If you're thinking of going to Rome, DON'T!

Me and my girlfriend were so excited to go to Rome and have been all year. We learned important Italian words and were respectful the whole trip. We just finished our 5 day trip and will never be returning, feeling bitterly disappointed that we've paid for this experience.

The people were horrendously rude, constantly trying to drag you into restaurants only to treat you poorly once you're in. They see you as money bags and will try to scam you at any opportunity. You are constantly barraged with people aggressively trying to sell you rubbish and harrasing you for money.

I asked for help at the train station from multiple different people as we were trying to travel to Naples and somehow they were ALL painfully rude. I was told by two of the station staff that "it's not our problem". I waited in line for 20 minutes at a help desk only for the staff member to say the same thing.

We met one nice waiter at a restaurant called "That's Amore". Which actually did very nice food. That was the nicest part of the whole trip.

The monuments look great, but everything around them is horrible. The Vatican is by far the worst. If you are a Christian looking for a spiritual experience look elsewhere. As peddlers will be flogging dabbing pope merch at you while security "shh" you and shout at you.

Most of the time I feel a lot of tourists have little respect for the countries they visit, which is why me and my girlfriend really try to be respectful and polite. But this was the complete opposite.

I implore you; if you're thinking of going to Rome, DON'T! They don't deserve your custom or money. There are so many other countries that will treat you better and appreciate you being there.

If you still decide to go, I will pray that you have a better experience than me and my girlfriend.

Edit: I am no longer going to reply to this post as I feel like I am repeating myself. Thank you to those who responded respectfully, it has been helpful to have different perspectives. I do believe we got quite unlucky and I do take responsibility for being pulled into a restaurant!

To those who called me names and overly sensitive, I find you quite funny, as it is ironic that you got so upset over the opinion of a "sensitive tourist". I do believe that the more the problems I mentioned are brushed off and overlooked, the worse It will become. Don't worry either as I shall not return to Rome are so many better places to visit!

If I continue to receive hate through my inbox, I will delete this post.

Thank you again to those who shared their thoughts with me respectfully!