Guidebook for Roma

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Guidebook for Roma

About Eating and Drinking

Our Soulection of food and wine places
This airy bar and restaurant was made famous by the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot parts of his 1961 film “Accattone.” Open from 8 a.m. till late http://bit.ly/1d1xYad
276 locals recommend
Necci dal 1924
68 Via Fanfulla da Lodi
276 locals recommend
This airy bar and restaurant was made famous by the Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, who shot parts of his 1961 film “Accattone.” Open from 8 a.m. till late http://bit.ly/1d1xYad
Social tables, garden for eating out and chatting, during good weather for an outdoor “second breakfast” at 11am.. http://www.rostialpigneto.it/en/
150 locals recommend
Rosti al Pigneto
65 Via Bartolomeo d'Alviano
150 locals recommend
Social tables, garden for eating out and chatting, during good weather for an outdoor “second breakfast” at 11am.. http://www.rostialpigneto.it/en/
Just the best Spaghetti Carbonara you can possibily have in Rome
46 locals recommend
Trattoria Pommidoro
44/46 Piazza dei Sanniti
46 locals recommend
Just the best Spaghetti Carbonara you can possibily have in Rome
You like fresh seafood don't you? And a nice walk in very charming district like Monti? ..And well, for this time, just for this time it's ok not to stay on a budget...
La Crostaceria
26 Via dei Capocci
You like fresh seafood don't you? And a nice walk in very charming district like Monti? ..And well, for this time, just for this time it's ok not to stay on a budget...
You said you wanted to go vegan. Well this place is 3 mins walk from our house...
31 locals recommend
So What?!?
56 Via Ettore Giovenale
31 locals recommend
You said you wanted to go vegan. Well this place is 3 mins walk from our house...
This is the cosy crowdy little place near home where you go to have that very good pizza "scrocchiarella" roman style or spaghetti carbonara, drinking your pint while watching champions league games.
9 locals recommend
Ciak si Mangia
72 Via Giovanni Brancaleone
9 locals recommend
This is the cosy crowdy little place near home where you go to have that very good pizza "scrocchiarella" roman style or spaghetti carbonara, drinking your pint while watching champions league games.
Wines: Good selection and reasonable prices.
21 locals recommend
Enoteca Cavour 313 - ristorante cucina mediterranea wine bar degustazione vini - Roma centro
313 Via Cavour
21 locals recommend
Wines: Good selection and reasonable prices.
nice place, you choose your fish like you were at the fish counter, then they cook it for you.. And in the end it comes cheap like you ordered a pizza!
49 locals recommend
Cooperativa dei Pescatori
2 Vicolo della Luce
49 locals recommend
nice place, you choose your fish like you were at the fish counter, then they cook it for you.. And in the end it comes cheap like you ordered a pizza!
Sunday brunch & dayly "healthy" buffet - sometimes live jazz music - half parisienne bistrot / half roman hosteria
60 locals recommend
Bottiglieria Pigneto
106/a Via del Pigneto
60 locals recommend
Sunday brunch & dayly "healthy" buffet - sometimes live jazz music - half parisienne bistrot / half roman hosteria
An institution. Just taste the "old school" polpette al sugo, and you'll understand everything. Everything.
72 locals recommend
Da Tonino - Trattoria Bassetti
18-19 Via del Governo Vecchio
72 locals recommend
An institution. Just taste the "old school" polpette al sugo, and you'll understand everything. Everything.
ok ok ok, you're in Rome, spaghetti pizza mozzarella, you're totally right but...if you were like having a real HAMBURGER? There you go!
19 locals recommend
Ferrovecchio
32 Via dei Sabelli
19 locals recommend
ok ok ok, you're in Rome, spaghetti pizza mozzarella, you're totally right but...if you were like having a real HAMBURGER? There you go!
Gourmet Sandwiches, Deluxe Edition 3.0 - No, really, if you're in the mood for sandwich this place is something, worth a visit. Opens at 19:00
Tricolore
126 Via Urbana
