18 min
45 min
8
11.7 / km²
14
0
1,947
−5% vs city
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Staying in Trastevere
Trastevere is across the Tiber from the centro storico and about eighteen minutes on foot from Piazza Navona over Ponte Sisto. It has no metro. Tram 8 runs down Viale di Trastevere to Largo Argentina, and that is the whole of the rapid transit, so this is a district you walk out of.
It is two districts in practice, split by Viale di Trastevere. North of it, around Piazza Santa Maria and Piazza Trilussa, is where the bars are and where the noise runs to about 02:00 from Thursday onward, outdoors, under windows with shutters and no double glazing. South of it, towards Porta Portese, the same cobbles are quiet by midnight and about twenty per cent cheaper.
The food is the real argument for staying here, and it is a strong one, but the standard has thinned where the crowds are thickest. The trattorie two streets off Piazza Santa Maria are still the ones Romans name; the ones with laminated menus on the piazza itself are not. Also worth knowing before you book: the cobbles are hard on wheeled luggage and the alleys are too narrow for a taxi to reach many doors.
What works
- The best concentration of traditional Roman kitchens in the city
- Eighteen minutes on foot to Piazza Navona over Ponte Sisto
- Tram 8 runs to Largo Argentina every few minutes until late
- The Gianicolo terrace above it is the best free view in Rome
What does not
- No metro station, and none is planned for this side of the river
- Outdoor drinking noise until about 02:00 from Thursday to Sunday
- Cobbles and narrow alleys: a taxi cannot reach many front doors
- The restaurants on the main piazzas now trade on the address alone
Today Trastevere is one of the centers of Roman night life; rich in pubs, restaurants, clubs.Cars of non-residents of Trastevere are not permitted to park there after dark so you'll have to park close and walk if you're going by car.