Markets of Rome
Roma has dozens of markets: from the famous Porta Portese to many small corner markets. We try visit as many as we can, starting from the closest ones, the historical ones, the most important ones… until we’ll visit them all!
In addition to each market’s review you will find two sections: Alice’s wonderland, describing the market through the eyes of a child and Just around the corner, a few tips or places to visit in the neighborhood. Last but not least, a rich photo gallery including some videos of our favorite markets.
via Passino Farmers Market
“We would have preferred to stay where we were – explained after the moving the miller Giulio who comes from a village near L’Aquila to present his spelt flour products, made in a mill which survived to the last earthquake – it was a better place for a farmers’ market as ours. The customers were different, it hardly ever happened that someone asked me to decrease the price and then there is the parking issue. Now they are telling us they will give us the parking of a school nearby, but as of now parking remains an issue”.
Campo de' Fiori market
It’s one of the oldest markets in town, if not the oldest, considering that in 1869 already Campo de’ Fiori was the preferred destination of a group of ‘farming ladies’ coming every day from the countryside to sell their herbs and vegetables, often just sitting and cleaning them in the square.
Unità Market at Prati
Built on the commercial side of Cola di Rienzo road, the covered market of Unità square in Prati neighborhood was built in 1928 in neo-classical style with a monumental portal opening on Via Cola di Rienzo and turrets at the corners of the building. Until the Second World War, the market was on two floors: in the basement (where now is the parking) used to be the fish stalls and delicatessens, while on the ground floor there were fruits and vegetables vendors.