One of the things that I really like about Rome is how much fun it is to go for a walk here. Traffic aside, there’s so much to see and explore that you can walk for hours without getting tired or bored (well, I can. Walking may be the only exercise I have any stamina for, but I’ve got tons of it). This week I’ve found a really good tool for planning walks. It’s based on Google Maps and it allows you to plan out a route using either the map or the satellite photographs (or both). There’s even a calorie counter so you can see how much you’ll burn off during the walk…

The site is called the Gmaps Pedometer, and you can find it here. One nice feature of it allows you to save a route and show it to other people. So here’s one of my favourite walks.