Ideas for jet lag outdoor walking near Roma Termini

Giardini del Quirinale

Just a short distance west of Termini

There are two small, early churches with incredible mosaics not far from Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Prassede (spelling may differ on street signs in the area) and Santa Pudenziana. It will be useful to have some 1-euro coins to feed the light boxes for illuminating the mosaics. These are the hours that were in force at the time of my winter 2023 visit; they may have changed:

• Santa Prassede: Daily 10 AM to noon and 4 PM to 6 PM.
• Santa Pudenziana: Mon-Sat 9 AM to 11:30 AM. (Online info showed longer hours, which proved incorrect; what I'm quoted was posted near the door.) This won't work for you unless the church has longer hours now.

The Gelateria Santa Maria Maggiore at the intersection of Via Cavour and Via Panisperna is good, though it doesn't have as wide a selection of flavors as some other places. There are other highly-rated gelaterie in that general area.

Monti is a nice, neighborhoody sort of area if you just want to stroll around in a relatively uncrowded environment. The streets NW of Via Cavour are good--Via Urbana/Via Leonina, Via Panisperna, Via dei Capocci/Via degli Zingari.

The Colosseum would be walkable if you'd like to take a look at the exterior--though that view may still be somewhat marred by construction equipment, and this will probably take you a good bit farther from you hotel.

Thank you, Joe & Acraven! I will pass on the Colosseum this time since I have been in it a few times, but everything else is very helpful!

Walking without sunglasses on is supposed to help in the adjustment to the local time. Two destination suggestions, depending on how far you want to walk. The park around the Borghese Gallery is a little over a mile from Roma Termini. For a longer walk we found the Trastevere neighborhood enjoyable to walk thru

You could go visit the garden at Villa Torlonia (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZramCkKaGiikjRXp8) and/or this cool neighborhood (https://maps.app.goo.gl/hs6c1S4Yi4LGNJHi9) and see the frog fountain (https://maps.app.goo.gl/6KhBcfs8M5hSV4HNA). I say this without ever having been there, but that's our wandering plan one evening to get back to our lodging near Termini after an afternoon at the Borghese (maybe not visit Villa Torlonia, but it looks really cool!).

Carrie

Jean, have you seen the Bernini statue of the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa? It's in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria about 1/2 mile from the station. If you are up to it you could head there, then over to the Piazza Barbarini for Bernini's Triton Fountain and then loop around to Joe's suggestion of the Giardini del Quirinale and back "home". The church of Santa Maria della Vittoria does have some closure hours in the afternoon you'd need to work around.

All those lush Bernini statues should get your brain in Italy mode, hahaha...well, I think it's there anyway!

The Monti neighborhood is nearby and was our favorite area in Rome. We spent our arrival evening wandering around there as we were staying at a hotel in that area. Some cool streets, lively but not overcrowded (at least compared to the rest of Rome). We found a number of small restaurants on and around Via Urbana. Well worth spending a little time there, even though there's no main attraction there.

Termini to the center of the Coppede neighborhood is a 33 minute walk (although I assume you'd walk to your hotel first and drop your bags). We spent several hours walking around the Quartiere Coppede in December 2021 just looking at all the startling and amusing architectural details that are crowded onto these buildings. It's where the frog fountain that Carrie mentions is.

Wow, Carrie, the Villa Torlonia and surrounding places in the gardens is exactly what I love! I don’t want to be inside that arrival day, but I am adding it to the day after I fly back to Rome from Palermo midway through my trip. The art nouveau & stained glass, plus some quirky architecture- I could be there for hours! ; ). I do have a reservation at the Borghese Gallery that day at 1pm, so the location & timing should work well together. Thank you!

Steve & Acraven, thank you for your recommendation to stay near at the Monti neighborhood.. I just watched a Free Tours by Foot video on Monti after seeing your comment, Steve, and it looks very promising. Especially when he mentioned the Fatamorgana Gelateria, and I watch a video of the owners background & focus - wonderful! That’s worth staying awake and walking more! ; )

”All those lush Bernini statues should get your brain in Italy mode, hahaha...well, I think it's there anyway!”

Pam, mentally I am there now! : ) I have been working this week for hours each day on my finale project before it’s packing time! Fourteen 2-sided, 1-page map screenshots of each city - yes, 14 of them, paper, hand-noted & they are worth the weight - LOL! Name a city now, and I can mentally walk from the train station to my lodging, highlights of the city & the location of at least one decent gelato shop! This is time-consuming but a wealth of help when I am traveling solo and moving so often. Plus, I begin to see myself actually in each city which is a great feeling.

Ooh, I mapped my hotel mid-trip that is in Rome, and it happens to be right next door to Mr. 100 Tiramisu! Well, how handy & I am taking that as a sign - LOL! “Do you have a breakfast tiramisu? Fruit is a breakfast food; make it a #35 - mango, raspberry, passion fruit & lime.”

Oh my word....laughing that your mid-point hotel is next to Mr Tiramisu, hahaha! It would be just like having fruit and yogurt for breakfast, right? With some coffee sprinkled on top and maybe some ladyfinger cereal.

Ha ha .... I'm not sure that all those yummy sugary delights would be conducive to staying awake to deal with jet-lag on your arrival day!!!! A bit counterintuitive?.... just say'in...
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