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.

Birreria Peroni

Beer hall with excellent, cheap food sponsored by Italy’s premier brewery – try their “Blue Ribbon” Nastro Azzurro label.
Birreria Peroni

Local businessmen regularly take their lunchtime discussions to this 1906 beer hall sponsored by Italy’s biggest brewery. The buffet snacks and scrumptious main dishes cross Roman and Germanic influences, and the Art Deco murals feature cherubs playing sports and promising “He who drinks beer lives to 100”.
Birreria Trilussa

Beer and simple dishes until the early hours, with live music some nights. Cosy, traditional atmosphere.
Birreria Viennese

A little bit of Bavaria right near the Spanish Steps, complete with wood benches, pretzels and litre-sized mugs of beer.
Black Duke

A passably genuine Irish pub in a cosy basement, with pub food and, in summer, outdoor seating.
Bloom

The former Clochard nightclub was reborn in 2001 as a jazzy modern bar, with a sushi restaurant upstairs – a rare find in Rome.
Boniface VIII

Imperious, pragmatic and power-hungry, Boniface (1294–1303) instituted the first Jubilee to make money.
Borgo Antico

A wood-filled, classically styled 16th-century tavern, with coffered ceilings, and offering more than 60 wines by the glass. Typical osteria munchies on offer too.
Borgo Pio 2000

These apartments are situated in a quiet street which has the Vatican at one end and Castell Sant Angelo at the other - each only minutes' walk away! The apartments are spotlessly clean and simply furnished, and are very spacious. Basic kitchen facilities mean that it is possible to go self-catering (there is a supermarket at the end of the road), but the apartments are off a street which has a number of good restaurants, frequented by locals and tourists alike. The reception is staffed for limited hours during the day, but the staff were friendly and helpful and spoke good English.
Bramante

Café/bar with a quirky elegance amid this sea of pubs. Light dishes are served to a chic young crowd.

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