When in Rome…. do as the Romans do
Apart from the obvious (shoes, shoes and more shoes – oh yes and maybe some bags too), here are some of ChI’s particular favourite purchases….
• The Vatican’s preferred wood roasted coffee beans, which have fantastic
flavour and aroma - Sant’Eustachio, in Piazza Sant’Eustachio 82, 00186
Rome tel +39 06 688 020 48 www.santeustachioilcaffe.it
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• Anything Prada
• Baldinini shoes
• Alessi products from Prati district
• Anything edible, but particularly the cheese with black truffles, from
Salvatore & Anna’s in Parioli Specialita
Alimentari di Anna e Salvatore, Viale Parioli 206,
Mercatino Dei Parioli, Box 16, Parioli, Roma. Tel 347 1063217.
• Santa Maria Novella scented candles, pomegranite soap and pot pourri (if
you can’t get to their main shop in Florence) Corso del Rinascimento 47, Rome
tel 06-6872446
• One-of-a-kind shoes, boots, bags from Fausto Santini, Via Frattina 120. tel
+39 06 678 4114.