We have been scouring the internet for restaurant and sight recommendations. Two of my favorite blogs are Parla Food and An American in Rome. Here is the Itinerary we have come up with:
Thu 11: S San Lorenzo in Lucina (#8) 8-20
Bust of Gabrielle Fonsera (4th chapel on the right)
A Palazzo Montecitorio (#8)
Begun by Bernini and completed by Fontana
S Sant’ Agostino (#14) 8-12 16-19:30
Two Angels above High Altar
S Santa Maria Sopra Minerva (#16) 7-19 RS 892 Map 891
Elephant sculpture in piazza
Bust of Giovani Vievano (left aisle, pillar between 3rd & 4th chapels)
Tomb of cardinal Domenico Pimentel (narrow passage at the east end of the church)
A Palazzo Odescalchi (#7)
Facade only (del corso)
S Gesu (#17) 7-12:30 16-19 RS 892
Monument to San Roberto Bellarmino
S Santa Maria in Aracoeli (#19) 9-12:30 14:30-17:30 RS 882
Memorial of Carlo Barberini (on entrance wall)
Memorial inscription for Urban VII (entrance)
S Palazzo dei Conservatori
Musei Capitolini (#19) 9:30-19:30 RS 880 Map 881
ticket office Piazza dei Campidoglio
Head of memorial statue of Carlo Barbarini
Memorial statue of Pope Urban VIII
Bust of Medusa
Restaurants: Salumeria Roscioli via dei Giubbonari 21 (#807) L&D 12:30-4 7-12 deli, wine (Mario)
Grappolo D’Oro Zampano Piazza della Cacelleria 80/84 (#898)
Closed Wed Lunch 12:45-3 7-11:30
Armando al Pantheon Salita dei Crescenzi 31 (#714) 12-3 7-11
Antico Forno Roscoili via dei Chiavari 34
Carapina via dei Chiavari 37 11-8:30 (Gelato)
Sant’Eustachio Il Caffè Pizza di Sant’Eustachio 82 8:30- (Mario coffee)
Fri 12: S Museo & Galleria Borghese Tuesday-Sunday 9-19 RS 912 Map 912
Aeneas, Anchises & Ascanius
Apollo & Daphne
Busts (2) of Pope Paul V
Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
David
Goat Amalthea with Infant (Jupiter or Zeus)
Pluto & Prosperpina
Truth Unveiled by Time
S Villa Borghese RS 911
Amalthea Goat
F Piazza di Spagna (#4) RS 867
Fontana della Barroccia
S Sant’ Andrea della Fratte (#3) 8:30-12 16-19
Angel with Crown of Thorns
S&F Porta del Popolo (#1)
Inner face decoration (via del corso)
Acqua Acetosa (outside the porta)
S Santa Maria del Popolo (#1) 7-12:30 16-19 RS 917
Sculpture in Raphael’s Chigi Chapel
Restaurants: Antica Enoteca via della Corce 76b (#1982)
Ristorante all Rampa Piazza Magnanelli 18 (#2004)
Da Giggi via delle Carrozza 53-54 (#964) 12-3:30 6:30-11
Sat 13: A&S Santa Bibiana 7:30-10 16:30-19:30
Facade only
Santa Bibiana above the high altar
Santa Maria Maggiore (#29) 7-9 RS 927 Map 923
church (not Bernini)
S Santa Prassede (#29) 7:30-12 16-18 RS Map 927
Tomb of Bishop Giovan Battista Santoni
S Santi Domenico & Sisto (#20) Saturday only!
Decoration of first chapel on right Noli Me Tangere sculpture (Largo Angelicum)
A Palazzo del Quirinale (#7) RS 926
Narrow wing running along Via del Quirinal only
A Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale (#7)
A Palazzo Barberini (#6)
F Piazza Barberini (#6) RS Map 922
Fontana di Tritone
Fontana della Api
F V Quattro Fontane @ XX Septembre (#6) RS Map 922
Quattro Fontane (one on each of the corners)
S Santa Maria della Vittoria 8:30-12 15:30-18 RS 924
Cornaro Chapel-Ecstasy of St. Theresa
Restaurants: La Romano via XX Septembre 60 (#5) gelato
Taverna dei Fori Imperiali via Madonna dei Monti 16 (#267) L 12-3 D 7-11 Closed Tues
Janta Fats Food via Mamiani, 11 10-22 (Indian)
Berzitello via delle Quatro Fontane, 32 11-24 (pizza et al)
Mon 15: A&S San Pietro 7-18:30 RS 894-901
Piazza and Colonnade
Statues over the colonnades
Scala Regia (staircase from Vatican Palace to St. Peter’s)
Constantine the Great (main landing of scala regia)
Altar of the Capella dei Sacramento
Balconies in the pillars of the dome
Baldicchino
Cathedral Pietro (apse)
Ciborium above St. Peter’s Tomb
Pasce Ovesmeas (marble relief inside portico above central door)
St. Longinus (niche of NE pillar of the dome)
Tomb of Countess Matilda (right Aisle)
Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
Tomb of Pope Urban VII (in Cathedra Pietro)
S Pont Sant’ Angelo (#40)
Angel Sculptures (copies)
Restaurants: Hostaria Dino y Toni via Leone IV 60 (#822) Mon-Sat 12:30-3 7-11
Il Gelato di Claudio Torce Piazza dei Risorgimento 51 10-11
Ristorante Cesare via Crescenzio 13 12:30-3 7:30-12
Secondo Tradizione via Rialto, 30 12:00-14:30, 17:30-23:00 DOMENICA CHIUSO
L’Arcangelo via Gioacchino Belli, 59 13.00-14.30 20.00-23.00 Domenica: Chiuso
Tue 16: S Santa Maria del Priorato keyhole before? (#34)
San Francisco a Ripa (#47) 8-13 14-19:30 RS Map 963
Ecstacy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni
S San Pietro in Montorio (#48) 8:30-12 15-16 RS 930
Raimondi Chapel (after, go up the hill Passeggiata del Gianicolo for view of Rome)
A Palazzo Spada (#39)
with Borromini (via Giulia)
S San Lorenzo in Damasco (piazza della Cancelleria) (#39) 7:30-12 16:30-20
Tomb of Alessandro Valtrini (entrance hall)
F Piazza Navona (#12) RS 861 Map 863
Fontana dei Quattro Diumi
Fontana dei Moro (central sea god)
S Palazzo Doria Pamphilj (#17) 9-19 RS 893
Bust of Innocent X (via del corso 305 & dellagatta)
Restaurants: Salumeria Roscioli via dei Giubbonari 21 (#807) L&D 12:30-4 7-12 deli, wine (Mario)
Grappolo D’Oro Zampano Piazza della Cacelleria 80/84 (#898)
Closed Wed Lunch 12:45-3 7-11:30
Osteria le Mani in Pasta via dei genovesi 37 (#742) 12:30-3 7:30-11:30
Da Enzo via dei Vascellari 29 (#240) Tues-Sat 12:30-3 7:30-11
Antico Forno Roscoili via dei Chiavari 34
Carapina via dei Chiavari 37 11-8:30 (Gelato)
Ma Che Siente Vennuti AFA Via Benedetta 25 11-2 (Beer & Football)
Le Levain Bakery via Luigi santini 22 8-
Other Restaurants of interest:
Cesare al Casaletto via del cavalletto 45 (#1166) Take #8 tram (Mario)
Closed Wednesday 12:30-3 7:30-11
Marzapane via Velletri 39 13-15 20-23
After Rome we will spend an afternoon in Naples and then hop the train to Sorrento for four nights. Looking forward to a great 60th! I'll keep you posted.
