3 or 4 days itinerary in Rome Help?

For restaurants, I suggest Due Colonne at Via dei Serpenti 91 (near Piazza del Quirinale); and Gino e Pietro at Via del Governo Vecchio 106 (near Piazza Navona).

The only suggestions I would make about your itinerary would be to get to the Colosseum, the Pantheon and St. Peters earlier in the day. Colosseum and Pantheon both open at 8:30 am -- be there when the doors open! It will make your visits much more pleasant, as you'll have the sites nearly to yourself. Head for the Pantheon even a little earlier, and stop for a coffee and pastry at Tazza d'Oro, a block or so northeast of the Pantheon. St. Peters opens at 7:00 am. We got there about 8:15 on our visit last May, and that was too late. The security line was already 30 minutes long, halfway around the Piazza.

Also, be aware that the Basilica of San Clemente is closed from 12:30 pm until 3 pm daily.

My grandson and I spent five days and four nights in Rome last May. We stayed at a convent near Piazza Venezia. The itinerary went like this (all by walking, unless noted):

Day 1: Arrive at FCO, FM1 train to Ostiense station. Walk past Pyramid of Cestius and WW2 battle monument at Porta San Paolo, Baths of Caracalla, Circus Maximus and Colosseum to the convent. After checking in and resting up, we walked a circle route via the Colosseum, Arch of Constantine, Circus Maximus, Bocca della Verità, Forum Boarium, Theater of Marcellus, Campidoglio, and view of the Imperial Forum (in the rain).

Day 2: Walk to Colosseum at 8:30; then Palatine Hill, Imperial Forum, Ludus Magnus, San Clemente, St. John Lateran, St. Peter in Chains.

Day 3: Walk past Quirinal Palace, Trevi Fountain, stop at Tazza d'Oro and arrive at Pantheon for 8:30 opening. Then Santa Maria supra Minerva, Largo Argentina, Campo dei Fiori, Piazza Navona, Hadrian's Bridge, Ara Pacis, Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps, Via Veneto, Piazza Barberini, Via Rasella. Return to Colosseum and Campidoglio for late afternoon/sunset views.

Day 4: Metro to St. Peters, then Metro and Lido trains to Ostia Antica.

Day 5: Metro to Tiburtina rail station for departure.

Photos here.

Have you looked at a map? Your sites are all over the place every day.

San Clemente is a much better fit on the day you visit the colosseum area. After that you can visit the trevi fountain not foundation, spanish steps and piazza del popolo. I don't know if you'll have time to visit the colosseum, forum and palatine hill before lunch. There is a lot to see at these sites.

Visit the Castel Sant angelo after you visit the Vatican area, it's very close. You can visit the Piazza Navona and the pantheon on this day. These two sites are about a 10 minute walk from each other.

Donna

@Jeff,

Your photos are awesome! I still working on the itinerary. Remember what if the rain, that is too bad because once I purchased the tickets online and then that's it! I am hoping that my itinerary will go smoothly like what you said. You are very kind to help me out.

@ Jeff, I read it again, I noticed the 3rd day.
Did you buy any tickets for third day? It looks like you walk pass by . Please correct me?

The rain was never really a problem. That time of year, brief thundershowers are common in the late afternoons. The gathering storm on the Day 1 made for a dramatic, angry-looking sky, but the rainfall was light and of short duration. On Day 2 it started raining heavily just as we arrived at the Church of St. Peter in Chains. By the time we went back outside after visiting the church, however, the rain had almost ended.

On Day 3, the only site we visited that required a ticket was Ara Pacis, and there was no line at all to buy them. When we returned to the Colosseum for evening photos, we did not go in.

I purchased a three-day Roma Pass that I used on Days 2, 3, and 4. My grandson was 14 years old, so he did not have to pay to get in to the sites. We bought a transit pass for him.

Here's a short video of the trip (skip the first minute of the video, which is just pre-trip family events).