Italy’s capital is a beautiful, romantic cosmopolitan city with nearly 3,000 years of influential art, architecture and culture on display. There is so much to see and do in Rome such as the Forum, Colosseum and the Vatican City being some of the most popular.

The eternal city is not known for its accessibility, even though it’s continually improving – it isn’t called the “Seven Hills Town” for no reason, making it fairly difficult for wheelchair users to get around – especially with a lot of cobblestones, which we recommend travelling with a helper if you’re using a manual wheelchair.

We recommend staying as central as possible to avoid the metro due to the poor accessibility, however the majority of buses do cater for wheelchair users and the most popular museums and galleries are now accessible and so are the most popular archaeological sites, like the Colosseum. When planning your day, it’s best to start high and roll down and going the direct route may not be the best way – remember to check on Google Maps (or something similar), to check that there are no steps on route.   

Whilst Rome is quite far behind other cities for its accessibility, but the sites are completely worth it – please contact us if you would like to find out more information on the accessibility in Rome.