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.

Knights of Malta Keyhole

St Peter’s Dome is perfectly framed through a gate keyhole in this garden (see Piazza of the Knights of Malta).
La Barcaccia

Bernini’s father Pietro possibly helped train his son in making this tongue-in-cheek 1629 fountain of a sinking boat. The design ingeniously solved the low water pressure problem by having a boat sprouting leaks rather than jets and sprays.
La Bottega del Marmoraro

MarmoraroHomespun Italian homilies carved into scraps of marble are hung pell-mell around a characteristic old workshop.
La Bottega del Principino

A workshop selling unusual lamps made of cast iron with parchment lampshades.
La Botticella

Small, always crowded birreria (beerhouse) with some tables outside, in the heart of the area’s nightlife action. Devil’s Kiss and Castlemaine XXXX beer are on tap.
La Cisterna

The medieval heart of Trastevere at its best: comfortable, recently spruced-up rooms and a quiet position on an out-of-the-way street. Out back there’s a small courtyard with a fountain, where guests can have their breakfast, or just relax.
La Curia di Bacco

This long, narrow space is a vaulted corridor of the ancient Pompey’s Theatre.
La Dolce Vita

Fellini’s 1960 classic on “the sweet life” of 1950s Rome, when the Eternal City was a hotspot for international glitterati. Marcello Mastroianni plays a reporter sucked into this decadent lifestyle, while a character named Paparazzo, snapping stars at Via Veneto cafés, gave a name to his occupation.
La Festa de Noantri

The effigy of the Madonna leaves Sant’Agata to reside in San Crisogono for two weeks.
La Giara

A traditional trattoria with an unpretentious charm. The menu includes mussels with pork and curry.

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