Neighbourhood · Rome

Centro Storico

Turismo Roma, the city’s tourist board, calls the area around the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Campo de’ Fiori the historic centre of Rome, and “the most famous and frequented” part of the city.

Best for first-timers who want to walk out of the door into old Rome · short stays

Wrong for light sleepers near Campo de’ Fiori; anyone who wants a metro station nearby; anyone arriving by car, since most of the centre is a limited traffic zone (taxis are exempt).

From Where to Stay in Rome 2026: A Neighbourhood-by-Neighbourhood Guide.

Where to eat in Centro Storico

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  • Citorah PickMarket · Centro Storico

    Campo de’ Fiori

    Citorah says Campo de’ Fiori has a market by day and turns into one of Rome’s best-known places for a drink at night.

Things to do in Centro Storico

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  • Citorah PickSight · Centro Storico

    Piazza Navona

    Citorah says Piazza Navona keeps the shape of the stadium Domitian built in AD 86. Of its three fountains, Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers is in the middle, and it was lit when I got there, just after nine.

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    Pantheon

    Citorah says By night, it’s the portico you see. When I got there, at about 21:20, the portico was lit and the piazza in front was still busy.

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    Fountain of the Four Rivers

    Citorah says Of its three fountains, Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers is in the middle, and it was lit when I got there, just after nine.

  • Citorah PickFestival · Centro Storico

    Befana fair

    Citorah says In December the square holds the Befana fair.

Other neighbourhoods

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    Monti

    Monti runs down to Via dei Fori Imperiali and Piazza del Colosseo, with the Imperial Forums along its edge. Turismo Roma calls it “bohemian and lively”: a maze of streets with restaurants, wine bars, art galleries and vintage shops, popular with Romans and visitors alike, and one of the city’s nightlife spots.

    Best for a first trip built around ancient Rome · arrivals by train who’d like to walk from Termini · anyone who wants wine bars and restaurants close by

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    Trastevere

    Trastevere is on the right (west) bank of the Tiber, and it’s Rome’s largest rione, or historic district. Turismo Roma describes its alleys, squares and “numerous trattorias and taverns offering traditional Roman recipes”, and calls it one of the most famous places for a night out, full of young people every evening, in its bars and in squares such as Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere and Piazza Trilussa.

    Best for trips built around food · evenings out · arrivals on the FL1 from Fiumicino

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    Prati

    Prati is on the right bank, “a few steps from the Vatican and St. Peter’s Basilica”. It’s the 22nd and last of Rome’s rioni, created in 1921, and the only one outside the old city walls.

    Best for trips built around the Vatican · anyone who’d rather sleep away from the nightlife · shoppers

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    Esquilino and Termini

    Termini, Italy’s largest railway station, is in the Esquilino. Turismo Roma calls the district one of the city’s “entry gates” and “the most multicultural district of the city”, for its many international restaurants and food shops, and its centre, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, the largest square in Rome.

    Best for early trains and late arrivals · day trips by rail · anyone who wants the airport one train away

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    Testaccio

    Testaccio is on the left bank, south of the centre. Turismo Roma calls it “the familiar and true soul of Rome”, with trattorias serving traditional Roman cooking and plenty of bars, and describes Piazza Testaccio as the heart of “the most ‘Roman’ neighbourhood in Rome”.

    Best for trips built around food · returning visitors · anyone who’d like to stay where Romans live

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    Aventine and the Celio

    The Aventine, above the Circus Maximus, is “a residential and refined district” in Turismo Roma’s words, popular for walks for its “quiet beauty”. Next door, San Saba is “a sought-after residential area surrounded by greenery”. The station is Circo Massimo, on metro line B, on Viale Aventino. The Celio is the hill beside the Colosseum, and the Colosseum itself is inside the rione.

    Best for light sleepers · returning visitors · a stay built around ancient Rome, with the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus close by

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