Hello, we are traveling to Italy in September for a wedding in Urbino. We will spend 4 days in Rome and are finalizing our plans. We have been to Rome before and love the city. I have gotten great information from posts. I'm looking for suggestions on a day trip from Rome and restaurant recommendations in Rome. I've read about many restaurants but always find responses from fellow travelers a great help. Appreciate your ideas!

Read about Tivoli, Appian Way, Piazza del Campidoglio, and Ostia Antica. Have you visited the Vatican Museum? I'd almost get a Vatican tour....so much to see.

No specific resto recommendations as we usually just stopped when hungry or asked hotel folks to reserve "something near" for us.

Urbino is in my neck of the woods. If you need ideas for this area, let me know.

I would also ask locals for restaurant recommendations. I suggested a couple of places to my niece a few months ago. She found one had closed during the pandemic and the other had a different name (and presumably management).

If you haven't been to Orvieto, it's an interesting and fairly easy day-trip by train from Rome. But, honestly, no matter how much time you've spent in Rome, there's always something new to see. The Largo di Torre Argentina just opened to visitors after decades of being fenced off. This is the site of Julius Caesar's assassination in whatever B.C. The Mausoleum of Augustus (near Ara Pacis) also opened after restoration a year or two ago... largest circular tomb in the ancient world. Domus Aurea re-opened.

Neither of these are Michelin-rated, but we enjoyed them:

"Later, for dinner, we headed back toward a restaurant where my daughter had eaten earlier that semester. It’s very casual and good, called the Maccheroni Ristorante at Piazza delle Coppelle, 44, phone 06 68307895. It’s very popular with locals and gets very busy. The service is friendly and the atmosphere is lively and interesting. About 47 EUR for two, with one-half liter of house wine.

"We had reservations to meet my daughter’s friend for dinner at 9:00. He had studied in Rome that semester and recommended his favorite restaurant in the neighborhood where he’d lived, called Il Matriciano, on Via dei Gracchi, 49- 61. (Reservations advised—phone 063213040, or 063212327) It’s perfect for a more special dinner, but certainly not over-the-top. For three people dining, we paid just 103 EUR, which included a liter of house wine. We shared two appetizers, and two of us had veal dishes, one had just spaghetti. We each enjoyed coffee and dessert. It is a very, very friendly and pleasant place. We completely enjoyed it."

Where are you staying in Rome. I can give suggestions in the Piazza Navona area because that's where I like to stay, maybe not convenient for you depending on where you're staying.

I love Orvieto. It has a wonderful cathedral and lovely shops and restaurants. However should you want more open space then if you did not get to Villa d'Este in Tivoli, with its palace and gardens, then it is well worth a visit. The fountains are beautiful and remarkable to see in operation. Another option could be to go to the Pope’s summer residence, Palace of Castel Gandolfo a 17th-century building designed by Carlo Maderno for Pope Urban VIII.

Thank you for your suggestions. We are staying in the Campo de Fiore area, but plan on exploring other areas so all suggestions welcome.

I like to use eating as a learning experience as well as getting something delicious and an excuse to explore a different neighborhood. I recommend going to the Jewish Quarter and eating at Ristorante Piperno. It has stood the test of time and will give you insight to a subset of Roman cuisine.

Last April we spent a month in Rome two blocks from the Campo de' Fiori piazza. We went to nearby Osteria La Quercia several times for dinner, including when friends were visiting. We enjoyed every meal there, though we're not foodies. You might also want to try Giulietta Vino e Cucina on Via Giulia for a different experience. We ate dinner there twice. Wherever you choose, recommend you make reservations.

I can't believe I forgot Orvieto!

Piazza Navona is very close to Campo d. Fiori. A few I have enjoyed:
Old Bear, Via dei Gigli d'Oro, straight north out of P. Navona, wonderful mussels with bread "fingers."
LaFiametta, Piazza La Fiametta, north out of P. Navona, to the left you see Via Zanardelli, turn left just past Hotel Genio. Other stuff is good, too, but I love the eggplant parmigiana.
Osteria del Pegno, Vicolo di Montevecchio, west of P. Navona.

Didn't used to need reservations but have found them necessary on the last couple trips, most recently May of last year.