verdi), St. Paul's Within the Walls
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🍴 Food
Roscioli — Salumeria con Cucina
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📍 Aventine Keyhole — Peek through a garden door and St Peter's dome sits perfectly framed.
🍴 Testaccio Market — Where Romans actually shop. The supplì and sandwiches are cheap and serious.
Sunday
Sunday 27 September
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🎨 Art
Vatican Museums (free last Sunday)
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🍴 Food
Pizzarium by Gabriele Bonci
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🧺 Market
Porta Portese flea market
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🎵 Concert
Concerti del Tempietto, Teatro di Marcello (final night)
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📍 Colosseum and Roman Forum — Book the timed ticket. The Forum next door is where the empire actually happened.
📍 Pantheon — A 2,000-year-old dome with a hole in the top. When it rains, it rains inside.
A day out of town this weekend
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Full day
🚌 Day trip
Tivoli: Villa d'Este and Hadrian's Villa
Renaissance fountains and an emperor's sprawling retreat, under an hour out.
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