Did ancient Rome have tourism?

Tourism was limited to the upper-class of ancient Rome due to its expense. Travel was also difficult because of shipwrecks, storms, poor maps, and a lack of modern means of transport. Tourism was difficult due to the time required to travel long distances in ancient Rome.



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Motivations. Ancient travel was motivated by reasons as diverse as trade (including postal communications), religious pilgrimages, warfare, and tourism.

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Cyriacus of Ancona (1391-1452), the first cultural tourist since antiquity, lacked these advantages when, in the first half of the 15th century, he sailed around the Mediterranean in search of the remains of Greek and Roman civilisations.

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There's no problem walking alone. It might be better to avoid it on dark deserted streets, as common sense would tell you. I spend a month at a time in Rome, alone, and walk all over and often late into the night. In any city anywhere in the world you need to use common sense.

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