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Off path neighbourhoods
“You gotta love some off the beaten path neighbourhoods to understand the alternative side of Rome, outside of the main highlights. Here’s a few suggestions we’ve picked out for you.”
Ostiense
📜 Some history: Ostiense is a popular and residential neighbourhood where the Basilica of San Paolo outside the walls is located, dating back to the 4th century. Students and hipsters love to go to bars and discos open all night in the essential Garbatella, full of graffiti. At the Ostiense railway station, the large Eataly store houses four floors of restaurants, bars and gourmet food shops, while the Centrale Montemartini museum displays classic sculptures in a former power plant.
Testaccio
📜 Some history: A dynamic trendy neighbourhood that develops around Monte dei Cocci, a hill born from the accumulation of discarded Roman amphorae. The caves formerly used as warehouses house crowded bars and night clubs, as well as traditional and innovative trattorias. Many menus offer offal specialties, a clear reference to the former slaughterhouse in the area which today houses the MACRO museum of modern art. In the lively local market you can buy fresh agricultural products and street food.
Coppedè
📜 Some history: One of the most characteristic neighbourhoods of the city nestled within the Trieste district in the northern part of the city. A corner of Rome with unexpected and bizarre features, a fantastic mixture of Art Nouveau, Art Decò, with infiltrations of Greek, Gothic, Baroque and even medieval art. Though the Art Nouveau palaces of Quartiere Coppedè, featuring floral, mythological and medieval details, are abundant, there is plenty of space for the fantasies of Coppedè in this vast area.
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