Let Secret Rome guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.


Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Rome guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of an amazing city. Ideal for local inhabitants and curious travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.


Now in it's 8th edition, Secret Rome features 140+ secret and unusual locations.


Inside Secret Rome:




Visit places closed to the public
Admire exceptional works of art away from the tourist circuit
Listen to a concert in a magnificent hidden oratory
Have your dog or car blessed
Puzzle over a rare catoptric meridian or a wonderful anamorphic fresco
Discover the remarkable motorized Rubens
Enter into the secrets of the Vatican
Rediscover a lost Bernini masterpiece
Say a prayer before an image of the Holy Face of Jesus
Organize a dinner for two in a private palace


Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Rome is still a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Rome well, or who would like to discover the hidden face of the city.