Roma Guide 2026

Rome, the way locals actually live it.

Forget the guidebook that sends every traveller to the same three photo spots. Vintage & The City: Rome is a curated, insider's map of the Eternal City for readers who'd rather dig through a Sunday flea market than queue for a selfie, the kind of guide you hand to someone who already knows what the Colosseum looks like and wants to know where Romans actually shop, eat and disappear to on a Saturday night.

Three tightly edited chapters, Where to Shop, Where to Eat, Where to Sleep, cut straight through the noise.

No exhaustive lists, no filler: every address has been chosen because it has a story, a point of view, and staying power.

A market that's been running since the postwar years. A trattoria reinventing Roman offal cooking for a new generation.

A seventeenth-century palazzo turned into ten suites furnished with real 1950s Italian design.

This is a guide built on taste, not algorithms.

It fits the pocket of a weekend bag and reads like it was written by a well-connected friend rather than a search engine — because it was. Practical tips are woven in exactly where they're needed, from how to survive Porta Portese with your wallet and dignity intact, to why a scooter beats a rental car every single time.

For readers of the previous editions, Rome is the natural next stamp in the collection: same format, same eye for character over convention, a new city to fall for. For new readers, it's the fastest way to travel like you've already lived there.

Small enough to pack. Sharp enough to matter. This is Rome, curated.