DK Travel : Rome

Although functioning as a vibrant, modern capital akin to any in Europe, the unique appeal of Rome is that the entire city is a vast, 3,000-year-old, indoor-outdoor museum. In every quarter you’ll find ancient monuments, art treasures and timeless architecture in churches, galleries and protected ruins. Home to the world’s smallest city, the Vatican, Rome has religion at its heart and history in its soul – a city that dazzles and inspires visitors time and time again.

Café Sant’Eustachio

Rome’s most coveted cappuccini come from behind a chrome-plated shield that hides the coffee machine from view so no one can discover the skilled owner’s secret formula. All that is known is that the water comes from an ancient aqueduct and the brew is pre-sweetened. Always crowded.
Café Veneto

Right in the heart of the famous street, habitués find elegance and carefully prepared fare. Specialities include game and truffles.
Caffè Canova

The right-wing bastion in the long-standing Piazza del Popolo café war, with cheaper espresso , better ice cream and a restaurant upstairs (the Rosati is more stylish, though).
Caffè della Scala

A relaxed bar serving powerful cocktails and a great grappa selection. Live music is also on offer from time to time.
Caffe delle Arti

This is the cafe of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, on the edge of the Borghese Gardens. The cafe has a very pleasant interior and a wonderful terrace. It serves good Italian food in a very civilized setting, patronised heavily by Italians rather than tourists.
Caffè Farnese

A more chic place is hard to imagine. On a corner facing elegant Piazza Farnese, some of Rome’s smartest young beautiful people sip their glasses of wine at outside tables. Yet, it’s also really friendly.
Caffè Latino

Films, cabaret and disco with a great, eclectic mix of music.
Caffè Rosati

The older, more left-wing of Piazza del Popolo’s rival cafés (the other is Caffè Canova) was founded by two of the Rosati brothers (a third continued to manage the family’s original Via Veneto café). It sports a 1922 Art Nouveau decor and its patrons park their newest Ferrari or Lotus convertibles out front.
Caffè Rosati

Art Nouveau rival to the right-wing Canova across the piazza, this has long been the haunt of left-wing intellectuals.
Calzoleria Petrocchi

Bruno Ridolfi keeps alive the high fashion, excellent quality, made-to-measure cobbler traditions of his uncle Tito Petrocchi, who regularly shod glamorous stars of stage and screen in the “dolce vita” heyday of the 1950s and 1960s.

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