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Part of an Italian chain of high-class toy stores with the very best in educational playthings.

This pub projects a genuine English atmosphere with a zippy Italian twist. Guinness is on offer, along with snacks.

Despite the lavish sets and costumes, a cast of thousands and Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton steaming up the place, Joseph Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic was one of Hollywood’s first spectacular box office flops.

A welcome break from all the art of the Vatican complex. You get great views not only from the lantern atop the dome, across Piazza San Pietro towards the River Tiber, but also from the drum halfway up, which offers a bird’s-eye perspective down into the transept of St Peter’s Basilica itself (see Features of St Peter’s Basilica).

The good-value department store is where real Romans shop, for back-to-school clothes, kitchen utensils, stationery, household appliances, and much, much more. There’s also a supermarket in the basement, which is great for a picnic.

A fashionable department store, with reasonable prices. It’s mostly clothing, shoes and accessories, but they also carry kitchenware and more general furnishings.

After hours of walking around the Forum and the Colosseum in the high summer heat, these green slopes can be a welcome sight. Most of the park is actually the roof of Nero’s Golden House, and you can see skylight structures for its rooms. If you haven’t had enough of sightseeing, you can also examine the massive remains of the Baths of Trajan scattered about the area.

Another Trebbiano-based white from the slopes of Lazio’s dormant volcano.

The speciality here is Emilia-Romagna cuisine, which highlights a variety of prosciutto (ham) dishes and tortellini in brodo (meat-filled pasta in broth).