Trastevere, Rome

Located by the Ponte Sisto, ancient Travestere offers the vacationer a glimpse of a multi-cultural environment, Roman night life, street performers, an occasional morning time accordion player, restaurants ranging from pizzerias to high-end dining. For drinks and occasional live entertainment try the Ombre Rosso on St Egidio. We saw jazz musician Mark Fish there, and he was quite good. Travestere is definitely an experience one should not miss.

This was my 2nd visit to Trastevere and the only problem I ever have - is I have to leave for home.

Great restaurants, medieval buildings, charming atmosphere...and don't skip town without seeing the inside of Santa Maria de Trastevere church for the gorgeous mosaics! Located in the town square, it has one of the most beautiful interiors in Rome! I had a great time there; too bad it was my last evening in Roma...I will go back and try to stay there next time. Definitely worth spending the late afternoon, evening there. Just so beautiful and unusual.

nightime the place comes alive,outdoor dining sitting in a piazza with the crowds of people, just enjoy the atmosphere. ate twice at the cassetta di trastavere near to via della just loved it!

Trastevere, can be found directly across the Ponte Sisto bridge. As you walk the streets of Piazza Navona or Compo di Fiore, a short walk across the tiber river you will find this wonderful community with wonderful food lovely cafe's and ancient churches. Since it is not as well known as other Roman sites the cost is not as high as most on the tourist circuit. Items that cost 100 euro's on the Via Venito might only cost 30 in Trastevere. The food is some of the best I have eaten in all of Roma.

We stayed in this area and really enjoyed it -- tons of restaurants and some vendors at night-- enough to enjoy but not as overwhelming as being in a more touristy area of Rome.

We went to visit my daughter who is studying in Rome. She has an apartment in Trastevere, so we stayed in Trastevere to be near her for a few days. We ate at Dar Poeta, excellent pizza, best ever. Food in Trastevere is best in Rome. Stay away from any self service eating places where food is shown in cases, pre-cooked and then microwaved. Good idea, bad experience. Best to go to grocery store, and purchase cheese, bread and wine for a quick lunch.

The best resturants are on the side streets in Trastevere. I was there for 5 nights. Every night was better than the last. The resturants open after 8:00pm so plan on eating late, it's worth it.

Trastevere is a great place to live if you are looking to settle somewhere. its beyond the noise of rome borders the banks of the tiber- so you have access to the ponte sisto which gives you access to a short walk to campo de fiori and many other famous spots in rome. trastevere has a variety of small shops and cafes- one especially famous to local students is Massi cafe- which is owned by Luca, a friendly and bald headed gentlman that speaks broken english but can more or less understand poor italian/english. another highlite is pizzaria san calisto- the finest pizzaria in all of roma....just walk down via della scalla and you will find it. also there is piazza santa maria di trastevere a church and a piazza/fountain which is nice at night. at night there are often vendors near piazza santa maria and via della scala- which sell all sorts of trinkets. the town is also a short walk from the vatican just follow via della lungara all the way down hop across the street up a block and there is the vaticano

We went there at night, and lots of people were out walking around. It's near the river and a good place for people watching, but other than that there's not a whole lot to see there.