Italy
How much does a trip to Rome cost?
Plan €1672 for 7 nights in Rome, return flight from London included, or €625 travelling cheap. On the ground that works out at €235 per person per day.
- From
- €86/day
- vs. London
- 106%
- Best month
- Jun
Your trip to Rome
Set the length, the number of travellers and the comfort level: the figures recompute here.
€1,672
per person, flight included
- on the ground
- €1,645
- flight from London
- €27
- per person per day, on the ground
- €235
InstantTripCost estimate
Full 7-night budget breakdown
Per-person estimate including flights from London, split across the six expense categories.
per person · Comfort
| Category | Budget | Comfort | Luxury |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flights | €23 | €27 | €41 |
| Hotel | €259 | €728 | €826 |
| Food | €231 | €546 | €1218 |
| Transport | €56 | €126 | €315 |
| Activities | €28 | €126 | €392 |
| Misc | €28 | €119 | €329 |
| 7-night total | €625 | €1672 | €3121 |
Flight from London (annual median).
Unit prices
comfort
Enough to check the total yourself, line by line, at the comfort level you picked.
- €12
- Breakfast
- €22
- Lunch
- €44
- Dinner
- €6
- City ride
- €18
- Site admission
- €235
- A full day
Orders of magnitude derived from our measured ranges, not surveyed venue by venue. Prices vary by neighbourhood and season.
The three tiers
What a budget traveller, a comfort traveller and a premium traveller typically spend.
Budget
€78
per day, approx
- Hotel / night
- €37
- Meal
- €11
- Transit / day
- €8
Comfort
€200
per day, approx
- Hotel / night
- €104
- Meal
- €26
- Transit / day
- €18
Luxury
€337
per day, approx
- Hotel / night
- €118
- Meal
- €58
- Transit / day
- €45
Why visit Rome
Rome costs less than its reputation suggests, and that is measurable. Plan €81 per person per day travelling cheap, €220 mid-range, so roughly €565 and €1,541 for seven nights excluding flights. The cost index sits at 106% of London, below Florence at 118% and far below Venice at 144%.
The reason is a trait few capitals share: its most famous monuments cost nothing. The Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps, Trastevere, all of it is open without a ticket. You can fill two full days with first-rank heritage without spending a euro on admission, which is rare for a city of this standing.
The paid sights fit on one hand: the Colosseum with the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, bundled into a single ticket, and the Vatican Museums. Two expenses to plan, not ten.
On lodging, Rome benefits from a huge market, over 11,000 properties, and that competition pushes prices down: our measurements give €37 a night at entry level, €104 mid-range and €118 upmarket. As a result Rome costs less than Florence and markedly less than Venice, the other two Italian classics, while offering far more to see.
Italy pays in euros, so no exchange to plan. For two people at mid-range comfort, plan roughly €440 a day excluding flights.
Weather & best time to visit
Average temperatures and conditions by month in Rome.
Best month to visitJune
Where to sleep in Rome
Choosing a district
Rome is large but its historic center is walkable. Price mostly follows distance to the major sights: a few metro stops are enough to halve the bill, and the network stays simple to use.
Centro Storico - Pantheon
The historic heart, Pantheon and Piazza Navona steps away, everything on foot. The most central and the priciest.
Trastevere
Right bank of the Tiber, cobbled lanes and evening life, one of the liveliest districts. Central without being in the tourist core.
Termini - Esquilino
Around the central station, charmless but very well connected and cheap: this is where the hostels cluster.
Prati - Vatican
Elegant residential district to the north, next to the Vatican, quiet in the evening and well stocked with shops.
The hotels we measured
Accommodation picks by price range.
Arneil Rooms Rome
guesthouse, standard (6.3/10) from 262 reviews.
Hostel Castello Maggiore
guesthouse, standard (6.8/10) from 1,313 reviews.
Affittacamere Roma Tiburtina
guesthouse, standard (6.6/10) from 763 reviews.
Hotel Center 2
Hotel, standard (6.8/10) from 2,433 reviews.
Domus Getsemani
guesthouse, decent (7.8/10) from 1,292 reviews.
VATICAN GREEN GARDEN
guesthouse, decent (7.5/10) from 277 reviews.
