Spending some time here in Trastevere - be it for holiday, study or work – is a good way to understand Rome.
Trastevere Bed and Breakfast offers its guests the chance to immerse themselves into the atmosphere of a forgotten Rome, few minutes from the tourist sights but in a whole different rhythm.
Trastevere used to be – until not long ago – a sort of a village with its own rituals, facing Rome “of the Colusseum” on the other side of the Tiber (still today, Trastevere’s inhabitants call themselves “noantri”, “ourselves”).
Furthermore, Trastevere is a perfect neighbourhood to be experienced in a Bed & Breakfast, a kind of accomodation that allows you to know the city more as a local than as a tourist.
Those who know Rome for its imposing monuments and roman ruins always end up surprised when they see Trastevere’s medieval streets, its shops, often unchanged since the 60′s, the trattorie in small hidden squares.
From the early morning Trastevere shows its relaxed and pleasant nature. The bars - Trastevere is sure not lacking bars – are crowded with romans and Trastevere locals, who enjoy exchanging jokes with the barman as they wait for their caffè e cornetto (coffee and pastry). Some lone seagull diverts from the river to land among the fish stalls in Piazza San Cosimato’s market. Shops open with no rush, and you can see the first passers-by and cars. The smell of oven-warm bread spreads in the streets of the neighbourhood. It’s adviceable to live the morning with all the quietness that Trastevere allows: having breakfast outside, under a nice spring sun, away from the traffic of the big arteries.
The day in Trastevere is lively but not stressing. The whole neighbourhood is a big network of restaurants, trattorie, osterie, pizzerie, clubs, bars. You will have plenty of choice, both for lunch and dinner (we will explore the subject soon), and there’s always people sitting at the tables outside. From there, you can enjoy a perfect point of view on the flowing mankind of the neighbourhood.
Night in Trastevere is young. The small sleepy streets of the zone get crowded with youth coming from all of Rome to have fun in the bohémienne atmosphere of this “former village”. At dusk, Trastevere changes its face and many trendy clubs just appear, scattered among the old family-owned restaurants. They don’t come here for disco, but rather to have a drink with friends, chatter, stroll and enjoy some breeze from the river, maybe while having some prosecco from Freni & Frizioni, one of the most trendy aperitif bars.
At a certain time of the night, the people of the clubs withdraws, leaving the streets silent and sleepy. In the meanwhile, bakers start making bread for the next morning.
