Rome - Around Town : Around Piazza Navona (part 3) - Antiques Shops,Chic Cafés and Bars

Antica Cappelleria Troncarelli

Don’t be fooled by the tiny size of this shop – it is still one of the best haberdashers in Rome, established in 1857.

• Via della Cuccagna 15

Ai Monasteri

Monasteries from all across Italy supply their homemade honey, liqueurs, beauty products, elixirs and other products to this shop.

• Corso Rinascimento 72

Antiqua Domus

Bring some of Rome’s elegance into your own home. This sizeable showroom has mostly 18th- and 19th-century furnishings on sale; some nice Empire pieces are particularly worth a look.

• Via dei Coronari 39

Gea Arte Antica

Own your own piece of ancient Rome. Choose from a range of objects, from simple oil lamps to exquisite painted vases.

• Via dei Coronari 233A

Massimo Maria Melis

This unique jewellery studio wraps 21-carat gold around coins, glass and stones preserved from the Etruscan, Roman and medieval eras.

• Via dell’Orso 57

Galleria Il Colibri

Small but worthy gallery presenting group and solo shows of contemporary painters, as well as historic posters and other types of art media.

• Via dell’Orso 92

Dott. Sergio de Sanctis

Exclusively Italian antiques, mostly elegant 18th- to early 20th-century furnishings and gilt-framed mirrors.

• Via dei Coronari 218–19

L’Art Nouveau

Antiques shop devoted to Art Nouveau and Liberty style furnishings, lamps, objets d’art and chinoiserie silk tapestries and gowns.

• Via dei Coronari 221

Calzoleria Petrocchi

Bruno Ridolfi keeps alive the high fashion, excellent quality, made-to-measure cobbler traditions of his uncle Tito Petrocchi, who regularly shod glamorous stars of stage and screen in the “dolce vita” heyday of the 1950s and 1960s.

• Via dell’Orso 25

Nardecchia

Prints, old photographs and watercolours are on sale here, from Piranesi originals to 20th-century works.

• Piazza Navona 25

Tre Scalini

This historic café, right on Piazza Navona, is renowned for its delectable chocolate home­made tartufo ice cream ball .

• Piazza Navona 28

Jonathan’s Angels

Perhaps Rome’s most unique and kitsch nightspot, which should be seen to be believed. Run by a former circus acrobat, it is eccentrically decorated, with a piano bar, tables out on the narrow alley strung with fairy lights, and the occasional impromptu floor show.

• Via della Fossa 16

Abbey Theatre Irish Pub

Comfortable, cosy Guinness pub, pleasantly removed from the hubbub of the nightlife core that has recently sprouted down the road. Basic snacks are also served and there’s an Internet terminal.

• Via del Governo Vecchio 51–53

Cul de Sac

One of Rome’s oldest wine bars, with lots of labels on offer. A bit of a squeeze inside and out, but a better option than the near­by bars of the Piazza Navona.

• Piazza Paquino 73

Bull Dog Pub

American style bar positively hopping nightly with plenty of lively young students both foreign and Italian

• Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 107

Bloom

The former Clochard nightclub was reborn in 2001 as a jazzy modern bar, with a sushi restaurant upstairs – a rare find in Rome.

• Via del Teatro Pace 30

Bramante

Café/bar with a quirky elegance amid a sea of pubs. Light dishes are served to a chic young crowd.

• Via della Pace 25

Bar del Fico

An alternative, chic hangout in the shade of the legendary fig tree in a tiny square, where you can sit inside or out and enjoy a morning cappuccino or a very late liqueur.

• Piazza del Fico

La Botticella

Small, always crowded birreria (beerhouse) with some tables outside, in the heart of the area’s nightlife action. Devil’s Kiss and Castlemaine XXXX beer are on tap.

• Via di Tor Millina 32

Old Bear

Eclectic but good food accompanies a wide range of beers here, with live music played in the basement.

• Via dei Gigli d’Oro 2–4