This is a section contains our secret listings of "Italy's Best" from our Members' point of view. Here we can share a listing of our favorite places, parks, hideouts and haunts that could be of interest both to other Members living in that same town or area, as well as for our Associates coming to visit.
If you have a favorite spot to add (either in Rome or elsewhere in Italy), please send it to the Webmaster.
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Restaurants / Trattorias
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Flavio a Velavevodetto (Testaccio area)
We like to go here for lunch as a group, after we visit the Non-Catholic Cemetery. It's a short walk and the food is fantastic. You should really make a reservation because it's quite popular.
Food Shop
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Fiorentino- l'Artigano della Carne (the butcher in Campo dei Fiori)
MUST try the many various flavored/spiced meatballs (there are some that are also turkey)
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Il Forno (the bakery/sandwhich shop just next to the butcher, behind the flower stall)
A favorite... cibatta bread with buffalo mozzarella cheese and zucchini flowers. You can only get them to take-away so grab a bottle of water and go sit and admire the view in the piazza.
Place / Piazza / Park
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Piazza San Lorenzo in Lucina
Great bars to sit out and have an aperitivo or a cup of tea.
Historical Monument / Touristic Point of Interest
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The Pantheon
Inside when it is raining hard (better yet, on the rare occasion it is snowing).​