Sights in Trastevere

What to see in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome

A street in Trastevere

Trastevere itself ★★
This former working class district is Rome's left bank, a bohemian neighborhood of cobblestone streets, loads of restaurants and bars, and a lively air day and night... » more
 
Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome

Santa Maria in Trastevere ★★
Rome's first church named for the Virgin, its frescoed façade floodlit at night, the apse covered with mosaics by Pietro Cavallini, its cosmatesque floor inlaid with swirling patterns of marble chips... » more
 
Cavallini frescoes in Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere ★
You'd never know from the bland baroque interior of this convent church that, by slipping a modest bribe to the nuns, you can get inside the cloistered section to see one of Rome's last remaining medieval masterpieces of fresco by Pietro Cavallini... » more
 
Raphale's Galatea in the Villa Farnesina, Rome

Villa Farnesina ★
Baldassare Peruzzi built this modestly sized but sumptuously decorated villa for banking mogul Agostino Chigi in 1508–11, who had particularly good taste in artists and hired Raphael, Sodoma, and Peruzzi to decorate the interior of his new villa... » more
 
Bernini's Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica in san Francesco A Ripa in Trastevere

San Francesco a Ripa

Bernini was the master of racy, nearly erotic religious themes... » more
 
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Corsini, Rome

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica: Palazzo Corsini
This 15th-century palace houses the original half of Rome's National Gallery of paintings (the other half's in the Palazzo Barberini, near Via Veneto). The paintings are hung sort of all squished together, but its worth a visit for such big names as Raphael, Caravaggio, Fra' Angelico, Guido Reni, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Guercino... » more
 
Botanical Gardens in Trasteveret

Orto Botanico
A hidden botanical garden of quiet paths in Trastevere... » more
 
Isola Tiberina

Tiber Island
Rome's only island rides the water of the Tevere like a boat laden with the echoes of ancient myths and beliefs... » more
 
View from the Gianicolo at night

The Gianicolo ★
The Janiculum is not, technically, one of the famous "seven hills of Rome," but it's still my favorite—stretched between Trastevere and the Vatican Borgo across the Tiber River from the ancient center, and offering a stunning panorama of the city... » more
 
Tatro dei burratini sul gianicolo

Taking in a puppet show on the Gianicolo
See Pulcinella shows (in America, this translated to Punch & Judy) and other puppet classics Tuesdays to Sundays in this little theater on the hill (show times vary; usually in late afternoon)... » more
 
Mercato Porta Portese

Porta Portese Market ★
Even if you buy nothing, this giant mercato dei pulci—why is it called a "flea market" in every language?—is a carnival of sights, sounds, and smells (don't worry, mostly of roasting corn). This is the Big Mamma of Roman flea markets. Not to be missed... » more
 

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