My boyfriend and I are planning to travel to Rome this fall. It will be his first trip, and my second.
When I visited in late July/early August 2017, I remember Rome as awesome and history-packed but hot and touristy. We plan to go to the major ancient sites (roman forum/colosseum/pantheon) and the vatican (including the museums), but I would love some recommendations for places that are off the beaten track, and/or some day trips that will allow us to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. For day trips, we would prefer something max 1.5 hours away (one way) from the city.
I have been looking to biking/walking the appian way, castel st angelo, a food tour in the jewish ghetto, tivoli/hadrian's villa, and castel gandolfo, and so if anyone has been to these would love your thoughts.