Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti

Under construction when I was visiting so kind of a disappointment. Masses of crowds. The district has lots of good shopping in the area. Lots of police and aggressive vendors with roses and selfie sticks… Just a little to be desired…

A lot of my friends suggested to go during day time — I didn’t like it, too many people but during evening hours still a lot of people but you have a plenty of breading room.
Would recommend to go and clime up to the stairs ;)

Die Spanische Treppe hat mich jetzt nicht umgehauen. Sicher, sie bietet einen Sitzplatz nach einem anstregenden Bummel oder Sightseeing Trip. Leider wird man ständig von Verkäufern belästigt, die einem überteuerte Getränke oder — momentan sehr trendy — «Selfie» (natürlich korrekt Selfie Sticks) anbieten wollen.
Insgesamt ist es eben eine große Treppe und nicht wirklich mehr. Der Brunnen am Fuße der Treppe ist ganz schön. Daher mein Tipp: Einmal hoch– oder runterlaufen und den Punkt auf der Liste abhaken.

walking up the steps this is another famous landmark yet one could miss it or not be so wowed as it’s just a staircase very wide for Europe with a Church at the top with a view of the fountain at the bottom and all the haute couture shopping below.
Like the Trevi fountain the Fontana della Baraccia was under construction and all covered up. You do however get to see through the plexiglass to see how they are restoring this fountain. It is interesting like Trevi to see that these fountains do need to be restored to be maintained for many more thousands of years!
*******Alert***** Ignore the guys trying to give you roses. Actually, you need to be somewhat direct and firm so they get the point! We came here a few different days and these guys are very aggressive. The target couples walking hand in hand, try to give the woman three roses explaining 1−2−3 is for each level of love or some other BS. Then shake the man’s hand and congratulate them and then demand money for the roses. We watched countless time after time these guys trying their scam. Some of the worst I’ve seen in Rome! One poor guy gave the guy a five euro note only to have the aggressive vendor ask for another five euro note. This (not so wise) individual by giving ten euros for three wilted roses only encourages these scammers more!
The view at the top is okay but nothing memorable!

Beautiful. Crowded. And any street you walk down is a shoppers heaven. Very high end. Fun street performers. Restaurants galore. Seems to be a lot of local teens so must be THE PLACE TO GO lol.

This is quite a a spot with lot of tourist. The famous Spanish steps about 138 of them are located here and you can find a nice church at the top.
The steps seemed pretty regular to me but the Fontana della Barcaccia at the end of the steps makes it a little pleasant to sit and relax their at night for people watching.
Trinita dei Monti a famous little french church is located at the top of the stairs. Their was a service going on so it was crowed. There is not much to see inside but It is best known because its above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the Piazza di Spagna.

During a visit to Rome, you have many options of tourist attractions to visit. The steps will be filled with tourists and pickpockets so be careful with your belongings that said, there is some fairly cool history behind these «plain old stairs» or at least behind the area of the steps like Keats, the fountains, etc.
In the Piazza di Spagna at the base is the Early Baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia («Fountain of the ugly Boat»), built in 1627 – 29 and often credited to Pietro Bernini, father of a more famous son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, who is recently said to have collaborated on the decoration. The elder Bernini had been the pope’s architect for the Acqua Vergine, since 1623. According to a legend, Pope Urban VIII had the fountain installed after he had been impressed by a boat brought here by a flood of the Tiber river.
In the piazza, at the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821; it is now a museum dedicated to his memory, full of memorabilia of the English Romantic generation. On the same right side stands the 15^th century former cardinal Lorenzo Cybo de Mari’s palace, now Ferrari di Valbona, a building altered in 1936 to designs by Marcello Piacentini, the main city planner during Fascism, with modern terraces perfectly in harmony with the surrounding baroque context.
With its characteristic butterfly plan, the Piazza di Spagna is one of the most famous images in the world, as well as being one of the most majestic urban monuments of Roman Baroque style. In the Renaissance period, the square was the most popular tourist attraction in the city: it attracted artists and writers alike and was full of elegant hotels, inns and residences.

These are steps. Stairs. Whatever you want to call them. No architectural gem here. Trinità dei Monti is the church at the peak of the steps, but that is *technically* not part of the steps.
These steps aren’t particularly grand [to me], but it is the largest staircase in Europe. There isn’t here much history behind them either – in comparison to other masterful Roman works.
If you go in the summer, know that they will be full of tourists and local boys trying to swoon you, then take your wallet.
Go if you want to say you went, but really, there are so many other architectural marvels that should be explored whilst in Rome. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, and I can assure you they don’t use these much – other than to pickpocket of course. ;)
If you do want to see the Spanish Steps sans people, go at the crack of dawn.

Diese Treppe hat einfach so viel Flairhier treffen sich junge menschen aus aller welt zum Wein, snacken, musizieren und kennen lernen!
Ein Muss für ausländische Touristen!!!

My husband and I visited Rome in mid-​April so we were able to avoid the majority of the crowds at the Spanish Steps. It started to rain as we were walking down the steps so we were able to get some nice pictures without flocks of tourists around.
The Spanish steps only consist of 138 steps, but this is the widest staircase in Europe. If you’ve walked the narrow streets in Italy you can really appreciate how spacious this area feels. The Trinità dei Monti church sits at the top of the steps.
TIP: Watch out for pickpockets and scam artists. Do not accept gifts of roses or friendship bracelets from anyone!

As the widest staircase in all of Europe, the scalinita is worth a pause at the beginning of your morning walk through Roma. I walked up the street toward the piazza passing some lux hotels and shops on the way and was greeted with a stunning view of Roma. I paused for a bit just to take it in. Great ambiance also.
At the bottom of the steps is Piazza di Spagna, the Keats-​Shelley Memorial Museum, and many luxury shops like Prada and Gucci.
Grab a seat on a step and you can sit for awhile and people watch, you might even be serenaded by a musician as I was. This is a nice stop on your way to perhaps a day of shopping or other fun adventures.

I’m not sure what all the fuss is about with the Spanish steps. You’ll probably stumble over them when you’re out shopping anyway (like I did) but I wouldn’t recommend going out of your way to find them. It’s a good spot to enjoy some lunch, gelato, and/​or people watching but I think there are better gems throughout Roma that aren’t as crowded or touristy.

Like lost tourist we stumbled on the Spanish Steps by accident. We were looking for Prada and Gucci. Walked down some steps and when we looked up we saw… Hmmm… «Could those be the spanish steps? No, it should be fancier.» Oops.
On the bright side, they weren’t hard to climb considering the extreme slope of the hill, so that was nice and it a fantastic example of Roman Baroque style but…
They’re steps. I didn’t get it. I walked down some beautiful steps at the vatican too but… They’re steps.
The Barcaccia fountain (Fountain of the Old Boat) at the base of the was interesting. Created by Master sculptors Bernini and his son Gian Lorenzo who’s pieces are in the Vatican and Villa Borghese, another great art museum to see if you have time.
But other than a few snapshots to say we were there, we moved on to Prada and Gucci. Thank you. Ciao!