And as La Citta Eterna has always been on an American’s bucket list we bring you today’s Roman Holiday at 1950s Norwegian prices.
The beauty of Rome, of course, is in its sobriquet, it really hasn’t changed since Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck’s days.
As a crown princess and American photographer whizzing about the piazzas in a Vespa.
And thanks to budget transatlantic airline Norse Atlantic Airways we can have our own Roman Holiday from $129 from New York to Rome.
Although you might prefer to travel like Princess Ann which Norse offer in their premium class.
Do it yourself
Ann and Joe’s adventures were, of course, self-guided and we’d advise that too.
Having used the day and a half at the end of our Via Francigena pilgrimage into the Vatican to explore Roma a piedi, on foot.
Our friends at gpsmycity have mapped out a suggested Roman Holiday itinerary.
Chief among them the Spanish Steps, where Ann scoops up gelato.
Romanophiles will tell you it is one of the best vistas in the Italian capital looking out on to the Vatican.
Scoping the other way atop Sant Angelo Castle has been the prime location of popes and plebs.
And where Ann and Joe indulged in mischief under the twinkling lights and shared a dance on the banks of the Tiber.
Fountain of truth
Of course, nobody, American or otherwise, princess or pauper, can visit Rome without throwing three coins in the fountain.
To ensure that you’ll return, and we will.
Although, whisper it, we can’t recall the barber shop near the Trevi Fountain still being there.
From when Ann shed her royal tresses.
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But it’s still today’s Roman Holiday at 1950s Norwegian prices.
