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Street by Street: Piazza di Spagna

The network of narrow streets between Piazza di Spagna and Via del
Corso is one of the liveliest areas in Rome, drawing throngs of tourists
and Romans to its discreet and elegant stores. In the 18th century
the area was full of hotels for frivolous English aristocrats doing
the Grand Tour, but there were also artists, writers, and composers,
who took the city’s history and culture more seriously. Spagna station

8 Babington’s
Tea Rooms
English tourists are
catered to in the
style of the 1890s.

6 . Piazza di Spagna
For almost three centuries P I A Z Z A D I
the square with its curious S P A G N A
Barcaccia fountain in
the center has been
the chief meeting
place for visitors
to Rome. V I A V I T T O R I A

5 Antico V I A D E L L A C R O C E
Caffè Greco
Busts and
portraits recall V I A D E L L A C A R R O Z Z E
V I A B O C C A D I L E O N E
the café’s former
artistic patrons.
Via delle Carrozze V I A D E L C O R S O
took its name from
the carriages of wealthy
tourists that used to V I A B O R G O N O N A
line up here for repairs. V I A C O N D O T T I
V I A F R A T T I N A V I A D E L L A V I T E

4 Via Condotti
This shadowy, narrow street
has the smartest stores in
one of the smartest shopping
areas in the world.
0 meters 75
0 yards 75
Bulgari sells very
expensive jewelry Key
behind an austere
storefront in Via Suggested route
Condotti. Metro station

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