You don’t have to be a millionaire to visit Rome – if you’re on a budget you can stay in a tent in one of the nearby campsites.
If you’re not used to staying in tents, and if your image of camping is setting up a canvas structure in the middle of a farmer’s field, then the available options around Rome will come as a pleasant surprise.
One thing you need to bear in mind is that Rome is a built-up city, so you won’t be able to pitch your tent within spitting distance of the Cistine Chapel.
But if you’re prepared to travel half an hour out of the city, you’ll find a good range of camping options that are both affordable and comfortable.
It’s always a good idea to go online and read the views of travelers, before you decide where you’re going to stay. If you went back 20 years or so, most people would have read a campsite’s brochure before booking, but since the brochure was written by the site’s owners there was no way of knowing how accurate the descriptions were.
Now, you can visit a travel review site and see what has been written by people who have actually stayed there. They will tell you the good and the bad things about a particular place.
Somewhere among the positive and negative reviews you’ll be able to glean enough about a particular site to decide whether it’s for you or not. The difficult part is sometimes making that assessment while taking into consideration the type of people who might write the reviews.
For example, someone who is used to staying in four-star hotels might write that the site is too basic. Another traveler, who is a camping veteran and who stayed in the tent next door at the same time, might say that the site was very well-equipped and comfortable.