City Guides
Where to stay in Rome for a first visit: central Monti by the Colosseum, buzzing Trastevere,…
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Stay in Monti. For a first trip, it's the neighborhood that puts the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, and a genuine Roman evening within a ten-minute…
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Three landmarks anchor the decision.
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Monti wears its history lightly.
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Cross the Tiber and Trastevere is the Rome of the postcards after dark — ochre walls, ivy, and trattorias that spill their tables into cobbled lanes.
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Prati is where Romans actually live — an elegant grid north of the Vatican, leafy and orderly, with wide boulevards and two Line A stops (Ottaviano…
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Here's the upside of that compact core: your neighborhood barely changes the sightseeing.
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