This week · Saturday 24 to Friday 30 October 2026

Spend nothing this week

The best free thing each day, across every category. Free means free: where a seat needs registering, the stop says so.

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🆓 This week’s trail

7 stops, from Ippodromo Capannelle on Saturday to Mercato Trionfale on Friday. Every one of them free.

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Saturday

Stop 1 of the week

Ippodromo Capannelle

FreeStop 1 · 10:00 AMJapan DaysIppodromo Capannelle · Appian Way, EUR & SouthA free weekend festival of Japanese culture at the Capannelle racecourse, with a market of crafts, kimono, manga and anime goods, martial-arts displays and stage shows, workshops and…

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10:00 AMPaper Mill Museum Visits at the Ex Cartiera LatinaMuseo Ex Cartiera LatinaFree 10:15 AMWeekend Family Workshops at Casina di RaffaelloCasina di RaffaelloFree

Sunday

Stop 2 of the week

Porta Portese Market

FreeStop 2 · 6:00 AMPorta Portese Sunday Flea MarketPorta Portese Market · Trastevere & MonteverdeRome's largest flea market fills the streets between Viale di Trastevere, Via Ettore Rolli and Via Portuense every Sunday, with hundreds of stalls of antiques, vintage clothes, books,…

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9:00 AMFree Last Sunday at the Vatican MuseumsVatican MuseumsFree 10:30 AMMarguerite Yourcenar: The Elegance of MythVilla AdrianaFree

Monday

Stop 3 of the week

Nuovo Mercato Esquilino

FreeStop 3 · 5:00 AMNuovo Mercato EsquilinoNuovo Mercato Esquilino · Monti, Esquilino & TerminiRome's most international food market, the indoor successor to the old Piazza Vittorio market, packed with Asian, African and Eastern European groceries, spices, rice, salt cod and fish,…

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6:00 AMSan Cosimato Morning MarketPiazza di San CosimatoFree 6:30 AMMercato dell'Unità Food MarketMercato dell'UnitàFree

Tuesday

Stop 4 of the week

Piazza di San Cosimato

FreeStop 4 · 6:00 AMSan Cosimato Morning MarketPiazza di San Cosimato · Trastevere & MonteverdeTrastevere's everyday neighbourhood market in Piazza di San Cosimato, with fruit and vegetables, cheese and cured meats, butchers, fish, flowers from Velletri and Cori growers, and…

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6:30 AMMercato dell'Unità Food MarketMercato dell'UnitàFree 7:00 AMMercato Trionfale Food MarketMercato TrionfaleFree

Wednesday

Stop 5 of the week

Mercato dell'Unità

FreeStop 5 · 6:30 AMMercato dell'Unità Food MarketMercato dell'Unità · Vatican & PratiA covered food market on Via Cola di Rienzo in Prati, with produce, a gourmet fishmonger, butchers with ready-to-cook dishes, fresh pasta, spices and flowers, handy before or after a…

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7:00 AMMercato Trionfale Food MarketMercato TrionfaleFree 7:00 AMMercato Nomentano Food MarketMercato NomentanoFree

Thursday

Stop 6 of the week

Casa di Goethe

FreeStop 6 · 10:00 AMFree Day at the Casa di Goethe: 240 Years Since Goethe Reached RomeCasa di Goethe · Centro StoricoOn Thursday 29 October 2026, the 240th anniversary of Goethe's arrival in Rome, the Casa di Goethe at Via del Corso 18, by Piazza del Popolo, opens its permanent exhibition free of charge…

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7:00 AMMercato Trionfale Food MarketMercato TrionfaleFree 7:00 AMMercato Nomentano Food MarketMercato NomentanoFree

Friday

Stop 7 of the week

Mercato Trionfale

FreeStop 7 · 7:00 AMMercato Trionfale Food MarketMercato Trionfale · Vatican & PratiOne of Italy's biggest covered markets, with more than 270 stalls colour-coded green for fruit and veg, blue for fish and red for meat, plus cheese, cured meats, spices and household…

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7:00 AMMercato Nomentano Food MarketMercato NomentanoFree 7:00 AMMercato di Testaccio Food MarketMercato di TestaccioFree

Or walk a different week

93 eventsThe whole weekThree picks a day, every category 🏺 MakeThe craft week7 stops · 0 free · €585 🎶 ListenThe music week7 stops · 0 free · €115 + 2 unpriced 🎬 WatchThe film week3 stops · 1 free · Unpriced 🧒 KidsThe family week7 stops · 5 free · Unpriced

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