Cafe Life Rome: A Guidebook to the Cafes and Bars of the Eternal City

By Joe Wolff

The cafe is indisputably central to Roman life. Caf? Life Rome is the first guide book dedicated solely to the caf?s and bars of Rome. Instead of relying on city guides with cursory listings, this book, with its rich photography and informed descriptions, steers travelers through Rome's 5,000 bars to the perfect cafe. Caf? Life Rome focuses on thirty of the best, in four different areas of the city. Some of these establishments are hundreds of years old and some are relatively young, but each has a story to tell. These caf?s also offer food and drink at reasonable prices, or a specialty of the house worth a small splurge. Visitors will be able to choose a comfortable bar close to their accommodations, make it a hangout of their own and watch the Romani at close quarters. It may even be a place where Hemingway or Fellini came to unwind, too.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566564220
• ISBN13: 9781566564229
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Interlink Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Café Life Rome

We haven't visited Rome yet to check out the 22 or so cafés reviewed in this book, but it looks to be a great guide to Rome's cafés. Each review features interviews and stories about the café reviewed, information about the neighborhood, and info on the coffee and food served. As well as cafés, it features five or so of Rome's best gelato spots. All of which much helps to build a sense of anticipation to actually try these places!

Excellent guide to the best cafes

Use this book to do your own cafe tour in Rome. This is an excellent list of cafes and the photos and detailed descriptions make it a joy to read. Recommended by the Slow Travel website.

It gets them all

My favorite place for coffee, with the best latte I have found in Rome is at the Teatro Marcello cafe. This the first book to highlight the cafe, and not just the other more famous places. A wonderful guide to great cafes, with nice pictures to boot.

Hankering for La Dolce Vita?

Reading Cafe Life Rome is almost as good as being there. The beautiful photos and the wonderful stories about each of these family-run Cafes and their owners transport you to the Eternal City with its sweet way of life.An essential part of any trip to Rome is to visit the cafes, relax, enjoy the superb coffee, watch the Romani and soak up their world. This book helps you to find the best cafes in any area of the Centro Storico and should you care to, find one to make your own.Ready for La Dolce Vita? I recommend this book to help you find it

Make's you want to pack your bags

This is more than a wonderfully descriptive book on cafes and bars. The layout of the book sets an ambiance that makes you want to pack your bags to fly to Rome immediately. Reading this book, I traveled to Rome and loved it.