Public space
Piazza di Spagna, Rome
Spanish Steps
The 135 travertine steps where Princess Ann ate a gelato and tasted her first afternoon of freedom.
Shot here: Roman Holiday (1953)
41.9059° N / 12.4828° E
City guide · Italy
Rome
The Eternal City has been a movie star since the 1950s, and it still looks the part.
5 locations2 films
Rome on screen
Postwar Hollywood came to Rome for the cheap studios at Cinecittà and stayed for the streets. Roman Holiday made the city a romantic fantasy, and La Dolce Vita made it the capital of cool.
Most of the great scenes happened within a short walk of each other in the historic center, so you can cover decades of cinema in a single day.
Suggested scene walk
From the Mouth of Truth to the Via Veneto
Start early at the Bocca della Verità before the queue, head north through the center to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, then finish with an aperitivo on the Via Veneto.
5 stops · 1.9 mi between them
Every location in Rome
Open set hours
Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome
Bocca della Verità
The ancient marble face that, legend says, bites the hands of liars, and nearly gave Audrey Hepburn a real scare.
Shot here: Roman Holiday (1953)
41.8881° N / 12.4816° E
Private · exterior only
Tridente, Rome
Via Margutta 51
The ivy-draped courtyard where reporter Joe Bradley rented his small apartment, and hid a princess.
Shot here: Roman Holiday (1953)
41.9084° N / 12.4799° E
Public space
Trevi, Rome
Trevi Fountain
The baroque fountain where Anita Ekberg waded in and called “Marcello, come here!”, and Princess Ann found a barber.
Shot here: Roman Holiday (1953) · La Dolce Vita (1960)
41.9009° N / 12.4833° E
Public space
Ludovisi, Rome
Via Veneto
The curving avenue of grand hotels and cafés that gave the world the word “paparazzi”.
Shot here: La Dolce Vita (1960)
41.9074° N / 12.4887° E