Sample itinerary · MNL <-> FCO
🛂 Visa required for a PH passport — Schengen visa required.
Rome in golden October: the Colosseum and the Forum, the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel, the Pantheon and the Trevi Fountain, Trastevere for dinner and gelato every afternoon. Tap any slot to make it your group's.
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MNL → FCO
WED 06 OCT 2027
Depart
19:00
Arrive
07:00 +1
Terminal
NAIA 3 -> FCO (one stop)
One-stop carrier (e.g. via Doha)
FCO → MNL
SUN 10 OCT 2027
Depart
21:30
Arrive
20:30 +1
Terminal
FCO -> NAIA 3 (one stop)
One-stop carrier (e.g. via Doha)
€90
Schengen visa
4
days, 3 nights by Piazza Navona
€2
Trevi Fountain, since 2026
2
countries (Italy + Vatican City)
On the forecast: October in Rome: ~22 °C by day, ~13 °C at night — warm afternoons, cool evenings, and the odd heavy rain shower. Live numbers fill in inside the ~16-day forecast window.
Thu · Oct 7
Land, the Pantheon, Trevi, the Spanish Steps
📅 Add Day 1 to calendar22° / 13°C
Warm in the sun, cool in the shade of the narrow streets — a light layer.
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t-shirt + light jacketjeanscomfortable shoes for cobblestonesscarf to cover shoulders in churches
Base: near Piazza NavonaToday's area
07:00
Land at Fiumicino (FCO)
free
Immigration with the new biometric check, bags, then the train or a taxi.
08:30
Into Rome
€14–15
Getting to the centre
Taxi — fixed fare to the historic centre
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~45 min · flat fare inside the old walls — Split four ways it's about the same as the train, door to door. Use the official white taxis.
Leonardo Express to Termini
32 min · €14 — Fast and non-stop, but Termini is a 25-minute bus or taxi from Navona.
Private transfer
driver waiting at arrivals — If anyone needs a fixed pickup.
10:00
Bags at the hotel, cornetto and cappuccino
~€3–5
Drink it standing at the bar like the Romans — sitting down costs more.
11:00
The Pantheon
€7
A 2,000-year-old temple with an open hole in its dome — the rain falls straight in.
12:30
Lunch near Piazza Navona
~€12–25 food
Pizza al taglio (by the slice, by weight) or cacio e pepe at a trattoria a street or two away from the piazza — prices drop when the view does.
14:00
Check in, rest
17:00
Trevi Fountain + the Spanish Steps
€2
Throw a coin over your left shoulder to come back to Rome. Then 10 minutes to the Steps and Via Condotti's windows.
20:00
Dinner
~€15–45 food
Dinner
Roman trattoria
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carbonara, amatriciana, cacio e pepe — The four classic Roman pastas — order different ones and share.
Pizza + supplì
fried rice balls with mozzarella — Thin, crisp Roman pizza — the cheapest good dinner in town.
Rooftop dinner
book ahead — Domes and terraces at sunset.
Why it's worth it: Morning arrival, bags at the hotel, then the classic centro walk — every famous piazza within 20 minutes of the next.
Possible hiccups:
- Italy needs a Schengen visa for a Philippine passport (€90) — apply at the embassy of your main destination, typically up to 6 months and at least 3 weeks before you fly.
- The EU's Entry/Exit System takes your fingerprints and photo on your first entry — expect a longer queue at immigration.
- Trevi Fountain's basin area costs €2 from 09:00 to 22:00 (card only at the entrance). Go early or late for fewer people.
- Sitting on the Spanish Steps is banned and fined. Eating there too.
- Churches need shoulders and knees covered — carry a scarf.
Fri · Oct 8
The Colosseum, the Forum, Trastevere
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Little shade in the Forum — water and a hat, even in October.
outdoor
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sun hatwater bottlewalking shoes with grip (old stones are slippery)
Colosseum → Forum → Palatine → TrastevereToday's area
08:30
The Colosseum
€20+
Which ticket
Standard timed entry
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€18 + €2 · includes the Forum — The main levels of the arena — about an hour inside.
With the arena floor or underground
guided, limited places — Stand where the gladiators did, and see the tunnels below.
Outside only + the Forum
the view from Via dei Fori Imperiali — If tickets are sold out, the outside is free and spectacular.
10:00
Roman Forum + Palatine Hill
included
The ruins of the city's centre — temples, the Senate house, the Via Sacra. Then up the Palatine for the view back over it all.
13:00
Lunch in Monti
~€12–25 food
Rome's oldest neighbourhood, five minutes from the Colosseum — small trattorias and a lively square.
