Christmas in Rome
December – early JanuaryAcross the city; Piazza Navona, St. Peter's Square
Nativity scenes in every church, lights along Via del Corso, the Christmas market in Piazza Navona, and the Pope's midnight mass at St. Peter's.
Events in Rome
Festivals, exhibitions, sacred celebrations and seasonal markets.
Holy Week & Easter
March or AprilVatican, Colosseum, basilicas
Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum on Good Friday led by the Pope; Urbi et Orbi blessing on Easter Sunday.
Estate Romana
June – SeptemberTiber riverside, parks, archaeological sites
City-wide summer festival: open-air cinema, jazz on the Tiber, theatre in Roman ruins.
Rome Marathon
Mid-MarchStart at Via dei Fori Imperiali
42 km past the Colosseum, Vatican, Pantheon and Circus Maximus. One of the world's most scenic marathons.