| Day | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon9 NovRome | FlightArrivalOvernight flight from the US; land at FCO; transfer to the apartment | Check-inImperial Suite SforzaFrom 2:00 PM Rest + Settle InUnpack; rest after the overnight flight | Pantheon at Dusk2-min walk to the Pantheon; lit up, almost no one around — Dad's first impression of Rome. Dinner nearby. |
| Tue10 NovRome | Golf Cart Tour9:30 AM · Rolling Rome, private; pickup at the apartment | ||
| Wed11 NovRome | Colosseum + Forum10:00 AM · Private guide — Colosseum underground + arena floor; earliest slot | ||
| Thu12 NovRome | |||
| Fri13 NovRome | |||
| Sat14 NovRome | Campo de' Fiori + PantheonMorning market at Campo de' Fiori; then finally go inside the Pantheon | Long Farewell Lunch | |
| Sun15 NovRome → Bari | TrainTrain to BariFrecciarossa 9511, Termini → Bari Centrale (~4 hrs); departs 10:00 AM | Check-inSan Triggiano ResidenceFrom 3:00 PM Arrive + Settle InTrain arrives 2:23 PM; check in; rest | Passeggiata |
| Mon16 NovBari | Sannicandro di BariPrivate driver to Sannicandro; walk the village; pasta lunch | ||
| Tue17 NovBari | Egnazia9 AM: depart with hired driver. 10–12: Egnazia site + museum with guide. | Fasano Lunch → Alberobello12:30 PM lunch in Fasano. 2:30 PM Alberobello (35 min). Rione Monti trulli — carriage rides available for mobility. | Return to BariArrive ~6:30 PM; dinner in Bari Vecchia or Lungomare |
| Wed18 NovBari | Bari VecchiaBasilica di San Nicola + Cathedral — central and accessible | Farewell DinnerPiazza Mercantile | |
| Thu19 NovBari → Rome | TrainReturn to RomeFrecciarossa 8314, Bari → Termini (~4 hrs); departs 12:35 PM | Check-inHotel DioclezianoFrom 2:00 PM · transit hotel | Quiet dinnerEarly night before departure |
| Fri20 NovRome |
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| Museum | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Fri 13 | Sat 14 | Thu 19 · evening |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa-Museo de Chirico | tours 10:30–3:15 | tours 9:30–11:30 | ✕ | tours 10:30–3:15 | tours 10:30–3:15 | tours 11–4 | ✕ |
| Galleria d'Arte Moderna | ✕ | 10–7 | 10–7 | 10–7 | 10–7 | 10–7 | until 7 (last 6:30) |
| Museo Carlo Bilotti | ✕ | 10–4 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 10–4 | 10–7 | ✕ |
| Terme di Diocleziano | ✕ | 9:30–7 | 9:30–7 | 9:30–7 | 9:30–7 | 9:30–7 | until 7 (last 6:00) |
| Palazzo Valentini · Domus Romane | 10–6 | ✕ | 10–6 | 10–6 | 10–6 | 10–6 | ✕ |
| Museo Palatino | 8:30–4:30 | 8:30–4:30 | 8:30–4:30 | 8:30–4:30 | 8:30–4:30 | 8:30–4:30 | ✕ |
| Mithraeum, Circus Maximus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ✕ |
| Centrale Montemartini | ✕ | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–7 | until 7 (last 6:00) |
| Museo delle Civiltà (prehistoric) | ✕ | 8–7 | 8–7 | 8–7 | 8–7 | 8–7 | until 7 (last 6:30) |
| Fondazione D'ARC | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | 3:30–7:30 | 3:30–7:30 | 3:30–7:30 | until 7:30 (last 7:00) |
| Museo di Casal de' Pazzi | ✕ | 9–2 | 9–2 | 9–2 | 9–2 | 10–2 | ✕ |
| Museo Astronomico e Copernicano | ? | ? | by appt | ? | ? | by appt | ✕ |
| Museo delle Navi Romane, Nemi | ✕ | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–7 | 9–7 | ✕ |
open (hours shown) closed ? reservation-only or no public schedule: see the card by appointment. “Thu 19 · evening” means still open after the 5:05 PM train arrives. Hours were checked against official or city sources on Oct 3, 2026; last-entry times are earlier than closing.
