Rome Neighborhoods
Each corner of Rome tells a different story. Explore our curated guide to the city's most captivating neighborhoods.
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Compare NeighborhoodsTestaccio
Rome's true culinary heart, where cucina romana was codified around the old slaughterhouse and the covered market.
Trastevere
Cobbled medieval lanes west of the Tiber where the best tables hide just off the tourist-packed piazze.
Monti
Rome's oldest rione behind the Imperial Fora, a village of wine bars and aperitivo within the ancient centre.
Centro Storico
The Pantheon-Navona core, where landmark kitchens sit metres from the city's worst tourist traps.
Prati
An elegant Belle Epoque grid north of the Vatican where Romans dine seriously, away from tourist noise.
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Testaccio-Ostiense
Post-industrial Rome of gasometers, street art and a young bar-bistro scene south of the centre.
Garbatella
A 1920s garden-city of courtyard lotti with a fiercely local, working-class dining soul.
San Lorenzo
Rome's raw bohemian student quarter east of Termini and a laboratory for new Roman cooking.
Pigneto
Pasolini's working-class quarter turned hipster pedestrian strip of natural wine and multicultural kitchens.
Aventino-San Saba
A leafy patrician hill of gardens and keyhole views above Testaccio, refined and residential.
Esquilino
Rome's most multicultural quarter around Piazza Vittorio, the city's diaspora and Levantine dining corner.
Parioli-Salario
An affluent, discreet residential district by Villa Borghese with old-money dining and quiet fine tables.