High street retail chains remain noticeably absent from the centre of Rome, which has retained a profusion of individual boutiques and family-run stores selling perfume, fashion, homewares, regional food and more. On Via Condotti the great Italian fashion labels and their equally fashionable clientele jostle for position; a fifty-metre stroll will take you past Gucci, Prada, Dior, Versace and Valentino. Duck into the side streets for more peaceful shopping.
Quality Italian leather goods at reasonable prices
While in Italy, fans of leather goods must check out Suede and Skin....
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One of Rome's most beautiful streets
The name Via dei Coronari is derived of the many little shops that once lined this street, offering rosaries and other religious goods to pilgrims fleeing to Rome, mostly during the Jubilee....
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Quality Italian-made gloves
Since 1969, Sergio di Cori has been selling their Italian-made gloves from a small, classical boutique in Rome....
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A special boutique with splendid herbal concoctions
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella was originally founded in Florence in 1612 by the Dominican monks of Santa Maria Novella....
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The widest selection of English titles in Rome
The Lion Bookshop & Cafe has been serving the Roman community for over 50 years....
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A high-quality Italian department store
La Rinascente, named after the poet Gabriele Dannunzio "La Rinascente", is a department store chain which originated in Milan....
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