Jewish Quarter (Ghetto) In Rome

Yes, it's in the old ghetto. You can see it on a map by using Google Maps and typing in Via in Publicolis, Rome, Italy. My wife and I stayed in an apartment near yours in May. The location is convenient for walking to the major sights in the Piazza Navona - Pantheon region, and there are several good restaurants within half a mile of your apartment. To travel elsewhere in Rome, go to the bus stop at Sacra Largo Torre Argentina on Corso Victor E. to get a bus to almost anywhere in Rome.

Our family (husband, 16 year old son and I) rented an apartment in the Jewish Ghetto area for a week in late February/early March of this year. We stayed just off of the Piazza Mattei on via della Reginella which is parallel to Pvia in Publicolis. We really loved the area which is very historic and very centrally located.
I don't remember your street very well--we almost always walked down Via Pagacina and Via della Reginella.Much
of the ghetto including via della Reginella is pedestrian only (although vespas parked on our street for the first 5 days of our trip until the city installed a sort of turnstile at the Piazza end of the street to make that impossible). It was very quiet except for the Saturday night of our stay when the neighbors in the apartment below us had a very loud and very late party
Via in Publicolis is closer to Via Arenula which is a fairly major street with a tram route and you might get some noise from that
There was a supermarket in the ghetto area near the Piazza Cenci. We only shopped for breakfast food, snacks, wine and other drinks. there were other smaller markets (one with good fresh pasta we bought one evening) and a fish store. there is a very good bakery on Via Portico d'Ottavia
You are also near Campo de'fiori with its market Monday to Friday morning. There are many food shops around it for shopping. via dei Giubbonari has a well-known food store, Roscioli.

The ghetto neighborhood is more known for restaurants than for lodging options. there are many good places to eat, especially along via Portica d'Ottavia (you should be able to find reviews for Da giggetto, Al Pompiere and Da Pierno which are all well known for traditional roman-Jewish cooking) It is also a short walk over the Tiber to restaurants in Trastevere, and a short walk in the other direction to restaurants near the Piazza Navona or Piazza della Rotunda (Pantheon).

We found the location to be very convenient to most of the major sites. Since my son was interested in the ancient Roman sites we were happy to be a little closer to the forum and palatine than we would have been in Trastevere or farther west. We walked to the Pantheon/Piazza Navona almost
every day at least once.
Your apartment is very close to the Largo Argentina which is a major transit hub. we took buses to the Vatican three different days (#23, which runs along the Tiber)

The real estate prices in the ghetto are high and according to a recent Herald Tribune article, many people who work in the area don't live there any
more but go back for shopping, the Jewish cultural center, the Synagogue, etc.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/25/news/rome.php

Here is a link to an old NYTimes article with a lot of history about the neighborhood:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=950DEFD6173AF931A25750C0A96F948260

the tourist office in Rome has a book called The Streets of Rome with lots of detail about Via del Portico d'Ottavia and other nearby historic streets.

If you can think of any other specific questions please ask. Did I mention we loved this neighborhood??