REAL DEALS
Seattle Air/Hotel, From $340
This bargain three-night getaway checks you in to a stylish hotel at Pike Place Market. So what if it's a little rainy?
You now need a ticket for the Forum in Rome (the $14 one for the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill will work). To skip the lines, buy tickets at the Palatine box office (via di S. Gregorio 30). On a brighter note, four rooms at the Emperor Augustus's palace on the Palatine have reopened, with restored frescoes.