Settembrini

Vatican City, Borgo & Prati


All designer labels and media gossip, this fashionable cafe and restaurant buzzes throughout the day. Its menu covers the full gamut, listing everything from cakes and breakfast cornetti (croissants) to oysters, tapas, aperitivo cocktails and full restaurant meals. Expect global tastes in the dishes. Tables inside and out are surrounded by plants. Books abound.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Vatican City, Borgo & Prati attractions

1. Explora – Museo dei Bambini di Roma

0.45 MILES

Rome’s only dedicated kids’ museum, Explora is aimed at the under-12s. Divided into thematic sections, it’s a hands-on, feet-on, full-on experience that…

2. Villa Poniatowski

0.55 MILES

Part of the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, this villa has archaeological finds relating to the pre-Roman Umbri and Latin peoples.

3. Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo

0.58 MILES

This is one of Rome’s richest Renaissance churches, with a particularly impressive collection of art, including two Caravaggios: the Conversion of St Paul…

4. Porta del Popolo

0.58 MILES

On the northern flank of Piazza del Popolo, the Porta del Popolo was created by Bernini in 1655 to celebrate Queen Christina of Sweden's defection to…

5. Obelisk

0.6 MILES

Towering over Piazza del Popolo, this 36m-high obelisk was brought to Rome by Augustus from Heliopolis in ancient Egypt. It originally stood in the Circo…

6. Piazza del Popolo

0.61 MILES

This massive piazza was laid out in 1538 to provide a grandiose entrance to what was then Rome's main northern gateway. It has since been remodelled…