Market and other Rome, Italy Shopping Tips

Name of Shop: Porta Portese

It's the biggest market in Rome. It's 'open' on sunday mornings.

What To Buy: EVERYTHING! Clothes, sunglasses, books, antiques, cds, dvds, home furnishing, toys, it has everything for everybody.

What To Pay: Being a market, everything is quite cheap, and you can always negotiate the prices. For instance, I bought two shirts for 2€ and one for 1€... You just have to search in the middle of the piles of clothing.

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Directions: Trastevere (catch tram 8 at Largo Argentina or bus number 11)

Name of Shop: Via del Corso

Via del Corso is one of the main streets of Rome and my favourite shopping spot. Here you can find the big international stores, like Zara, Nike and Adidas, the big Italian stores, such as Feltrinelli (the equivalent of Fnac, where you can find Italian books and music), Carpisa (bags) and Havana (affordable women clothes) and some other smaller shops with great bargains (and, sure, also some shops where I do not even dare to enter - my wallet and my boyfriend forbidden me!).

Make sure you enter Galleria Alberto Sordi (who was a Roman actor, btw) - it's a very nice building and there are some caffés inside where you can relax if you're too tired and it's too hot.

In all of my visits to Rome, a trip through this street, from Piazza Venezia up to Piazza del Popolo (where we always stop to eat an ice cream seated in the steps of one of the churches) is mandatory. I try to leave to the last days, though, or no more money for pizza and gelato! :P

What To Buy: Everything - clothes, shoes, bags, cds, books, toys, souvenirs, etc.

What To Pay: There's plenty of choice for all kinds of wallets!

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