Villa Fatima, Casa per Ferie
guesthouse, very well rated (8.6/10) from 1,064 reviews.
Le Regine - Home suites - Adult Only
guesthouse, rated excellent (9.1/10) from 250 reviews.
All observed hotels in Rome
24 properties, nightly rate for a 2-night stay arriving 15 October 2026.
| Hotel | Category | Rating | From / night |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arneil Rooms Rome | Budget | ★ 6.3 | €20 |
| Baraka 24 | Budget | ★ 4.4 | €27 |
| Hostel Castello Maggiore | Budget | ★ 6.8 | €30 |
| SUNSHINE HOSTEL | Budget | ★ 6.3 | €30 |
| La Casa di Elena | Budget | ★ 7.5 | €30 |
| Hostel Beautiful | Budget | ★ 6.3 | €30 |
| B&B CAPUA | Budget | ★ 2.2 | €35 |
| Hostel Mosaic | Budget | ★ 7.6 | €36 |
| Affittacamere Roma Tiburtina | Mid-range | ★ 6.6 | €55 |
| Hotel Center 2 | Mid-range | ★ 6.8 | €65 |
| Domus Getsemani | Mid-range | ★ 7.8 | €66 |
| Hello Roma B&B | Mid-range | ★ 8.1 | €68 |
| VATICAN GREEN GARDEN | Luxury | ★ 7.5 | €68 |
| Hotel Center 1 | Mid-range | ★ 6.5 | €71 |
| Vatican Rome | Mid-range | ★ 7.9 | €73 |
| Villa Fatima, Casa per Ferie | Luxury | ★ 8.6 | €77 |
| Casa per Ferie Ravasco San Pietro | Mid-range | ★ 8 | €82 |
| Le Regine - Home suites - Adult Only | Luxury | ★ 9.1 | €83 |
| My Secret Room | Luxury | ★ 9.6 | €84 |
| Bye Rome Guesthouse | Mid-range | ★ 8.4 | €87 |
| Sanlorenzo MaDa House | Luxury | ★ 9.4 | €88 |
| Valle Aurelia House | Luxury | ★ 9 | €98 |
| Mocenigo Vatican Suites | Luxury | ★ 8.5 | €105 |
| Stefano House Vaticano Roma | Luxury | ★ 9.1 | €110 |
Eating in Rome
Concrete benchmarks to set your meal budget, from the morning coffee to dinner.
The Roman rule fits in one sentence: the further you get from a monument, the less you pay. Pizza al taglio, sold by the slice by weight, feeds you for €3 to €5, and it is the best-value lunch in the city. A plate of pasta at a neighborhood trattoria runs €10 to €14, against double that on a terrace facing Piazza Navona. Watch for the coperto, a per-person cover charge added at many places, and for tourist menus posted in four languages. Plan €20 to €30 for a sit-down dinner with a glass of wine away from the tourist zones.
Moving around Rome
Transit, distances and the smart moves so you don't pay the tourist tax.
The historic center is best covered on foot, and by far the most pleasant that way: the distances between the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona are measured in minutes. Beyond that, two metro lines cover the essentials and a single ticket costs a few euros, valid about 100 minutes with transfers. A day pass pays off from three rides. A typically Roman detail that lightens the budget: the nasoni, cast-iron drinking fountains spread across the city, run continuously and free, enough to refill a bottle rather than buying water.
Things to do in Rome
Recommended activities and tours.
Colosseum
The Colosseum ( KOL-ə-SEE-əm; Italian: Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]) is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is the largest standing amphitheatre in the world.
Archaeological site
St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri; Italian: Basilica di San Pietro [baˈziːlika di sam ˈpjɛːtro]), is a church of the Italian Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.
Architectural landmark
Pantheon
The Pantheon (UK: , US: ; Latin: Pantheum, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient temple in Rome, Italy, originally built under emperor Augustus (27 BC - AD 14) and reconstructed under Hadrian (117 - 138); since AD 609, it is a Catholic church called the Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres).
Notable place
Vatican Museums
The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of the best-known Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world.
