Beautiful and fascinating site with good interpretative boards that add context. There’s an audio-video guide which entertained our youngest child but we didn’t feel the need for it. The site is much bigger than we expected. I can’t understand why sites like this are empty when places like the Colosseum are uncomfortably busy. We learnt much more here than we did in the Colosseum crowds.

This is such an under rated attraction in Rome. Twice we have been it has been empty. You can walk right down to the front of the building, up the four storeys above for some amazing views. Think of it as a Roman shopping complex. The staff however both times have been awful. This time the man blocked our way saying we have to put bags into lockers. Not a problem as such but every other person there had bags bigger than ours (smal side bags) no idea why he targeted us? Needs a good few hours to see it all.

The museum is incredible. It’s the ruins of an ancient market, and is very well preserved. Inside, there are a lot of archeological findings, and the ruins are incredible to witness. It is incredible how they could build such a structure. And is incredibly less crowded than other attractions, which is also amazing.

Did not plan to visit this museum, but went inside since it started raining. It contains both history of the more modern market place and the forums that you are overlooking. The famous forum Romana makes it easy to forget these almost equally forums just across the road. Since we later went to another museum where we learned about the forums it was very nice to have seen the artifacts and place.