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Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale
Counting the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps among its A-list sights, this part of Rome is debonair and touristy. Designer boutiques, fashionable bars and historic cafes crowd the streets of Tridente, while the area around Piazza Barberini and the Trevi Fountain, within shouting distance of the presidential Quirinale palace, harbours multiple art galleries and eateries.
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The Short List
ASpanish Steps People-watching and selfie-snapping while climbing this city icon.
ABasilica di Santa Maria del Popolo Marvelling at Caravaggio’s two masterworks in the Cerasi Chapel.
AVilla Medici Touring this Renaissance villa with its formal gardens and wonderful city views.
AGallerie Nazionali: Palazzo Barberini Admiring works by Raphael, Caravaggio, El Greco and Pietro da Cortona in a palace built for a pope.
AShopping streets Browsing designer fashions, artisanal perfumes, silverware, and much more besides, on and around Via dei Condotti.
Getting There & Around
Top SightTrevi Fountain
Rome’s most famous fountain, the iconic Fontana di Trevi, is a baroque extravaganza – a foaming white-marble and emerald-water masterpiece filling an entire piazza. The flamboyant ensemble, 20m wide and 26m high, was designed by Nicola Salvi in 1732 and depicts the cha...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Rome
- Top Sights
- Eating
- Four Perfect Days
- Need to Know
- Rome Neighbourhoods
- Ancient Rome
- Centro Storico
- Vatican City, Borgo & Prati
- Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale
- Museo e Galleria Borghese
- Monti & Esquilino
- Hanging Out in San Lorenzo
- San Giovanni & Celio
- Aventino & Testaccio
- Ostiense & San Paolo
- Via Appia Antica
- Trastevere & Gianicolo
- Survival Guide
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers