View from the top of the steps of the Piazza di Spagna

The view from the top of the Spanish Steps, in Rome

The top of the Spanish Steps offers a fine view over the town and a prized meeting place of the Romans. The Rome audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this famous baroque staircase, crowned by the church of Trinità dei Monti.

The top of the baroque staircase

You arrive here at the top of the famous Spanish Steps. This immense and majestic baroque staircase, one of the most well-known in the world, descends in a harmonious succession of flights, landings and curves from the height of the Pincio hill down to the Piazza di Spagna below. Built in the eighteenth century, it links the square to the church of Trinità dei Monti, which crowns it with its two bell towers, and whose obelisk raised in front of the façade completes the perspective. From this top, you enjoy a fine plunging view over the Piazza di Spagna, the staircase that stretches below and the roofs of Rome beyond. A privileged meeting place of the Romans as of the visitors, the staircase is a place where you like to sit, stroll and contemplate the spectacle of the town, especially in spring when it is adorned with flowers. An animated belvedere and an emblematic site, the view from the top of the Spanish Steps is a must-see stop of the discovery of Rome.

What to see

Here you enjoy, at the top of the famous eighteenth-century baroque staircase that descends from the Pincio to the Piazza di Spagna, a fine plunging view over the square, the staircase that stretches below and the roofs of Rome, crowned by the church of Trinità dei Monti and its obelisk, a prized meeting place of the Romans, magnificent in the flowery spring. The view from the top of the Spanish Steps is a must-see stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The top of the Spanish Steps lies at the foot of the church of Trinità dei Monti, on the Pincio hill, in Rome, reachable on foot. It is an open-air viewpoint, freely accessible. The place is particularly frequented and beautiful in spring and at sunset.

What can you see from the top of the Spanish Steps?

A fine plunging view over the Piazza di Spagna, the immense eighteenth-century baroque staircase that stretches below and the roofs of Rome beyond; the top is crowned by the church of Trinità dei Monti and its obelisk, and it is a prized meeting place of the Romans.

Where is the top of the Spanish Steps?

At the foot of the church of Trinità dei Monti, on the Pincio hill, in Rome, in Italy.