Rome pays tribute to Mary Gayley Senni, the American founder of the city s rose garden, with a plaque at the Roseto Comunale on the slopes of the Aventino.
As Rome welcomes May 2024 and spring starts to look towards summer, here are some tips for the best events and things to do in the Eternal City this month.
Rome s rose garden reopens to the public for two weeks, from Saturday 7 October until Sunday 22 October 2023. Visits are free and booking is not required.
Due to popular demand Rome has extended by one week the closure of the Roseto Comunale, the municipal rose garden on the Aventine Hill, until 17 June 2023.
Rome celebrates 2,776 years on 21 April, in the Natale di Roma birthday tradition based on the legendary founding of the Eternal City by Romulus in 753 BC.