I am going to Rome for the first time in January, for business.

I will be staying with a friend in Trastevere at Via dei Genovesi.

I need to be at #14 Piazza Novana early in the mornings. What would be the best way to get there?

I am a little concerned about walking (should I be?), as I will be wearing professional clothes (read: heels).

Thank you for advice. -Karen

Go to

www.mappy.com

enter your two addresses and select the pedestrian option.

You will get the distance, the estimated time and a detailed route.

It's about a 10-15 min walk from Tarstevere (crossing at Ponte Sisto) to Piazza Navona. The streets are cobbled so I would suggest wearing a comfortable walking shoe and carrying your heels. Hope this helps.

We stayed in Trastevere at the Hotel San Francesco and took the tram across the river most times (sometimes we walked). It was about a 20-minute ride and about -- I'm just guessing at this -- 4 or 6 stops to Argentina. That's about a 5-minute walk to Piazza Novena. Maybe you can locate a Rome transit map online and that would give you a better idea since I don't know exactly where Via dei Genovesi is.

N A V O N A !!! not Novena, Novana, or any other variation. Internet searches will be much more successful with correct spelling.

Isn't that Piazza Novena a place where you go to pray? SEE????? This is why we need to be able to edit. I knew it was wrong the minute I hit post.

And I see mine is wrong too. It is Piazza Navona. Thanks everybody. Maybe I'll just try to buy more suitable shoes.

hdm,

If you have more information, would you elaborate more on the tram that traverses the Tiber River from Trastevere?

The tram that crosses the Tiber is the No. 8; it starts somewhere in the furthest reaches of Trastevere, passes the Stazione Trastevere (Trenitalia), follows the Viale Trastevere, crosses the Ponte Garibaldi, takes Via Arenula and ends at Via Torre Argentina.

Eloise,

Mille grazie.

Using the tram works well; I think the schedule is posted at the stops (on the "islands" in the center of the street). I believe you have to buy tickts at a tabbachi (sorry, not sure how to spell that, the little tobacco etc shops along the street -- or ask your friend how to do it).

I may be wrong but I thought it was tram number 3. We stayed in Trastevere at Hotel San Francesco too. It goes to Argentina then a short walk of 10 or so minutes to Piaza Navona.

The official route of the No. 3 tram is not to Torre Argentina, but coincidentally, someone on another travel forum has just mentioned that sometimes the No. 3 DOES go to Torre Argentina.

We're talking about Rome. One takes it as it comes...

I have a map of Rome in front of me, and I am a little confused.

If Tram 8 (and possibly Tram 3) crosses over Ponte Garibaldi, is this bridge for vehicles as well as pedestrians? It appears to be a larger bridge than, let's say Ponte Sisto.

Ponte Garibaldi is for everything: cars, the tram, pedestrians.

Ponte Sisto is only a pedestrian bridge and much more agreeable to cross on foot. If you are walking, it is the best way to get from the historical center to what is probably the most interesting part of Trastevere, around Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Eloise,

Thanks for clearing that up. Since our hotel is in the historic district, it appears that for both Karen_Rodriquez and myself, the Ponte Sisto would be the choice for walking to-and-from Trastevere.

Also thanks to Karen for asking this question because I would never have thought to ask it.