28 min
45 min
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4.2 / km²
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+12% vs city - one reason for the Mixed verdict
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Staying in Sallustiano
Sallustiano is one of the smallest rioni, a grid laid out after 1870 on the gardens of the historian Sallust. It is where united Italy put its ministries: the Agriculture ministry fills a block of Via XX Settembre, and the side streets are embassies, religious houses and the villini of the families who moved in with the new state.
There are a lot of hotels, and they are here for the business traffic. The practical case for them is real: Repubblica on metro A is a few minutes away, Termini is ten minutes on foot for day trips, and Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa is in Santa Maria della Vittoria on the district's main street.
The case against is the same as for Via Veneto next door. You pay close to centro storico rates and you are nearly half an hour from Piazza Navona, uphill on the way back. Once the offices close, the streets are quiet enough to feel empty, and the restaurants thin out with the lunch trade.
What works
- Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa is in Santa Maria della Vittoria
- Repubblica on metro A a few minutes away
- Ten minutes on foot to Termini for day trips
- Quiet at night, with no bars under the windows
What does not
- Priced above the median district, and a half-hour walk from the centro storico
- Ministries and embassies: the streets empty once the offices close
- Restaurants thin out after the lunch trade goes home
- It sits on a rise, so every walk home is uphill
It's also home to a huge assortment of hotels, and it's likely that you'll be staying here, despite the fact that most of Rome's historic attractions are elsewhere.