![]() ![]() There’s no shortage of spots to slake your thirst – bustling Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà (named after a football chant) on Via Benedetta has craft beers from Italy and beyond. If pizza takes your fancy, head to Dar Poeta on Vicolo del Bologna, or Bir & Fud on Via Benedetta (which also serves fantastic craft beers from Italian brewers). For a local feel, try Da Corrado, a small, family-run trattoria in Via della Pelliccia serving authentic Roman cuisine. To fuel up for the night ahead, take your pick of trattorias, pizzerias or fine dining. Romans and tourists flock to Trastevere to enjoy its lively nightlife: shutters are raised to reveal bars and nightclubs across the neighbourhood, trattorias fill to bursting point with eager diners, and groups gather in the streets smoking and chatting. You might even catch a puppet show there.Įvening: authentic cuisine and craft beers To reach the top, head back through Porta Settimiana, take Via Garibaldi, then Passeggiata del Gianicolo you’ll see the Garibaldi statue at the top. It’s worth the 20-minute climb for some of the best views in the city, and it sees few tourists. Behind the palace is the University of Rome’s Orto Botanico (botanic garden), an oasis with more than 7000 plant species – the perfect place to relax.Ībove the gardens is the Gianicolo, the eighth hill of Rome. ![]() Image by V Pirozzi / DeAgostini / GettyĬross the street to Palazzo Corsini, a baroque palace with a collection of antique art by Titian and Caravaggio. This lovely neighbourhood square is dominated by 12th-century Basilica di Santa Maria step inside its dimly lit interior to see the glittering Cavallini mosaics depicting the font of oil that spouted when Christ was born – according to myth, the church was founded on that very spot. When you reach the piazza, join the locals, tourists and buskers and take a seat on the steps of the fountain – a great spot for people-watching. Plants and religious shrines brighten up the streets, washing is strung up between buildings, and graffiti covers the shutters of closed bars. Head towards Piazza di Santa Maria, the heart of this labyrinthine district take Via del Moro, with its many shops and cafes, then divert into the quiet cobblestoned side streets lined with crumbling buildings with faded paintwork. Morning: labyrinthine streets and glittering mosaicsĪfter an early morning at the Centro Storico’s colourful Campo de’ Fiori market, stroll three minutes to the Tiber and cross the river via the stone footbridge, Ponte Sisto, to reach Trastevere. Image by Tim E White / Photolibrary / Getty Evening in Trastevere’s Piazza di Santa Maria. ![]()
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