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                <title>Romac'è</title>
                
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                <title>Isola Tiberina</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you want somewhere near the centre, take a stroll round the impossibly beautiful Isola Tiberina. This also brings a salutary reminder because the hospital there is a maternity clinic.]]></description>
                
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                <title>St Peter’s Basilica</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Your first sight of St Peter’s from the end of the Via della Conciliazione will take your breath away.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Pop Inn Hostel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Small, clean and friendly hostel near the main Termini rail station offering a range of accommodation from single rooms to dormitories for eight, with or without bathroom. Prices for a double room plus Italian breakfast range from €21 to €49 per person per night.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Aventino</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The least expensive of three hotels owned by the same group on the tranquil, up-market Aventine hill. If you ever fancied yourself as a character in a Henry James novel then this is the place for you. Prices for a double room range from €114 to €197.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Matricianella</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Once named by an Italian foody mag as the best value trattoria in Rome’s “centro storico” (historic centre), Matricianella serves good Roman cuisine at reasonable prices. It is always crowded, so best to book. In summer, there is a small covered terrace outside. A three-course meal with wine should work out around €45 per person.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Fellini’s Roma</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Made back in 1972, but still the best way to get the spirit of the place.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Pizza Ré</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Cheap in Italy means pizza, but the pizza made in Rome, which traditionally has a thin base with crisp edges, can be disappointing. Pizza Re serves the spongier and altogether more appetising Neapolitan-style product. A straightforward pizza and a large beer costs €10.50.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Colosseum</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Rarely fails to fire young imaginations.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Carciofi alla Giudea</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A Jewish dish of deep-fried artichokes is a must, but no visit would be complete without those Roman staples, Spaghetti alla Carbonara, Bucatini all’Amatriciana and Saltimbocca alla Romana.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Supplì</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Rome’s rice croquette. Originally conceived as a way to use up leftovers, it consists of a mixture of rice, mozzarella and tomato paste in a crust of deep-fried breadcrumbs. More often found in bars and snack bars than in restaurants. Hard to stop at just one.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Clothes</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The cut of Italian clothes will flatter you as no other. Via Condotti is where most of the big designer names are to be found. But excellent clothes for less money can be found along Via Frattina, which runs parallel to Via Condotti, on nearby Via Campo Marzio and, further afield, on Via Cola di Rienzo and Via Po.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Glow-in-the-dark Virgins</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The tat you find round St Peter’s, including glow-in-the-dark Virgins and shake-and-snow models of the basilica (unless, of course, you’re into kitsch).]]></description>
                
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                <title>Gianicolo hill</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The gardens on the Gianicolo hill.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Sistine Chapel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Well, it has to be the Sistine Chapel. But can you survive the queue?]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Spanish Steps</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The outlook from the top of the Spanish Steps is a favourite, and deservedly so.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Visit the Forum</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Open 9am-1hr before sunset]]></description>
                
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                <title>Hotel Hassler</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The building at the top of the Spanish Steps was bought by a Swiss family in 1885 and has become a byword for old school stylishness. The rooftop restaurant offers stunning views across the city and a fabled Sunday lunch buffet. Prices for a double start at €500, but special deals can be obtained.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The most surprising is what you see if you look through a keyhole in the Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta on the Aventine hill. You can’t miss the door. There’s always someone peering through it. And I won’t ruin the surprise. Open 10-11am Sat.]]></description>
                
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                <title>La Pergola at the Hilton Cavalieri</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Offers a panoramic view of Rome as well as some of the best food to be had in Italy prepared, ironically enough, under the supervision of a German head chef, Heinz Beck. In summer, you can get a table on the adjoining terrace, but book well in advance. The sampler menu (menu gustazione) costs €140-155 euro per head – and that’s without wine starting at €45 a bottle.]]></description>
                
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