By neighborhood
Casa-Museo Giorgio de Chirico
- Address
- Piazza di Spagna 31, 00187 Roma
- Hours
- Guided visits only, booked online. Closed Wednesday. Mon, Thu, Fri: 10:30, 11:30, 2:15, 3:15 · Tue: 9:30, 10:30, 11:30 · Sat: 11, 12, 2, 3, 4. €8 (€5 for over-65s); 15 people max per tour.
- Focus
- The metaphysical painter's apartment-studio above Piazza di Spagna, kept as he left it: his atelier, brushes and the paintings of his last decades.
- Book
- prenotazioni.fondazionedechirico.org
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None. The Foundation lists no current exhibitions.
Galleria d'Arte Moderna
- Address
- Via Francesco Crispi 24, 00187 Roma
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 10:00–19:00 (last admission 6:30 PM). Closed Monday.
- Focus
- Roman and Italian art from the 1870s to the post-war years in a former Carmelite convent near Piazza di Spagna: Balla, Morandi, de Chirico, Guttuso, Capogrossi and more.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None listed. The centenary show “GAM 100” closes Oct 11 and no exhibitions are planned after it.
Museo Carlo Bilotti
- Address
- Viale Fiorello La Guardia 6 (Aranciera di Villa Borghese), 00197 Roma
- Hours
- Tue–Fri 10:00–16:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–19:00. Closed Monday. Last entry 45 minutes before closing.
- Focus
- Post-war and modern collection in Villa Borghese's Orangery: 18 works by de Chirico, plus Severini, Warhol and Larry Rivers.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- Marina Bindella exhibition, Sept 26 – Nov 15 (from an event listing; confirm on the museum's site).
Museo Nazionale Romano · Terme di Diocleziano
- Address
- Viale Enrico de Nicola 78, 00185 Roma
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 9:30–19:00 (last ticket 6:00 PM). Closed Monday. €15 combined ticket, valid 7 days across the National Roman Museum sites.
- Focus
- Museum of the Protohistory of the Latin Peoples. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (11th to early 6th c. BC): the tribal cultures of Lazio leading up to and just past Rome's founding, inside the ruins of the largest baths of ancient Rome.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found. The museum ran Tuesday-evening openings in autumn 2025; I found no 2026 schedule.
- Heads-up
- Right beside Hotel Diocleziano. On the evening of the 19th the train arrives 5:05 PM and the last ticket is 6:00 PM: tight, but possible.
Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini
- Address
- Via IV Novembre 119/A (visitor entrance Foro Traiano 85), Roma
- Hours
- Daily except Tuesday, 10:00–18:00 (last tour 4:30 PM). Guided visit only; booking required (€1.50 fee per person plus ticket). Winter schedule from the city tourism listing for Nov 2025–Feb 2026; confirm for Nov 2026.
- Focus
- Two Roman town houses (2nd–3rd c. AD) beneath a Renaissance palace beside Trajan's Forum, seen on glass walkways with projected re-creations of the rooms.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found.
Museo Palatino
- Address
- Palatine Hill, Colosseum Archaeological Park (Via di San Gregorio 30 / Arch of Titus entrance)
- Hours
- Daily 8:30–16:30 (last entry 3:30 PM) since Oct 25. Included with the Colosseum–Forum–Palatine ticket (lower floor only).
- Focus
- Finds from the Palatine: the Iron Age huts of Rome's earliest village (8th c. BC) through to the imperial palace.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found.
- Heads-up
- Already on the route of the Wed Nov 11 private tour. Ask the guide to include the museum.
Mithraeum of the Circus Maximus
- Address
- Piazza Bocca della Verità 16/A, 00186 Roma
- Hours
- Reservation only (call 060608, daily 9–19). Individual visits follow a quarterly calendar; the Q4 2026 calendar wasn't posted when I checked. Max 25 people. €4 (free for Rome residents and MIC-card holders).
