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post #16 of 30
1/5/11 at 2:33am
rome is the number one city i would like to visit
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post #17 of 30
1/5/11 at 8:24am
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Having been to Rome on a number of occasions ... I'm looking for insights ... the places that are known mostly to those in the know. I'm not really trying to cover the city in five days. Your coffee tip is more of what I'm seeking to know.

Thanks to all for your posts. If you have the time to share ... please keep them coming.

Perhaps you've seen the 'Rome in the footsteps of an 18th century traveller' website already; I find incomparable with regards to sightseeing in Rome, especially if one is interested in innumerable churches (I am).

Also, not sure whether it's your thing, but I like to walk in the Campo Verano Cemetery; most tourists go to the Protestant Cemetery in Testaccio, but Verano is, well, completely different.
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post #18 of 30
1/5/11 at 11:52am
Recently "outed" by Tony Bourdain my best meal in Rome, without exception, was at Roscioli. Another lovely one was at Pierluigi - nothing like sitting outside in a square built in the 8th century watching the world go by...

http://www.salumeriaroscioli.com/Ros...ng/aboutus.htm

http://www.pierluigi.it/
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post #19 of 30
1/5/11 at 11:55am
Two books that are worthy of interest before your visit are:

Food Wine Rome by David Downie

A Traveller in Rome by H.V. Morton
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post #20 of 30
1/8/11 at 9:15pm
RSS, why don't you ever post in the architecture thread?
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post #21 of 30
1/8/11 at 9:29pm
near termini there is an excellent ethiopian restaurant
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post #22 of 30
1/8/11 at 10:47pm
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RSS, why don't you ever post in the architecture thread?
Given that it's my profession ... I'm not sure I want to live it outside the office. That said ... I usually do ... so perhaps I should visit that thread on occasion.
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post #23 of 30
1/8/11 at 10:48pm
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Thanks to all for the tips. I don't go for a while yet ... so more tips are always welcome.
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post #24 of 30
1/8/11 at 10:59pm
I found Rome to be pretty good for food. In Trastevere, try da Enzo, pizza at Ivo's, pasta and artichokes at Roma Sparita. Il Timoniere also turned out to be good (a Bourdain recommendation). For stuff to do, there is the Scavi tour at the Vatican.
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post #25 of 30
1/8/11 at 11:02pm
Something you may not have done is to walk up the Janiculum and look out over the city. As for day trips to Florence - Michelangelo's steps in the Medici library in Florence is worth the trip.
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post #26 of 30
1/8/11 at 11:19pm
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Have spent much time in countryside of Tuscany & Umbria ... countryside, towns and cities of both areas. Looking primarily for Rome ... not so much day trips elsewhere. But thanks to all.
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post #27 of 30
2/26/11 at 8:15pm
I'm not sure if RSS is still reading SF but I recently returned from Rome and I found this post on LL very useful.

http://www.thelondonlounge.net/forum...p=17261#p17261

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by filangieri » Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:15 pm

To eat (and drink) well in Roma you don't have to spend a lot (unless you want to).
Since anybody can read online or paper city guides to find information about the most famous places, I would like to provide the LL community with a list of personal favourites in the "moderately priced" category.
TRATTORIE:
Gildo (Via della Scala, Trastevere district), Campana (vicolo della Campana), Checchino (Testaccio area), Cadorna (via Cadorna) and Vladimiro/Marcello (near the Via Veneto) for traditional, tasty Roman dishes like gnocchi alla romana, pasta e fagioli, mezze maniche alla carbonara or alla gricia, rigatoni con la pajata, pasta alla vignaiola, carciofi alla giudia, coscia d'anatra impanata e fritta, ecc.
PIZZERIE:
Pizza Re (via Oslavia, Prati district), Ciro Pizza (via della Mercede, city center) and Rosso Pomodoro (corso Francia) for excellent (and original) Neapolitan pizza and pasta.
None of the places in the above list are particularly classy or romantic, but I've never had a bad meal in any of them.

I went to Vladimiro after the Borghese museum and found it very good value.

http://www.ristorantevladimiro.com/

I tried going to Campana, but was too early and they hadn't opened yet, but it looked really interesting.

http://www.ristorantelacampana.com/index.php?lang=en
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post #28 of 30
2/26/11 at 8:55pm
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Have spent much time in countryside of Tuscany & Umbria ... countryside, towns and cities of both areas. Looking primarily for Rome ... not so much day trips elsewhere. But thanks to all.

As I understand it you are an architect?

From one to another, then: if you are concentrating on staying in Rome/environs, I agree: forget Florence, etc.

See the usual suspects and around Rome, but above all spend a full day at Villa Adriana, near Tivoli. There is simply nothing quite like it in the world.

The book Hadrian's Villa and Its Legacy, by William McDonald and John Pinto, is excellent.
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post #29 of 30
2/28/11 at 4:50pm
The mithraic temple in the basement of the basilica of San Clemente is pretty cool and I liked the setting for the Caravaggio in San Luigi dei Francesi.

For food, I lived in Trastevere for 9 months and Bruno ai Quattro Venti was my favorite restaurant. The best pizza I have ever had was at Via Giacinto Carini, 50. Google calls it Gizzi, but the signage just says Pizzeria if I remember correctly.
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post #30 of 30
2/28/11 at 6:13pm
After dinner grab a bottle of wine. Go sit by the Trevi Fountain. Get drunk and see where the night takes you.
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