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Metropolita cocktail lounge.
NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDE

A guide to local favorites in Flaminio

Metropolita cocktail lounge.
  • By Erica Firpo
  • Photos by Ginevra Sammartino
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Flaminio
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Flaminio is a slice of modern Rome, just a 10-minute tram ride from one of the city’s northern gates, Porta del Popolo. Architecture from almost every modern and contemporary era can be found here, from 1930s rationalist buildings to structures built for the 1960 Olympics that reflect that decade’s urban-planning philosophy to 21st-century award-winning sites. Get your camera ready. Flaminio is the Rome you aren’t used to, but the residents are. The area is family-oriented and art-focused.

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Erica has lived in Rome since 2004, but she has been visiting the Eternal City since she was a child, thanks to her Roman mother and grandparents. Philly is her hometown, L.A. is where she started her career and Rome is the end-all, be-all. She loves piazza life but misses barbecues. She's the founder of Ciao Bella, a site on Italian culture.

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Flaminio

Bistrot 64
Chef Kotaro Noda infuses regional dishes with Japanese spices, aromas and sensibility. The trattoria-style restaurant is one of the country’s most affordable Michelin-star eateries.
Bistrot 64, Via Guglielmo Calderini 64, Rome
Maxxi
Architect Zaha Hadid’s award-winning Maxxi museum houses a collection of Italy’s art and architecture from the 21st century.
Maxxi, Via Guido Reni 4A, Rome
Ponte della Musica
One of the newest bridges in Rome, the “music bridge,” from 2011, is a beautiful double-arched footbridge perfect for a romantic walk or photo ops. Under the south side is an informal skate park.
Ponte della Musica, Ponte della Musica Armando Trovajoli, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy
Foro Italico/Stadio dei Marmi
A leftover from the 1920s, the Stadio dei Marmi is one of the prettiest tracks ever built, with low, marble stadium seats lined with statues of athletes posed in classical attire, surrounding a grass field and turf track. The entire Foro Italico complex is one of the best examples of Fascist-era architecture. A huge part of this complex is the 1960s Stadio Olimpico, host of the 1960 Olympics and stadium for Rome football teams AS Roma and SS Lazio.
Foro Italico/Stadio dei Marmi, Viale del Foro Italico, Rome
Metropolita
Taking up the ground floor of a 1920s palazzo, Metropolita is a chic salon and cocktail lounge whose interiors play on the building’s Art Deco heritage, with retro sci-fi cinema touches.
Metropolita, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 2, Rome
Auditorium Parco della Musica
Take me to your leader, or your conductor. Three monumental alien-pod-shaped domes, covered in zinc oxide — actually concert halls — hover over an outdoor theater at this Renzo Piano-designed auditorium complex. Aside from looking out of this world, the concert halls hold live music performances of all genres.
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Via Pietro de Coubertin 30, Rome
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Erica Firpo
Erica has lived in Rome since 2004, but she has been visiting the Eternal City since she was a child, thanks to her Roman mother and grandparents. Philly is her hometown, L.A. is where she started her career and Rome is the end-all, be-all. She loves piazza life but misses barbecues. She's the founder of Ciao Bella, a site on Italian culture.
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Ginevra Sammartino
Ginevra is a contributing photographer to The Washington Post based in Rome.

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