Homes in Rome: useful informations for your roman vacation

SHOPPING

Shopping hours are as follows: during winter from 9.00 to 13.00 and from 15.30 to 19.30; during summer from 9.00 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 20.00. Many of the shops in the centre of Rome are open all day from 10.00 to 19.30.

Rome also hosts a number of open-air markets, the more colorful and picturesque ones being:

Campo de’ Fiori

Situated in the heart of the city, in Piazza Campo de' Fiori, it is open from Monday to Saturday to 7.00 to 13.30. Every morning the most colorful possible it sells fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, dried fruit and legumes and of course, fresh flowers. The excellent gastronomical and bread shops around the piazza complete the range of products available.

Porta Portese, Via Portuense e Via Ippolito Nievo

Open on Sundays from 6.30 to 14.00, a brick-a-brack market where you can find everything from shoes, dresses, bags, suitcases, camping equipment, bed linen, towels, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, plants, pets, car accessories, CDs and old vintage LPs.

Borghetto Flaminio

Close to the Metro stop Flaminio, it opens on Sunday from 10.00 to 18.00. It is a very unusual market where private vendors sell clothes and other various items. Day by day, it has become a well attended lounge where members of roman "society" love to meet up and snap up bargains.