Rome Workshops, Handcraft Stores Spelt Out To You In 10 Minutes!
Date, 07.28.2009
by Cristiano Rubbi
Rome Workshops, Handcraft Stores Spelt Out To You In 10 Minutes!
Just as wrinkles trace the past and present story of a person, in a city like Rome through its old stores and ancient alleyways, you get the true feeling of its history and charm. Go through the shelves of an old delicatessen in search of ingredients that make the typical cuisine of the locals. These old shops lead us to observe details and pick-up perfumes and aromas unmatched anywhere else.
Old stores, workshops and street stalls still exist in Italy and make an ancient city like Rome as unique as it is. Of course these stores and workshops and little markets are typical in little villages but Rome is certainly well equipped, especially in the centre, in the old part of the city.
Would you like to visit a very typical suburb of Rome? Visit San Lorenzo! The stone work and marble and statues of all shapes and sizes are to be found there. Not to speak of the very characteristic name signs for old time mechanics. Very Roman in their attitude.
Now let's venture into the very heart of Rome. Not far from Piazza Navona is Via de' Coronari which is lined with antique shops and very expensive art stores. This is a very exclusive suburb of Rome recommended for the lucky few... Are you looking for rare prints, paintings and carpets? This is the place for you. Of course all credit cards are welcome and the sign 'English is spoken' appears on most shop windows.
Is it always necessary to buy? Of course not! Window shopping is just as interesting and as exciting as buying a tiny souvenir. Getting to know Rome is also walking, having an Italian coffee and finding yourself, without realizing it, in front of Via Giulia, one of the most beautiful streets of Rome, that reaches the end of Corso Vittorio Emanuele.
Are you looking for something really special to take back home? There is tiny little shop in Via de' Coronari that is a collectors' dream from jewels to old medals, from frames to expensive paintings and whatever may come to your head can be found in Il Collezionista at No 198.
A rocking horse, miniature car and a playful atmosphere is what your children will get if you go along to Via Metastasio No 17, near the Pantheon, where Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will gladly cut your children's hair.
Piazzetta San Simeone not far from Via de' Coronari is where Osteria dell'Antiquario is and is ready to welcome you for a typical Roman meal. Don't want to spend too much? Half way between Campo de' Fiori and Largo Argentina is a very small historic place of the 50's that offers stuffed fried zucchini flowers and fried fish.
More on food, between Piazza Navona and the Pantheon is a super pizza shop that exclusively at lunch time makes the most delicious and varied sliced take-away pizza. Everything under the sun is stuffed onto this pizza at a very reasonable price. A little story to go with this: 2 little kids go back to school after summer holidays. One little kid says to the other: 'my father has just opened a pizza shop and the peculiarity is that you can ask him to top your pizza with anything at all'. He asks his friend to come along and he will serve him personally. In the evening his little friend is out to catch him on that statement and orders a pizza with whale. He waits patiently for his friend to return with his pizza and grins to see him come back without it. He thinks to himself: 'I got you'. His friend's reply is: 'my dad says that he's not going to cut up a whale just for a simple slice of pizza'.
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