Your friends will have told you: "I got some nice shoes when I was in Rome". Indeed, that's the case. Shoes, clothes, leather goods... all you need to do is walk around the main shopping streets and you'll find what you want. And if you're wallet is deep enough head for the Spanish Steps area.
But where do Romans shop? How about those speciality shops that nobody knows of? Read up about them in this section, and if you know of any we should feature let us know - we'll send someone around to check them out.
La Soffitta Sotto i Portici
Forget ebay and visit a real market.
01 Mar '09 | Area: Spanish Steps
Happy birthday c.u.c.i.n.a store
In 1982 a small shop opened in central Rome selling kitchenware. 25 years on the shops have become three and one of the most well know of its kind.
27 Feb '09 | Area: Spanish Steps
Find unique clothes at Momento, in Via Giubbonari
It makes perfect sense to find a shop selling unique clothes in Via dei Giubbonari, the 'street of tailors'.
13 Feb '09 | Area: Campo de' Fiori
Trajan's Sacred Spring discovered
The Caput Aquae - the place where water originates - has been discovered for the aqueduct that was completed in 109 AD to serve Trastevere.
24 Jan '10 | Culture & Leisure
Get your hands on the Kids' Guide to Rome 2010
Wanted in Rome, the English-language guide listing all sorts of local events and activities, is giving it away with the 9 June edition of the publication.
10 Jun '10 | All of Rome
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