Open Door Bookshop

Trastevere & Gianicolo


A lovely bookshop crammed with new and secondhand titles, this is a great place to browse and happen upon a classic, with novels and nonfiction in English, Italian, French and Spanish.


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1. Torre degli Anguillara

0.06 MILES

Dating to the Middle Ages, this tower was part of the fortified holdings of the powerful Anguillara clan, which ruled this part of Rome until the 15th…

2. Isola Tiberina

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One of the world’s smallest inhabited islands, the boat-shaped Isola Tiberina has been associated with healing since the 3rd century BC when the Romans…

4. Chiesa di San Bartolomeo

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Built on the ruins of the Roman temple to Aesculapius, the Graeco-Roman god of medicine, the Isola Tiberina's 10th-century church is an interesting hybrid…

5. Ponte Rotto

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Visible to the south of the Isola Tiberina are the remains of the Pons Aemilius, ancient Rome’s first stone bridge. Dating to the 2nd century BC, it was…

6. Museo Ebraico di Roma

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The historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Rome’s Jewish community is chronicled in this small but engrossing museum. Housed in a building attached…

7. Palazzo Cenci

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A real-life house of horrors, Palazzo Cenci was the scene of one of the 16th century’s most infamous crimes, the murder of Francesco Cenci by his long…

8. Portico d'Ottavia

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The columns, arches and fragmented pediment of this quadriporto (four-sided porch), which dates from 23 BC, once formed part of a vast rectangular portico…