15:00
Altare della Patria + Piazza Venezia
free
The huge white monument the Romans call "the wedding cake" — the terraces are free; the glass lift to the top is paid.
17:30
Gelato, then cross to Trastevere
~€3–5
Pick a gelateria where the pistachio is brownish-green, not bright — that's the real thing.
19:30
Dinner in Trastevere
~€15–35 food
Ivy-covered lanes, the mosaics of Santa Maria in Trastevere lit at night, and trattorias spilling onto the cobbles.
Why it's worth it: Ancient Rome in one ticket — the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill — then across the river to Trastevere for the evening.
Possible hiccups:
- Colosseum tickets are €18 + a €2 booking fee, named to each person and sold for a timed slot — they sell out weeks ahead; bring the passport that matches the name.
- The ticket includes the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill — don't buy them separately.
- Ignore people dressed as gladiators near the Colosseum — photos with them aren't free.
- Rain swap: the Capitoline Museums (indoors, overlooking the Forum).
Sat · Oct 9
The Vatican — museums, the Sistine Chapel, St Peter's
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Mostly indoors — a good day if it rains.
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shoulders and knees covered (enforced)comfortable shoessmall bag (big bags must be checked)
Vatican CityToday's area
08:30
Vatican Museums + the Sistine Chapel
€21+
How to do it
Booked entry, self-guided
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€17 + €4 · ~3 hours — The Raphael Rooms, the Gallery of Maps, then the Sistine Chapel at the end.
Early-access guided tour
in before the doors open — The Sistine Chapel with fewer people — the one splurge that really changes the visit.
Skip the museums — St Peter's only
the basilica is free — Michelangelo's Pietà and the dome, without the museum ticket.
12:00
St Peter's Basilica
free (dome extra)
The biggest church in the world: the Pietà, Bernini's canopy, and — for those with legs left — the climb up the dome for the view over the square.
14:00
Lunch in Prati
~€12–25 food
The neighbourhood beside the Vatican, cheaper than the streets right at its gates.
15:30
Your afternoon
€0–18
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Castel Sant'Angelo + the bridge of angels
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the papal fortress — Up through the castle to the terrace, then across Ponte Sant'Angelo's statues.
Galleria Borghese
€18, timed slot · booked ahead — Bernini's marble sculptures — some of the most beautiful rooms in Rome.
Villa Borghese park
free — Rome's big park and the Pincio terrace view at sunset.
20:00
Dinner + Piazza Navona at night
~€15–35 food
Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers lit up, street painters and musicians.
Why it's worth it: A second country before lunch: the Vatican Museums and Michelangelo's ceiling, then St Peter's Basilica and its dome. The afternoon is yours.
Possible hiccups:
- Vatican Museums are €17 + €4 booking, open Monday–Saturday and closed on Sundays (except the last Sunday of the month). Saturdays are busy — book the first slot.
- The dress code (covered shoulders and knees) is enforced at both the museums and St Peter's — you'll be turned away.
- No photos in the Sistine Chapel, and guards ask for silence.
- Galleria Borghese only sells timed slots (€18, every two hours) — book weeks ahead or skip it.
Sun · Oct 10
A Roman Sunday, then home
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Many shops close or open late on Sundays; the markets and churches don't.
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comfy travel outfitscarf for St Peter's Square
Trastevere / St Peter's → FCOToday's area
09:00
Checkout — bags at the hotel
09:30
Sunday morning
free
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Porta Portese flea market
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Trastevere · Sunday mornings — Rome's huge Sunday flea market — vintage, kitchenware, leather. Watch your pockets.
The Pope's Angelus
St Peter's Square at noon — A short prayer and blessing from the window — a big moment for many Filipino travellers.
Mass in a Roman basilica
Santa Maria Maggiore or Santa Maria in Trastevere — Free, beautiful, and a quiet last morning.
13:00
The long Sunday lunch
~€20–40 food
Romans eat late and slowly on Sundays. Book a trattoria — they fill up with families.
15:30
Last pasalubong
~€20–100
Rosaries from the shops near St Peter's, dried pasta, limoncello (check the liquid rules), and chocolate.
17:30
Collect bags → FCO
€14–15
21:30
Fly home to Manila
One stop. Trip complete.
Why it's worth it: Sunday in Rome: the flea market at Porta Portese or the Pope's Angelus at noon, a long lunch, and an evening flight.
Possible hiccups:
- Campo de' Fiori's market runs Monday to Saturday — on Sundays it's just a square. Porta Portese is the Sunday market.
- The Angelus at noon in St Peter's Square happens most Sundays when the Pope is in Rome — check the Vatican's calendar.
- Leave for FCO by ~17:30 for a 21:30 flight; Rome's city tax is paid at the hotel, per person per night.
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