Art museum
Castel Sant'Angelo
Castel Sant'Angelo (pronounced [kaˈstɛl sanˈtandʒelo] Italian for 'Castle of the Holy Angel'), also known as Mausoleum of Hadrian (Italian: Mausoleo di Adriano), is a towering rotunda (cylindrical building) in Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. It was initially commissioned by the Roman Emperor Hadrian as a mausoleum for himself and his family.
Museum
Roman Forum
The Roman Forum (Italian: Foro Romano), also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the centre of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
Square
Saint Peter's Square
St. Peter's Square (Latin: Forum Sancti Petri, Italian: Piazza San Pietro [ˈpjattsa sam ˈpjɛːtro]) is a large plaza located directly in front of St.
Square
Palatine Hill
The Palatine Hill ( PAL-ə-tyne; Classical Latin: Palatium; New Latin: Collis/Mons Palatinus; Italian: Palatino [palaˈtiːno]), which is the centremost of the seven hills of Rome, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire". The site is now mainly a large open-air museum and the Palatine Museum houses many finds from the excavations here and from other ancient Italian sites.
Archaeological site
Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that commemorates Roman emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars. It was probably constructed under the supervision of the architect Apollodorus of Damascus at the order of the Roman Senate.
Archaeological site
Piazza Navona
Piazza Navona (pronounced [ˈpjattsa naˈvoːna]) is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval.
Square
Places referenced on Wikidata. Admission prices vary by season - check each venue's official site.
Paying less in Rome
What moves the needle
What each decision takes off the €1686 total, strongest lever first.
- − €1043
Travel cheap rather than mid-range
Hostel or entry-level hotel, local canteens, public transport. Accommodation is where the gap opens up.
- − €470
Stay five nights instead of seven
Two fewer nights also removes two days of meals, transport and sightseeing.
- − €364
Travel as a pair
The room is shared, nothing else is. Travellers themselves name this as the strongest lever.
Differences computed from our own measurements, for a 7-night mid-range stay, excluding flights.
6 tips on the ground
- The Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, the Trevi Fountain and Piazza Navona are free: two days of sightseeing without a euro of admission.
- The Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill share a single ticket: one expense for three sites.
- Rome costs less than Florence and Venice: the cheapest of Italy's great art cities.
- Sleeping near Termini rather than the Pantheon drops the night from €90 to €20-30 in a hostel, for a few metro stops.
- Pizza al taglio by weight feeds you for €3 to €5, against €25 and up on a tourist terrace.
- The nasoni, free drinking fountains all over the city, save buying bottled water all day.
FAQ
FAQ - Rome
- How much does a week in Rome cost?
- For seven nights, plan roughly €565 per person on a budget (hostel near Termini, pizza al taglio, free sights), and around €1,645 at mid-range comfort with a three-star hotel, excluding flights.
- Is Rome an expensive destination?
- Less than you would think. Its cost index sits just above London, and Rome costs less than Florence or Venice. The hotel market is very wide, which pushes prices down, and most of the great monuments are free. The real expenses are the Colosseum, the Vatican, and restaurants at the foot of the sights.
- What's the best time to visit Rome?
- Spring (April to May) and early autumn (September) offer the best balance, at 18 to 21°C. Summer is hot and very dry, around 25°C with barely 22mm of rain in July, but the heat on shadeless sites is punishing. November is the wettest month at 130mm, and winter stays mild, around 7 to 8°C.
- Which Rome monuments are free?
- Many, and not minor ones: the Pantheon, St. Peter's Basilica, St. Peter's Square, the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, the Spanish Steps, Trastevere and most churches. The main paid ones are the Colosseum with the Forum and Palatine on a single ticket, the Vatican Museums and the Borghese Gallery.
At a glance
Wikidata, Wikipedia and Open-Meteo data
- Population
- 2.7M
- Area
- 1,287 km²
- Elevation
- 21 m
- Language
- Italian
- Currency
- €
- Founded
- -752
- Avg. July temp.
- 25°
- Avg. Jan. temp.
- 7°
- Rainy days / year
- 103
inhabitants
Euro
19° - 30°
4° - 12°
About
Rome in brief
Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with a population of 2.7 million in an area of 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 mi2), Rome is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4.2 million, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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