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Walking loops in Centro Storico, Rome

The Pantheon's oculus opens to rain and sun equally, and standing beneath it you feel the weight of eighteen centuries of architecture above you, held up by nothing but Roman engineering and audacity. Outside, the piazzas chain together — Navona's baroque fountains, Campo de' Fiori's morning market, small squares you stumble into and can't find again. Layers is the right word: medieval towers built on ancient columns, Renaissance facades hiding Republican walls. Every renovation here uncovers something older.

3 routes from 1.6 to 3.7 km · 3–18 sights per loop