L'Emporio alla Pace

Centro Storico


Students sitting solo with a book, lunching ladies, gossiping friends, tourists, priests, Romans: this bustling book cafe caters to a mixed crowd throughout the day, serving cappuccino and cornetti (croissants) in the morning, panini and pastas at lunchtime, prosecco and cocktails in the evening.


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