Gourmet Sandwiches, Deluxe Edition 3.0 - No, really, if you're in the mood for sandwich this place is something, worth a visit. Opens at 19:00
Vegetarian & Vegan haute cuisine + Sunday Brunches (20€Ad/9€kid) + Events + Bistrot Library
12 locals recommend
Arancia Blu
3 Via Cesare Beccaria
12 locals recommend
Vegetarian & Vegan haute cuisine + Sunday Brunches (20€Ad/9€kid) + Events + Bistrot Library
Healthy or better, SuperHealthy Food, 1000 flavours Bagels, Artisanal Beers, sometimes workshops for kids and adults.
Crucot
Healthy or better, SuperHealthy Food, 1000 flavours Bagels, Artisanal Beers, sometimes workshops for kids and adults.
one of those old style restaurants from the '60s, where you can enjoy tipcal roman cusin in a very nice atmosphere. (ps: we just loved "polpette di pesce")
37 locals recommend
Osteria da Marcello
12 Via dei Campani
37 locals recommend
one of those old style restaurants from the '60s, where you can enjoy tipcal roman cusin in a very nice atmosphere. (ps: we just loved "polpette di pesce")
Tiramisu, tiramisù, tiramisú. That's it!
350 locals recommend
Pompi
7 b Via Albalonga
350 locals recommend
Tiramisu, tiramisù, tiramisú. That's it!
If you're near the Vatican, just don't miss an "aperitivo" or even a dinner at La Zanzara, a very trendy and exclusive NY style + Italian food restaurant and wine bar. Not cheap at all, but it won't fail you
255 locals recommend
La Zanzara
84 Via Crescenzio
255 locals recommend
If you're near the Vatican, just don't miss an "aperitivo" or even a dinner at La Zanzara, a very trendy and exclusive NY style + Italian food restaurant and wine bar. Not cheap at all, but it won't fail you
If you're visiting the Vatican and you're up for a good pizza, then don't miss this real roman style, thin and crunchy one.
59 locals recommend
Pizzeria San Marco - Ristorante Via Tacito
29 Via Tacito
59 locals recommend
If you're visiting the Vatican and you're up for a good pizza, then don't miss this real roman style, thin and crunchy one.
This place is the twin restaurant of a place we know very well that is in Anzio, a little town 50km from Rome where you can eat excelletn fish everyday... Well, same owner, same people... If you feel like Spaghetti con le Vongole, fried calamari or shrimps tonight...Guaranteed!
LE LEccornie
6/8/10 Via Capitan Ottobono
This place is the twin restaurant of a place we know very well that is in Anzio, a little town 50km from Rome where you can eat excelletn fish everyday... Well, same owner, same people... If you feel like Spaghetti con le Vongole, fried calamari or shrimps tonight...Guaranteed!
Roman cuisine, "bio" phylosophy, a few meters from the house... Definetely your call if your walked the entire day and want to have a nice roman dinner without leaving the neighbourhood.
21 locals recommend
Dar Parucca
89 Via Macerata
21 locals recommend
Roman cuisine, "bio" phylosophy, a few meters from the house... Definetely your call if your walked the entire day and want to have a nice roman dinner without leaving the neighbourhood.
A vegetarian restaurant, beershop and brunch place near your place in Prati
25 locals recommend
Orto Verde e Goloso
142 Via Giuseppe Gioachino Belli
25 locals recommend
A vegetarian restaurant, beershop and brunch place near your place in Prati
Basically Fish&Chips, but also something else. Always tasty, always nice
46 locals recommend
Ristorante Porto romano
56 Via Crescenzio
46 locals recommend
Basically Fish&Chips, but also something else. Always tasty, always nice
Pizza, fish, meat, wine... They have you covered, and the location is reeeally nice, in the always trendy and vividly living district os San Paolo Ostiense
150 locals recommend
Porto Fluviale Ristorante Pizzeria
22 Via del Porto Fluviale
150 locals recommend
Pizza, fish, meat, wine... They have you covered, and the location is reeeally nice, in the always trendy and vividly living district os San Paolo Ostiense
191 locals recommend
Il Sorpasso
31/33 Via Properzio
191 locals recommend
Easygoing fish-restaurant
46 locals recommend
Ristorante Porto romano
56 Via Crescenzio
46 locals recommend
Easygoing fish-restaurant

