Hi
Will be travelling to Italy end of this month.Please recommend some good inexpensive authentic italian restaurants.Seated dining preffered.Also a good gelato and pizza place in both cities.Would greatly appreciate any recommendations.Thanks!

Best gelato I had in Rome was across the street from the Via Cavour subway entrance on the corner of Via Cavour and Via Giovanni Lanza. They had several flavors and let us sample some before deciding. We stopped there every night on our way to our B&B.

For reference, this is about two blocks north and then two blocks east of the Colosseum. Also close by is San Pietro in Vincoli (across the street and up the large stairway).

Are there any <i><b>bad</b></i> gelato places in any either city?

There are &quot;authentic Italian&quot; restaurants all over the &quot;Pantheon-Piazza Navona&quot; corridor, and in Trastevere, and countless other locations. Hardly worth pursuing some specific address you get here (though if you want, search for &quot;volte&quot;, I have nentioned it on a lot of threads about rome restaurants).

You're seeking places where no English is spoke, right?

Best wishes,

Rex

If you post where you are staying it would help people focus.

When we were in Rome last month, our biggest decision was whether to dine 2 minutes, 3 minutes or 5 minutes on foot from where we stayed.

Places 15 minutes away never got a look-in.

this thread, and its links, can provide a lot of information on Rome and Venice

Helpful Information Italy

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34568596

My favorite inexpensive 'local' restaurant in ROme is Mario's on Via Del Moro in Trastevere.

I have it on good authority (we won't talk about personal experience) that the best gelato in Venice is from Nico right by Zattere stop.
And while we're on the subject, one of my favorite restaurants in Venice is along the water there, but next to the St. Basilio stop, called Trattoria St. Basilio. Special was tuna -- they tell YOU how chef (Papa) will prepare it. Great and inexpensive place, with a few tables out by the water.

Thanks for all the recommendations.