Land in the apartment
La Casa di Vittorio Boutique, Viale Giulio Cesare 95
Settle, shower, espresso on the balcony. Out by 16:30.
Thursday 4 June
Trevi at night, after the crowds thin
Soft landing — Prati orientation, the bath-church, pizza, Trevi at night.
Walk Via Cola di Rienzo
Prati's spine. Tree-lined, locals on their passeggiata.
5 min walk
Sciascia Caffè 1919
Wood-paneled, marble-counter, since 1919. The ritual: caffè eustachio in tazza di cioccolato — espresso in a porcelain cup lined with melted dark chocolate. Kids get thick cioccolata calda.
~€18
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6 min walk
Piazza Cavour + Ponte Cavour
Over-the-top 19th-century Supreme Court (the Palazzaccio). Cross to Ponte Cavour for the first Tiber view.
5 min walk
Metro: Lepanto → Repubblica
Line A, 5 stops, ~8 min. Three tickets €4.50 (the 10-year-old rides free if under-10 cutoff still applies — check at the cassa).
€4.50
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Piazza della Repubblica + Santa Maria degli Angeli
Michelangelo-converted Roman bath. The vaults are the actual frigidarium from AD 300. Show the kids the meridian line in the floor — used to set Rome's clocks for 150 years. Free entry.
~30 min
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5 min walk
Dinner: 50 Kalò di Ciro Salvo
AVPN-certified Neapolitan, Ciro Salvo's dough.
Order for four
- Margherita con bufala
- Marinara
- Salsiccia e friarielli (Ciro's regional signature)
- Nerano — zucchini cream, mint, provolone del Monaco (peak June)
- One round of fritti to start
~€25 pp
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Trevi Fountain at night
Taxi (~€12) or metro after the crowds thin. Floodlit travertine without the daytime circus. Each kid gets one €0.20 coin, right hand over left shoulder, back to the fountain — one coin = return to Rome. Quick walk to Piazza Colonna, taxi home by 22:30.
Thins after 21:30. Packed before 21:00.
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