- Focus
- A 3rd-century sanctuary of Mithras under a Roman building beside the Circus Maximus starting gates, with the bull-slaying relief still in place.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found.
- Access
- Not accessible to visitors with disabilities, per the city's Sovrintendenza.
Centrale Montemartini
- Address
- Via Ostiense 106, 00154 Roma
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 9:00–19:00 (last admission 6:00 PM). Closed Monday. €15.50 combined ticket with the Capitoline Museums (valid 7 days).
- Focus
- About 400 Greek and Roman statues from the Capitoline collection staged among the turbines, diesel engines and boilers of Rome's first public power plant.
- Private tour
- Romeing: 2 hours, from €420 per group, entry not included. (Your saved GetYourGuide link wouldn’t load for me.)
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found.
Museo delle Civiltà · Prehistoric collection
- Address
- Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 14, 00144 Roma (EUR)
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 8:00–19:00 (last entry 6:30 PM). Closed Monday. €10.
- Focus
- Paleolithic through Bronze Age (about 500,000 years ago to 1000 BC): Italy's largest prehistoric collection, covering stone tools, early agriculture and Bronze Age metalworking.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found. The anniversary show “Origine e prospettive” ended June 28.
Fondazione D'ARC
- Address
- Via dei Cluniacensi 128–130, 00159 Roma
- Hours
- Thu–Sun 15:30–19:30 (last entry 7:00 PM). Closed Mon–Wed. Guided tours Sat and Sun at 4:00 and 6:00 PM (€8 plus ticket). €10 (€7 for over-65s). Their homepage still lists Mon–Wed mornings; the ticketing page, updated Aug 31, says Thu–Sun only.
- Focus
- Post-war and contemporary collection: abstraction, kinetic art, Arte Povera. Turcato, Kounellis, Boetti, Kiefer, Christo.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- No exhibition announced yet (the last one closed Sept 27). Last year's autumn show opened Nov 13, so check their newsletter. Open on Thu Nov 19 until 7:30 PM.
- Access
- All spaces step-free, per the museum.
Museo di Casal de' Pazzi
- Address
- Viale Egidio Galbani 6 (corner Via Ciciliano), 00156 Roma
- Hours
- Tue–Fri 9:00–14:00 · Sat–Sun 10:00–14:00 · closed Monday; last entry 1 hour before closing. Some sources say booking through 060608 is required; confirm.
- Focus
- About 200,000 years ago (Middle Pleistocene): archaic humans (Neanderthal ancestors), an ancient riverbed and prehistoric wildlife, including elephant tusks and a skull fragment.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None dated in our window. Tactile guided visits are available on request through Dec 31.
- Access
- Deposit is viewed from a footbridge reached by ramp, per the museum.
Museo Astronomico e Copernicano
- Address
- Viale del Parco Mellini 84, 00136 Roma (Monte Mario)
- Hours
- Reservation only, guided. No public schedule confirmed for Nov 2026. An older listing shows Wed and Sat 9:30–12:00. Email museo.oar@inaf.it.
- Focus
- Historic astronomical instruments: astrolabes, telescopes and one of Europe's richest collections of celestial and terrestrial globes, plus Copernicus relics and rare books.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found. The INAF page is out of date (it still describes 2023 visits), so email to confirm.
Museo delle Navi Romane di Nemi
- Address
- Via Diana 13–15, 00040 Nemi (RM)
- Hours
- Tue–Sun 9:00–19:00 (last entry 6:00 PM). Closed Monday. €3. The official page says “extraordinary closure until Oct 31, 2026”; confirm it has reopened.
- Focus
- Caligula's lake ships (destroyed in 1944): surviving bronzes, fittings and 1:5 models, plus finds from the Sanctuary of Diana. The cult-finds wing is closed for floor repairs.
- Nov 9–15 & eve of Nov 19
- None found.
- Access
- Accessible along the whole visit route, per the museum.