This is a must see. It's so beautiful. It's a little crowded, but it's so huge that it doesn't take too long to get in. It's also so pretty to see it from a distance, so go up on top the hill to view it and the city from a distance.

Even though the location is not as accessible as some of the popular sites (we took the bus, which for the uninitiated is very simple) it is in some ways more impressive than Saint Peters

We stayed around the corner from this Basilica and walked passed several times each day, but didn't visit until day 4. After visiting 20 or 30 churches beforehand, we were expecting more of the same, but this was a real shock. Not only is it huge and incredibly intricate, but also the most colourful of all that we've seen. Definitely... More

Just nice to pass by and take a picture.It is also close to some other attractions by walking distance.

It is so fantastic basilica that I don't have enough words to describe it! Really majestic and wonderfull! Everyone who visit Rome should come and see Santa Maria Maggiore!

At the last day we went to this Basilica. It was a last moment call. But i'm very glad we did. This is so beautiful, you don't want to miss this.

Well worth a visit, whether you are Catholic or not. My wife is, and she wanted to go to Mass here on Sunday, so I accompanied her. Very moving, and exquisite decor everywhere you look, from the altar to the side chapels to the ceiling. It's over 1500 years old and is still an actual parish as well as an... More

The Baroque-era sculptor, painter and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini (see his Ecstasy of Santa Teresa in the Cornaro Chapel of Santa Maria della Vittoria, and Fountain of the Four Rivers in the Piazza Navona) is buried in Santa Maria Maggiore. It's difficult to visit Rome and not hear his name mentioned. For someone so well known, his tomb is surprisingly... More

Pope Sixtus III was Pope from 432 to 440 and he attended the Ecumenical Council of Ephesus in 431. The Council declared Mary the Mother of God and when Sixtus III became Pope he decided to build the Church of St. Mary Major to honor her. The present church evolved through the ages and was made larger and more beautiful.... More