Lonely Planet Rome
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Publisher
Lonely Planet
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781787014138
eBook ISBN
9781788686785

Centro Storico

PANTHEON & AROUND | PIAZZA NAVONA & AROUND | CAMPO DE’ FIORI & AROUND | JEWISH GHETTO & AROUND | ISOLA TIBERINA | PIAZZA COLONNA & AROUND

Sights

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Centro Storico

Neighbourhood Top Five

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1 Pantheon Stepping into this ancient temple and feeling the same sense of awe that the ancients must have felt 2000 years ago.
2 Piazza Navona Marvelling at the beauty of this textbook baroque piazza with its flamboyant fountains and elegant domed chiesa.
3 Galleria Doria Pamphilj Having the scion of the aristocratic Doria Pamphilj dynasty talk you through his family art collection at this fabulous private gallery.
4 Chiesa di San Luigi dei Francesi Clocking three Caravaggio masterpieces at this historic church, one of Rome’s many baroque treasures.
5 Historic Streets Ditching your map and strolling the area’s atmospheric lanes, taking in the colourful street life and hidden nooks.

Explore Centro Storico

Rome’s centro storico (historic centre) is made for leisurely strolling, and although you could spend weeks exploring its every corner, you can cover most of the main sights in two or three days. Many people enter the area by bus, getting off at Largo di Torre Argentina, from where it’s a short walk up to the Pantheon and beyond that to Rome’s political nerve centre Piazza Colonna. Nearby, on Via del Corso, the Galleria Doria Pamphilj houses one of the capital’s finest private art collections. To the west of the Pantheon, the narrow lanes around Piazza Navona, itself one of Rome’s great must-see sights, are a magnet for tourists and hip Romans with bohemian boutiques, cool bars and popular restaurants.
On the other side of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, the main thoroughfare through the area, all roads lead to Campo de’ Fiori, home of a colourful daily market and hectic late-night drinking scene. From ‘il Campo’ you can shop your way down to the medieval Jewish Ghetto, a wonderfully atmospheric neighbourhood of romantic corners, h...

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Welcome to Rome
  3. Rome’s Top 10
  4. What’s New
  5. Need to Know
  6. First Time Rome
  7. Top Itineraries
  8. If You Like
  9. Month by Month
  10. With Kids
  11. Like a Local
  12. For Free
  13. Eating
  14. Drinking & Nightlife
  15. Entertainment
  16. Shopping
  17. Museums, Galleries & Historic Sites
  18. Neighbourhoods at a Glance
  19. Ancient Rome
  20. Centro Storico
  21. Showtime on Centro Storico’s Piazzas
  22. Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale
  23. Vatican City, Borgo & Prati
  24. Rome’s Churches
  25. Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo
  26. Trastevere & Gianicolo
  27. Rome Street Life
  28. San Giovanni & Testaccio
  29. Villa Borghese & Northern Rome
  30. Roman Catacombs
  31. Southern Rome
  32. Day Trips from Rome
  33. Sleeping
  34. Rome Today
  35. History
  36. The Arts
  37. Architecture
  38. The Roman Way of Life
  39. Transport
  40. Directory A–Z
  41. Language
  42. Behind the Scenes
  43. Rome Maps
  44. Our Writers