Rome for Readers: A Self-Guided Literary Tour

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Itinerary

1. 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.

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

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3. 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.

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4. 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.

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5. 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.

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6. 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.

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7. 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.

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8. 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.

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9. On this walking tour, you’ll follow in the footsteps of these famous writers, making your way past many of the city’s most iconic landmarks, including Piazza del Popolo and the Spanish Steps.

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10. As you stroll from Terrazza del Pincio where our tour starts to Piazza Barberini where it ends, you’ll see the sites that inspired great masterpieces from world-renowned writers.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Know before you go

How it compares in Rome

• Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 8352 experiences we list in Rome.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Rome

Rome layers nearly three thousand years of history into one walkable city, from the Colosseum and Forum to Baroque piazzas and Vatican art.

Ancient Rome is still in plain sight. The Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill sit together at the city's heart, the Pantheon still stands with its open oculus, and fragments of temples and aqueducts turn up between apartment blocks. Across the Tiber, Vatican City holds St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Top-ranked sights in Rome: Colosseum, Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel.

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