If you fancy something quieter than the big cafes in the nearby Piazza Navona and want a place where you will be able to watch real Romans going about their business, try this neighbourhood cafe which has excellent coffee plus cakes and pastries. Coffee and coffee flavoured chocolates are available to buy in signature yellow packaging.

Open: Daily 7.30am – 12midnight. 82 Piazza Sant' Eustachio.

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This great little cafe/bookshop is what all cafes in Rome should be like. Not perhaps as achingly scenic as some other cafes in Rome, it's nevertheless a good bet for a coffee, a slice of cake and a browse through the books.

Via dei Fienaroli 28 (across the river in Trastevere)
www.bibli.it/

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A Cafe-cum-restaurant on the Piazza del Popolo. Very cheap, great tasting authentic food and civilised atmosphere. It has the best beef lasagne I ever tasted for a very reasonable price. Also has great desserts.

Piazza del Popolo. Nearest metro station is Flaminio. It is located on the side of the piazza nearest to the Borghese gardens.

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The guide books tell you that the best cup of coffee in Rome is found at the Tazza d’Oro at Piazza della Rotonda close to the Pantheon. They are not wrong. Remember you have to pay for your coffee at the till and then take your receipt to the counter to be served.

Piazza Della Rotonda

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This may seem an odd thing to do in Rome, but you can visit here for a pot of English tea and a selection of cakes if the fancy takes you. It’s at the bottom of the Spanish steps and to the left as you face them. The rooms were opened in 1896 by the Babington sisters for homesick English travellers and now days also serves lunch. It’s a little pricey, but fun.

Piazza di Spagna, 23 00187; Tel: +39 06 678 6027

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This is Rome's oldest 'gelateria' (ice cream shop). They make the most delicious ice cream, so creamy and so many different flavours to choose from. Buy an ice cream and go to Piazza della Rotonda (where the Pantheon is) and enjoy it while watching the world go by. Not to be missed, not even in winter!

via Uffici del Vicario, 40
www.giolitti.it/

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