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SNAPSHOT
Look out for the Christmas cribs in churches all over the city until 6 January. New Year’s Eve is a blaze of music concerts, festivity and fireworks.
FROM AIRPORT TO CITY
Use our P-AIR bus transfer between Fiumicino/Ciampino Airport and Termini Station and vice versa. The cost is €8,5 and €17 return (FCO) and €6 and €12 return (CIA).
FOOD
Antica Pesa
18 Via Garibaldi, +39 06 580 9236, www.anticapesa.it Formally an inn for peasants delivering to the Vatican, this is the venue for smart and solvent Romani. Dishes change with the seasons and include steamed shrimp with zucchini and ravioli with truffles. Mains are €20.
Da Augusto
15 Piazza de’ Renzi, +39 06 580 3798 If I want a real Roman trattoria in the heart of Trastevere, this lively and informal venue serves amatriciana, tripa alla romana (tripe), pasta with chickpeas, and lamb. Mains from €10.
FRIENDS
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
9a via Milano, www.palazzoesposizioni.it For art, cinema, culture and a bar and restaurant all in one, this is the place top take visiting friends.The Bookabar Café offers snacks and opens onto a small terrace. Coffee from €5.
Caffe delle Arti
73 Via Gramsci, +39 06 3265 1236 www.caffedelleartiroma.it This cafe is part of Rome’s modern art gallery. Appetisers, pastries and cakes from €5 as well as good Mediterranean food and an excellent Sunday Brunch.
INSIDER TIP
The saldi signs in shops in early January announce the winter sales.
Words Marc Zakian |
