4 min
55 min
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21.2 / km²
6
0
813
+10% vs city
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Staying in Ponte
Ponte takes its name from the bridge to Castel Sant'Angelo and runs along the Tiber from Piazza Navona's western edge: Via dei Coronari with its antique dealers, Via del Governo Vecchio, and the quiet lanes between them.
It is the best-positioned district in Rome for a walking trip. Piazza Navona is at your back, the Vatican is twenty minutes over the bridge, Campo de' Fiori is five minutes south, and the Ponte Sant'Angelo at dusk with the Bernini angels and the castle behind them is the walk you will remember. Prices sit slightly under Navona and Pantheon addresses for the same distance.
The drawbacks are the river road and the trade. The Lungotevere along the western edge is four lanes of traffic and a room facing it will hear all night. Via dei Coronari is antique shops and restaurants rather than anything you need, and after they close the streets are dark and empty. There is no metro anywhere near - buses on Corso Vittorio are the practical option.
What works
- Piazza Navona at one end, Castel Sant'Angelo five minutes over the bridge
- About 20 minutes on foot to St Peter's, all of it along the river
- Slightly cheaper than Navona or Pantheon addresses next door
- Via dei Coronari and Governo Vecchio are quiet and genuinely handsome
What does not
- The Lungotevere is a four-lane road; river-facing rooms hear it
- No metro; buses on Corso Vittorio Emanuele are the option
- Antique shops and restaurants, nothing practical to buy
- Dark and empty once the shops shut
There are steps down to the river from close to most of the bridges.