Listography Roma

May 17, 2011

Listography Roma

I don't know how long I will be in Rome, but I thought I would dig up my list from the last time I was living here and share it with you all. As with my DC one, this list, for me, serves as a reminder to make the most of my time here. For everyone else, here are some ideas for wonderful things to do in la Citta Eterna!
(N.B. This list is a work in progress. Send in your suggestions or thoughts!)

Official Living like a Tourist- Rome Edition

Mamma mia! Sei a Roma! - Must-Dos in Rome

Colosseo- Visit the inside only once/Outside is more impressive
Foro Romano- Best to have a tour of this
Throw a coin in the Trevi Fountain to ensure your return to Rome
Tour of St. Peter's Basilica
Sistine Chapel
Piazza Navona- at sunset the colors are amazing
Pantheon - stare up into the Occulus
Top of Il Vittoriano for a great view
Climb the Spanish Stairs in Piazza di Spagna
Porta San Sebastiano & Aurelia Wall
Fontana del Tritone
Fontana dei Fiumi
Ara Pacis
Augustus Mausoleum
Museo Borghese
Trajan Markets
Column of Trajan
Terme/Baths of Caracalla

Porta Portese Market
Piazza Dei Cavallieri di Malta &amp- The key hole
Giardino degli Aranci
Ponte Rotto
Bocca della Verita
Pie’ di Marmo
Monte Testaccio
Piramide
The Passetto
The Scavi- excavations underneath the Vatican
S.M. Concezione- Cappucin Church - decorated with the bones of Monks
Carabinieri Museum
Globe Theater in Villa Borghese- Replica of Globe in London
Area Sacra- temple remains (cat sanctuary)
La Fraschetta- especially Pasta Fagioli- S. Francesco a Ripa-Trastevere
Renato e Luisa- another classic near Campo dei Fiori
La Villetta- Roman Dishes- Viale Aventino- Ostiense
Osteria Pistoia- Porta Portese
Mo Mo- Pizza & Pasta- Monteverde Nuovo
Per Bacco- Unconventional Pizza; also good for meat (I've heard)- Marconi
Al Fontanone- Great Zuppa di Ceci (Not great pizza)- Trastevere
Casa Coppelle- Pasta with modern twist; great ambiance, bit pricey but worth it- Pantheon
Angelina- Modern Restaurant - Testaccio
Il Tajut- Hearty Friulian food- San Giovanni
Gusto- Brunch- Centro
Met- Modern setting, Mainly traditional food- Ponte Milvio
Cul de Sac- Cheeses & Wine- Governo Vecchio
Antico Tevere- Unique view of the river- good food
Da Felice- A classic in Testaccio
Osteria Palmira- Great neighborhood place
SAID- Old Chocolate Factory turned restaurant- San Lorenzo
Osteria dei Pazzi- Garbatella
Baccano- Semi-French/Semi-Italian place to get French wine for a change- Trevi Fountain

Pan'Unto- great & cheap pizza- Trastevere
Da Ivo a Trastevere- S. Francesco a Ripa
Baffetto- famous
Il Corallo- different types of pizza, nice atmosphere, outdoor seating- Navona
Cavecanem- Gorgonzola & Pear Pizza- Trastevere
La Gatta Mangiona- Great neighborhood pizza place that has become known beyond the neighborhood boundaries- Monteverde
Al Grottino- best carrot cake in Rome! pretty great pizza too
Novecento- Pizza & Pasta- Ostiense
Il Brillo Parlante- Good restaurant in town
Cantina Lucifero
The Mirror- "wild" (for Italy) pizza combinations - Trastevere

Thai Inn- Thai- Monteverde
Taste East- Thai/Asian
Asmara- Ethiopian Restaurant - Termini
Corno d'Africa- Ethiopian- Monteverde
La Cucaracha- Mexican Restaurant - Prati
Riad Nour- Moroccan- Prati
Jaipur- Indian- Trastevere
Ouzeri - Greek- Trastevere
Elleniko- Greek takeaway- Aventino
Mandaloun Cafe- Lebanese
Sushi & Noodles- Aventino
Haus Garten Bagel Bar- Prati
Mandaloun- Lebanese- 2 locationsVia Veneto/Piazza Navona
Temakinho- Brazilian Sushi- Monti
Wok- All you can eat sushi- Prati
Mekong- Vietnamese- Furio Camillo

Art Cafe- Discotecca- Nicer in summer with outdoor dance floor
La Maison- Discotecca
Alpheus - Discotecca- Great Techno music- Ostiense
Caffe Letterario- Poetry readings & Alternative Music- Ostiense
Big Mama- Blues House in Trastevere
Hookah at Sciam- Campo dei Fiori
Micca Club- Burlesque Night on Fridays

St. Peter's Basilica
San Giovanni in Laterano
Santa Maria in Trastevere- gorgeous mosaics
Sant Andrea del Quirinale
San Carlo alle Quattro fontane
San Bernardo delle Terme
San Paolo fuori le Mure
San Lorenzo fuori le Mure
San Teodoro
Santa Maria dell’Orazione e Morte- church dedicated to death
Santa Maria in Campinelli
San Giovanni dei Fiorentini
Santa Maria in Aracoeli- Pza Venezia
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
San Gregorio Magno
Santi Nereo e Achilleo- marytyred Apostle pics on wall
Santa Maria Maggiore
San Pietro In Vincoli- Michaelangelo statue of Moses
Il Basilico San Pauolo Pietro - EUR
Scala Santa
Santa Croce in Gerusalemme- full-sized replica of Shroud of Turin
Santi Quattro Coronati- Cloister
San Clemente
S.M. Della Pace
Sant Agnese in Agone
San Luigi dei Francesi- Caravaggio painting
San Ivo
San Adrea della Valle
La chiesa Americana- Santa Susanna- tour
Saint Ignazio di Loyola
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Gesu Church
Trinita dei Monti church- views of rome
Sant’ Andrea delle fratte
San Francesco a Ripa- Bernini’s Beate Ecstasy
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
Scavi- St. Peter's Tomb
Santa Maria della Vittoria- Bernini’s Teresa in Ecstasy
Santa Maria del Popolo- Caravaggio paintings

Cheer for Roma at a Partita di Calcio
See the Squadra Nazionale play
Run in a Marathon: La Maratona di Roma
Run in Half Marathon: Mezza maratona Ostia-Roma
Bike rentals in Villa Borghese

Della Palma Gelateria for the Ciocolatto Fondente- Pantheon
Giolitti for amazing fresh fruit granita (Granita di Frutta)- Pantheon
Tony's Gelateria- Monteverde Nuovo
Pompi, Il Re del Tiramisu- Pistacchio Tiramisu is amazing!- San Giovanni
Grom-gelato- Piazza Navona & Pantheon; Campo dei Fiori
La Romana- best of the best- Via Ostiense

Ombre Rosse- Wine or Beer with a nice outdoor terrace- Trastevere
Vin Allegro- Wine with a nice outdoor terrace- Trastevere
.075 - Wine bar- Cool setting, good wine and beer list- Circo Massimo
Enoteca Il Piccolo- Wine Bar- One of my favorites; good caponata as a snack- Governo Vecchio
Mercat- Wine bar
Oasi Della Birra- Beer & great aperitivo- Testaccio
Etabli
Le Bon Bock Cafe- Whiskey/Beer- Monte Verde
Donegal Pub- Irish Pub- San Saba
Antica Birreria Peroni- Center
Roma Beer Company- Aventino