Our good friends at WHICHBUDGET have reminded us that EasyJet is launching a new service between Nice and Rome, starting 12 March. Now it's even simpler to travel to the Eternal City, where a wealth of fine food, great shopping, history, art, and above all ice cream awaits you! The flights are scheduled every day except Saturday, in the evenings, so you'll need to have something organised for accommodation, and they start at incredibly low prices.

As an example, I made myself a booking to go to Rome for Easter. I booked a flight at €20.49 from Nice to Rome leaving at 21.30 on Tuesday 30th March and returning for €24.49 on Easter Sunday, 4th April, leaving at 19.50. Flight time is one hour and fifteen minutes.

FR2DAY's list of the top ten things to do in Rome

1. Fashion shopping - Rome's best designers are in a cluster of fashion shops - the Arsenale for trendy clothes at low prices; Le Gallinelle for reconditioned classics, and Le Tartarughe for classic off-the-wall causals.
2. A great glass of wine at Antica Enoteca di Via della Croce, where you'll sometimes meet artists ready to chat and show you their work.
3. A classic Roman thin crust pizza - made the traditional way in a wood-fired oven. The best thing here is for you to explore and find your own - there are thousands of great pizzerias in Rome, and the joy is in finding them.
4. Teatro dell-Opera di Roma-Teatro Costanzi - one of the most beautiful operas in the world, and you are sure to get a dose of drama and emotion if you get a ticket for the top shows.
5. Have an ice cream! Italian Gelato is world famous, and rightly so. There are some wonderful tastes available - as with the pizzas we don't want to take away your pleasure of exploring!
6. Meet the Pope - there is an audience with him on Wednesday mornings. If the weather is fine, this is in St Peter's Square; otherwise it takes place in the Sala Nervi audience hall. While you are there you can visit the Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica. Michelangelo's finest works are here - the Sistine ceiling and the Pieta.
7. The Roman ruins - Colosseum, Forum, Circus Maximus. These amazing buildings give a real sense of history - and if you close your eyes you can imagine the gladiators and chariot races.
8. Fountain of Trevi - you saw "La Dolce Vita"? You want to see where Anita Ekberg cooled off? You can come here and throw in the traditional coin for luck.
9. Keats and Shelley house - for all you "Bright Star" fans, this is the house in Italy where John Keats went to try to recover from his illness. A tragic and romantic inspiration.
10. Visit some art galleries - Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Caravaggio, and sculptor Bernini are all prominent stars of the galleries that include the National Gallery, the Borghese, Barberini Palace, and Capitoline.

They say "all roads lead to Rome", - so why not get there ahead of the crowd by booking a cheap flight this Spring?

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