Armando al Pantheon
Third-generation Roman trattoria a few metres from the Pantheon
The Pantheon-Navona core, where landmark kitchens sit metres from the city's worst tourist traps.
The Pantheon-Campo de' Fiori-Navona core holds Rome's heaviest tourist-trap belt and, simultaneously, several of its true benchmarks. Armando al Pantheon, the Roscioli salumeria and Rimessa, Retrobottega, Il Pagliaccio, Per Me by Giulio Terrinoni and Pierluigi are all here, sometimes metres from a forgettable terrace. The rule for the cosmopolitan visitor is simple: navigate by name and reputation, never by a table's proximity to a monument.
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Third-generation Roman trattoria a few metres from the Pantheon
Deli, wine cellar and serious kitchen in one room near Campo de' Fiori
Owner-chefs' minimalist lab a step from the Pantheon
Anthony Genovese's two-star Italo-Asian fine dining
One-star seafood from chef Giulio Terrinoni
Renaissance-piazza seafood institution since 1938
Italo-French cooking in an intimate set of rooms off the Pantheon
One-star fine dining from the Troiani brothers, behind Piazza Navona
Rome's first traditional Japanese kaiseki and omakase counter
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Wood-roasted espresso landmark since 1938
Artisanal gelato made in view, off Via dei Coronari
Two-century Roman bakery near Campo de' Fiori
Andrea De Bellis's modern, French-and-Spanish-trained pastry
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Discreet design hotel in Palazzo Borghese with a Michelin-Guide kitchen
Restored palazzo hotel of warm woods and curated art near Trevi
Rocco Forte's design-rich hotel atop the Spanish Steps
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Contemporary art in the stables of a 16th-century palazzo
Pioneering contemporary gallery in 17th-century palazzo stables
The global gallery's Rome space in a 1920s rotunda