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Photo spot · Aventino · Rome

Aventine keyhole (Priory of the Knights of Malta)

A line of people bending one by one to a keyhole

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When it fits
Best in the morning · about 20 min
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Where it is

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Straight-line distances: Aventine Hill 119 m · Giardino degli Aranci (Parco Savello) 304 m · Pizzeria Da Remo 338 m. Not travel times.

Why Aura
Go early on a weekday to avoid a queue at the door, then continue to the Giardino degli Aranci two minutes away.
Local gemQuietGo earlyGood with kids
Photo tip · Aura editorial

Early morning (soft light, short queue) · from At the green door of the Priory on Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta; phone lens against the keyhole, focus on the dome at the end of the hedge tunnel

TodayHours to re-checkHours not in OpenStreetMap
Visit lengthAbout 20 min
WeatherOutdoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortEasy
Sources and dates (5)
  • When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
  • Today: Hours not in OpenStreetMap
  • Visit length: Aura estimate
  • Effort: Aura estimate
  • Tags are Aura editorial judgement.

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If it rains

Mercato di TestaccioTestaccio · Arrive late morning on a weekday, shop the produce stalls, then eat standing at the street-food counters before they close mid-afternoon.
Santa Maria in TrastevereTrastevere · Medieval gold mosaics in the apse catch the lamps after dark; step in during the evening opening, then eat in the lanes around the piazza.Capitoline MuseumsCampitelli (Capitoline Hill) · Come in the late afternoon and finish on the Terrazza Caffarelli and the Tabularium gallery, which looks straight down the Forum.
Directions in Google Maps ↗ (opens Google; Aura sends only the coordinates)OpenStreetMap record ↗

Also in this area

Mercato di TestaccioTestaccio · Arrive late morning on a weekday, shop the produce stalls, then eat standing at the street-food counters before they close mid-afternoon.TestaccioTestaccio (Rione XX) · Spend a weekday from market lunch to a pizza at Da Remo, with a walk round Monte dei Cocci in between.Aventine HillRipa / San Saba (Aventino) · Walk up late afternoon, look through the keyhole, then wait for sunset from the orange-garden terrace.