Rome is the largest city in Italy and its municipality is one of the largest in Europe with an area of 1290 square kilometers (it could easily encircle the other nine Italian largest cities: Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Genoa, Bologna, Florence, Bari, and Catania, as well as that of four major European capital cities like Paris, Berlin, Stockholm and Brussels). It has a population of 2,546,807 (2004) with almost 4 million living in the metropolitan area.
The main tourist season starts at Easter and runs until October; peak periods are in spring and autumn, when the tour buses pour in and tourists are herded around like cattle. Numerous outdoor festivals and concerts and the fact that Romans desert the city for the beaches and mountains, which means very light traffic and a less-crowded city centre, makes summer almost worth the heat. If you do visit in summer, try to hit the sights early, take a long lunch and a nap, and then head out again around 18:00 to take advantage of the cooler evening. Winters are usually mild with few tourists and some fun events around Christmas time.
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