‘Angels & Demons’ has Arrived—and so Have the Travel Writers

Publicity still from “Angels & Demons” (via IGN)

If you’re not interested in Dan Brown or the film adaptation of his hit novel, “Angels & Demons,” you may want to avoid the travel pages for the next few days—I haven’t seen travel-movie-mania on this scale since last year’s Sex and the City movie transfixed shoe-loving travel writers everywhere.

If, however, you’re keen to explore “Dan Brown’s Rome,” read on for the best of the near-ubiquitous coverage.

• Travel and Leisure has an informative slideshow of key Roman sites that pop up in “Angels & Demons,” along with anecdotes about their histories. As Reid Bramblett writes, “the true miraculous and demonic events that took place at them are often even stranger than those Dan Brown’s imagination could whip up.”
• Over at WhyGo Italy, Jessica Spiegel outlines a self-guided Dan Brown tour of Rome, for those who don’t want to book with a guided, group option.
• Reuters has an action-packed 48-hour “Angels & Demons” itinerary on offer. My favorite thing about this one? It balances the Robert Langdon fandom with plenty of eating and drinking.
• Finally, if it’s a package deal you’re looking for, Gadling has the details on the Westin’s “Angels & Demons Experience.”

Oh, and as for the movie itself? Slate’s Dana Stevens is underwhelmed: “Hanks and [co-star Ayelet] Zurer race around Rome having impenetrable conversations in front of world-historical art treasures. Take my advice and stop trying to keep up with their investigation; just let the words pentagram and apse and camerlengo wash over you pleasantly as you ogle the Bernini statues and coffered ceilings.”

“Angels & Demons” hits theaters today.

©2026 World Hum, All Rights Reserved