Drinks & Nightlife

This is about wine. We come here everytime we really want to drink good red wine, like the Gelso d'Oro, simply amazing... But it's always packed, you'll need to make your reservation
7 locals recommend
Enoteca CUL DE SAC
73 Piazza di Pasquino
7 locals recommend
This is about wine. We come here everytime we really want to drink good red wine, like the Gelso d'Oro, simply amazing... But it's always packed, you'll need to make your reservation
Super wine bar. Extensive selection. You can also have dinner or "aperitivo" there. Not cheap.
41 locals recommend
Enoteca Costantini
16 b Piazza Cavour
41 locals recommend
Super wine bar. Extensive selection. You can also have dinner or "aperitivo" there. Not cheap.
A poetical resistance act. If it is fresh, open-minded, thought provoking, fun, you'll probably find it at Angelo Mai. Always good program of music, theatre, cinema, in a beautiful environment near Terme di Caracalla.
10 locals recommend
Angelo Mai
55 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
10 locals recommend
A poetical resistance act. If it is fresh, open-minded, thought provoking, fun, you'll probably find it at Angelo Mai. Always good program of music, theatre, cinema, in a beautiful environment near Terme di Caracalla.
Not far from our place, this space has a nice garden and big interiors and usually very good selection of music and events, food and... Check it out.
50 locals recommend
MONK - Circolo Arci
35 Via Giuseppe Mirri
50 locals recommend
Not far from our place, this space has a nice garden and big interiors and usually very good selection of music and events, food and... Check it out.
Clubbing with nice djs at night, labs and workshops during daytime, brunches on sundays.. really cool position right up above the Aniene river
10 locals recommend
LANIFICIO FACTORY
159 Via di Pietralata
10 locals recommend
Clubbing with nice djs at night, labs and workshops during daytime, brunches on sundays.. really cool position right up above the Aniene river
Cocktail Bar, Sushi, Seafood and Oysters... in a special location: the Gianicolo Distr. Experience
21 locals recommend
Terrazza Parrasio
32/a Via di Porta S. Pancrazio
21 locals recommend
Cocktail Bar, Sushi, Seafood and Oysters... in a special location: the Gianicolo Distr. Experience
A "secret" bar. Kind of hidden in one of the little streets of the historical centre. You access through a wardrobe door. Super cocktails and sometimes very good live music.
17 locals recommend
Club Derrière
59 Vicolo delle Coppelle
17 locals recommend
A "secret" bar. Kind of hidden in one of the little streets of the historical centre. You access through a wardrobe door. Super cocktails and sometimes very good live music.
Roman sandwiches 2.0 in a very nice place.
26 locals recommend
La Prosciutteria
34A Via della Panetteria
26 locals recommend
Roman sandwiches 2.0 in a very nice place.
As they use to call their selves: Cafè Chantant 2.0 (in Rome). Established in 1898, this place still offers that magic retro atmosphere, and you need to see it on Mondays with burlesque shows..
9 locals recommend
Teatro Salone Margherita
75 Via dei Due Macelli
9 locals recommend
As they use to call their selves: Cafè Chantant 2.0 (in Rome). Established in 1898, this place still offers that magic retro atmosphere, and you need to see it on Mondays with burlesque shows..
One of the actual temples of the city when it comes to concerts, live sets, dj-sets, events in general.
67 locals recommend
Ex Dogana
10 Viale dello Scalo S. Lorenzo
67 locals recommend
One of the actual temples of the city when it comes to concerts, live sets, dj-sets, events in general.
Very nice place, excellent music selection, beautiful location
17 locals recommend
THE MAGICK BAR
2 Lungotevere G. Oberdan
17 locals recommend
Very nice place, excellent music selection, beautiful location

Everything Else

Good for jogging, or making workouts in the open air, in a place quite near our house.
21 locals recommend
Energies Park
175 Via Prenestina
21 locals recommend
Good for jogging, or making workouts in the open air, in a place quite near our house.
Very big park not far from our house. You can rent bikes there and... go! You'll find a farm and ancient ruins on your path, and loads of spot to just sit down and relax under a tree.
429 locals recommend
Parco Della Caffarella
429 locals recommend
Very big park not far from our house. You can rent bikes there and... go! You'll find a farm and ancient ruins on your path, and loads of spot to just sit down and relax under a tree.
well..let's face it, you're in Rome, how about some Diesel, Furla, Ferragamo etc. 60% less? Not that we "like" it, but it's an open-air mall, only for clothing..if you're into shopping it is worth a visit, definitely!
217 locals recommend
Castel Romano Designer Outlet
64 Via del Ponte di Piscina Cupa
217 locals recommend
well..let's face it, you're in Rome, how about some Diesel, Furla, Ferragamo etc. 60% less? Not that we "like" it, but it's an open-air mall, only for clothing..if you're into shopping it is worth a visit, definitely!
Almost hidden place in a truely magic locations of the eternal city: Aventino. Nice view, nice walk, very near the gate of the Priorate of the Knights of Malt, where the "key hole" offers a magnificent furtive peep straight onto St. Peter’s..
531 locals recommend
Orange Garden
Piazza Pietro D'Illiria
531 locals recommend
Almost hidden place in a truely magic locations of the eternal city: Aventino. Nice view, nice walk, very near the gate of the Priorate of the Knights of Malt, where the "key hole" offers a magnificent furtive peep straight onto St. Peter’s..

