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TRAVELLER
Italy
Dialling Code
+39
Currency
¤
Time Zone
GMT+1
Da Baffetto
€15
(114Via del GovernoVecchio,
tel: 06 686 1617)A legendary pizzeria offering
Roman-style, thin-crust pizzas, servedwith a typical
informality that borders on the brusque.
Papa Baccus
€50
(36ViaToscana, tel: 064 274 2808)A lovely,
elegant Tuscan-style restaurant, which even breeds
its own cinta senese pigs.Try theTuscan speciality,
cantuccini
biscuits.
Tête-à-tête
€70
(35Via di Valle
Vescovo, tel: 06 333 6397) How could anything be
more exclusive than a restaurant for just two people?
Booking is essential for your tailor-mademeal in a
lovely villa. Dine by the pool enjoying a range of delights
such as turbot in champagne.
Bar Farnese
(106Via Dei Baullari)Aquiet,
local neighbourhood café that still somehow
manages to survive in the touristy heart of the city.
Order a coffee and cake and sit outside for just a
fraction of what you’d have to pay round the corner in
Campo de’Fiori.
Bluecheese Factory
(5BVia Caio
Cestio) Ensconced in an oldwarehouse in the trendy
former industrial quarter of theTestaccio district,
Bluecheese has a very urban vibe withmetal sculptures
Rome
and cement-sculpted grass hills. Its DJs play break-beat
and drum‘n’bass.
Josephine de Huertas & Co
(68Via del
GovernoVecchio, tel: 06 687 6586) French
designer Huertas and Italian designer Mauro Crachi
offer sophisticated dresses, jackets and tops.They have
another store for younger women on the same road
and a children’s shop around the corner
July Sounds Good
(AuditoriumParco della
Musica, 30Viale di Pietro Coubertin)Aseries
of evening concerts in the open-air setting of the Cavea.
A line-up of performances fromaround the world fill
out the programme.
Giardino degli Aranci
(Via di
Santa Sabina,
pictured
) Head to the garden in the early
evening for the finest sunset in the city.
Alan Goldwater
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FromtheAirport
Taxi
Pre-book your taxi at
easyJet.com.A local taxi costs €40
in a City of Rome cab.
Bus
The shuttle takes you to
Termini station.Tickets: €6 single.
Train
The Leonardo Express leaves
for Termini station till 11.30pm.
Tickets: €11.
Car Hire
Visit the Europcar desk
for special rates.
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