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Rome Neighborhoods
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Ancient Rome Like a remnant of some forgotten Cecil B. DeMille movie-set, the massive late-19th-century Vittorio Emanuele monument -- -the "eighth hill of Rome" -- looms over the geographic center of the city, the... |
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Aventino and Testaccio Gateway to the Aventino area is the evocative Piazza Bocca della Verità, where three enormously appealing monuments sit shoulder to shoulder: two ancient dollhouse-size Roman temples, the Temple... |
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Celio Almost entirely given over to parks, churches, and ruins, the area encompassing the Celio (Celian Hill) and the ancient Terme di Caracalla includes islands of quiet that seem far removed from the streams... |
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Monti/San Giovanni Monti was the Roman neighborhood of Suburra, where the plebs of ancient Rome lived in dark tenements, with a high wall between their mean streets and the glories of the Imperial Fora. The neighborhood... |
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Old Rome This is the Rome of your dreams: terra-cotta-hued palazzi, relentlessly picturesque squares and fountains, with one brauara Baroque architectural blockbuster after another. Here you can time-travel back... |
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Piazza Venezia to the Spanish Steps The Rome of the Grand Tour era, this region was colonized by English lords and ladies in the 19th century and it still remains one of the most picturesque areas of the city. Back when, artists used to... |
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Quirinale to the Piazza della Repubblica Pompous ministry buildings, government palaces, and a plethora of offices and banks mark this area as central Rome's principal business district, but you can also find some glorious monuments of Rome's... |
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Trastevere and the Ghetto The charming little island of the Tiber, the Isola Tiberina, with bridges on either side, links two of the city's most distinctive neighborhoods: the Jewish Ghetto on the Tiber's left bank and Trastevere... |
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Vatican Seat of Roman Catholicism and residence of the popes, Vatican City has religious resonance and artistic splendors. Mostly enclosed within high walls that recall the papacy's stormy history, the Vatican... |
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Via Appia Antica The ancient Via Appia starts at Porta San Sebastiano and extends across the Italian Peninsula to the Adriatic. To the east lies the Via Appia Nuova, which starts in front of the basilica of San Giovanni... |
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Villa Borghese to Piazza del Popolo The lush park of Villa Borghese is studded with world-class museums. The most celebrated is the Galleria Borghese, set in a regal palazzo built by Cardinal Scipione Borghese to house his fabulous art collection... |
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