Some air, nature and architecture

One of the biggest parks in Rome. You'll love to walk until you get lost, and then have a sandwich or a cocktail (depending on the hour of the day) in one of the venues there in Ganicolo district.
1002 locals recommend
Villa Doria Pamphili
1002 locals recommend
One of the biggest parks in Rome. You'll love to walk until you get lost, and then have a sandwich or a cocktail (depending on the hour of the day) in one of the venues there in Ganicolo district.
Beautiful, big, with bikes and seagways rental, 2 cinemas and a bistrot, it is THE most famous Roman villa and it is for a reason. Any time is good for a romantic walk or a family trip, it is just lovely.
2099 locals recommend
Villa Borghese
Piazzale Napoleone I
2099 locals recommend
Beautiful, big, with bikes and seagways rental, 2 cinemas and a bistrot, it is THE most famous Roman villa and it is for a reason. Any time is good for a romantic walk or a family trip, it is just lovely.
Often off the beaten path, the Appia Antica Path/Park is simply incredible and a must-do. Real roman empire age large stones are the "pavement" to this astonishing walk around ancient columns and nature. Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella https://www.coopculture.it/heritage.cfm?id=88 Catacombe di San Callisto https://www.catacombe.roma.it/it/index.php
292 locals recommend
Regional Park of Appia Antica
42 Via Appia Antica
292 locals recommend
Often off the beaten path, the Appia Antica Path/Park is simply incredible and a must-do. Real roman empire age large stones are the "pavement" to this astonishing walk around ancient columns and nature. Mausoleo di Cecilia Metella https://www.coopculture.it/heritage.cfm?id=88 Catacombe di San Callisto https://www.catacombe.roma.it/it/index.php

Shopping

Here they're Bio, Veggy and Brazilian... need more?
44 locals recommend
Vitaminas 24
41/45 Via Giovanni de Agostini
44 locals recommend
Here they're Bio, Veggy and Brazilian... need more?
Second-hand/vintage clothing shop behind S.Peter's Church. A nice stop if you're nearby - while your friend is in the queue to get into the Museums...
Marcolino
Second-hand/vintage clothing shop behind S.Peter's Church. A nice stop if you're nearby - while your friend is in the queue to get into the Museums...
Very near our place, Monday to Saturday, 7am to 2 am, The Flea Market of Rome. Then on Sandays it literally moves to Porta Portese (but that is another story)
104 locals recommend
Via Sannio Market
Via Sannio
104 locals recommend
Very near our place, Monday to Saturday, 7am to 2 am, The Flea Market of Rome. Then on Sandays it literally moves to Porta Portese (but that is another story)
For men: leather shoes and jackets, definitely stylish, kind of retro, probably cool.
Empresa
102 Largo di Santa Susanna
For men: leather shoes and jackets, definitely stylish, kind of retro, probably cool.
For women: a little shop, kind of anonymous (the real name is Salotto VIVIANA btq), but popular among italian tv and movie celebrities. Here you can find super nice artisanal boots, shoes and clothes.
Vuelle S.r.l.
31 Via del Governo Vecchio
For women: a little shop, kind of anonymous (the real name is Salotto VIVIANA btq), but popular among italian tv and movie celebrities. Here you can find super nice artisanal boots, shoes and clothes.
T-Shirts, Old Cameras, Polaroids, Old Lomos, Komono and Casio watches...
Elvis Lives
48 Via dei Volsci
T-Shirts, Old Cameras, Polaroids, Old Lomos, Komono and Casio watches...

Getting Around

Bike rental -> they also rent bikes with child seat. Fares are like 12€ for one day or 25€ for three days. +39 347 6253458
Bike 95
95 Via Marsala
Bike rental -> they also rent bikes with child seat. Fares are like 12€ for one day or 25€ for three days. +39 347 6253458

Arts & Culture

Kino is THE indie cinema temple in Pigneto. And it's a bistrot. And a winebar. And on Sundays it's brunch. In 30 sq.meters.
19 locals recommend
Il Kino
34 Via Perugia
19 locals recommend
Kino is THE indie cinema temple in Pigneto. And it's a bistrot. And a winebar. And on Sundays it's brunch. In 30 sq.meters.
Live music, good cocktails, a foosball... indeed a nice place not far from home.
36 locals recommend
Le Mura
24 Via di Porta Labicana
36 locals recommend
Live music, good cocktails, a foosball... indeed a nice place not far from home.
Cocktail bar and live music. Very nice place - with a beautiful inner garden - always packed, actually one of the must-go bars in Rome.
24 locals recommend
Marmo
71 Piazzale del Verano
24 locals recommend
Cocktail bar and live music. Very nice place - with a beautiful inner garden - always packed, actually one of the must-go bars in Rome.
Probably The Burlesque Temple in Italy.
12 locals recommend
Micca Club
15 Via Anassimandro
12 locals recommend
Probably The Burlesque Temple in Italy.
Probably the best Theatre in Rome when it comes to Contemporary and Avantgarde productions (foriegn and italian).
25 locals recommend
Teatro India
1 Lungotevere Vittorio Gassman
25 locals recommend
Probably the best Theatre in Rome when it comes to Contemporary and Avantgarde productions (foriegn and italian).