Rome video city walk

Rome does not separate its ruins from its errands. A column that predates most of Europe stands at the edge of a car park; a street of scooters and coffee bars opens onto something two thousand years older without any transition at all. Walking is the only way that stops being remarkable and starts being normal. These walks keep to the centro storico and to pavement level, so the city arrives in the order a person on foot meets it, rather than in the order a guidebook would put it.

Common questions

Where do these Rome walks go?

Two examples: one is a long stroll across the historic centre, taking in the bridges and the wide shopping streets. The other stays inside the centro storico, in the narrow lanes where the traffic gives up and the restaurants take the pavement.

Is there any commentary?

No. There is no voice-over, no captions and no music: only the street and its own sound, which you can switch on with the speaker button.

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