Ten of us are taking a 1st-time trip to Rome in early June. How should people dress for sightseeing? (Men, women, teenagers, & children)? I've heard different things.

Jean, <BR>Good shoes! I like Merrill's if your feet are happy you are happy!

Jean: I start by wearing some clothes. Leave the sweatsuits at home, though.

Oh my god please do a search on this topic! It is getting all a little to boring for most of us! What do you wear at home? Does your mother still dress you? Common sense please!

XXX, if you are going to be mean and claim that something is boring, at least be polite enough to use a name!

On Saturday night, I'm wearing a toga!

Jean, <BR>The one thing to remember is that your legs and shoulders must be covered for St Peter's. It will be fairly warm, so the men and teens may want to wear light pants or get ones that have the legs that zip on and off. I was comfortable wearing a dress to St. Peter's; zip off pants would have worked well too. The rest of the days I wore shorts and light shirts and so did my husband. Be sure to wear a money belt under your clothes with your credit cards, money, passport, etc. Rick Steve's has excellent information for preparing for travel, check out his website at www.ricksteves.com. <BR> <BR>Have a great trip!

Don't be taken in by any of the 'Paris/Rome/You name it Women/Men are so much more sophisticated than us' CRAP. Wear exactly what you like.

hey xxx <BR>if you have time to be on this website, then you have the time to read through a few repeats. Like you have something better to do? If you are too busy to read, wouldn't it stand to reason that you are too busy to write back? People are only looking for a little help.

Jean, <BR>Ignore the cranks! <BR>this is a topic that is brought up frequently here though, so try a search, type some key words into the TEXT SEARCH BOX, at the top of the Europe forum pg. and then wait a few mins (search can be slow) <BR>From what I understand from past posts, is that in the city of Rome, people do tend to be a bit more dressy than , lets say, we in Vermont. <BR>Jeans, shorts for adults may not be appropriate. <BR>Try a search, if you can't find anything, post again, and maybe one of us "nice" guys will try and find one for you! <BR>We are going to Rome also for 1st time in June, <BR>I hope you all have a great time!

I just wanted to thank all of you who were kind enough to take my question seriously and for giving me tips. To the rest of you, I guess nasty people exist everywhere, even on the web.

Wear what you're comfortable in. If you wear jeans and tennies at home, wear them in Rome. Adults can definitely wear jeans there. If you're fashion conscious at home and want to look stylish, dress accordingly, but you don't have to. If you go to nice restaurants, wear the same type of clothes you'd wear at home. No tank tops or shorts in churches. People get so hung up on what to wear in Europe but it really is not that important. The best advice I can give is to wear comfortable shoes! You'll be miserable if you don't.

Calling Dr. Betty: <BR> <BR>Why DO people lie xxx stop to read (and grouse, anonymously, at) posts like this one, that clearly do not interest them? <BR> <BR>xxx, do you stop in hat shops and yell at the people there for wasting all their money on hats? <BR>

I was in Rome a few weeks ago. The Italians, especially the Romans love to dress. So if you would prefer to blend in a little more be as stylish as you would like. Scarfs for women are a great and take little space in your suitcase. Good walking shoes are a must anywhere in Europe. If you want to stick out as an American... wear jeans and white athletic shoes. Beware of the gypsies.... put anything of value in your moneybelt. Enjoy your trip, Rome is great place to just wonder around and explore.

I'm sure I'll get lashed for this but here it goes... We were in Rome last month and the Americans that stood out the most were the overdressed ones. We saw countless middle aged Americans in brand new designer duds, excessive jewelry and finely coiffured (sp?) hair. The Italians may dress up, but it's my opinion that they are much more subtle about it. They especially stood out at all the 'sights' while the wind was howling and it was sprinkling. The other Americans that caught our attention were the old folks that bought brand new white tennies for their trip.