Bed and Breakfast for rent in a town house in Rome

One neighborhood that often gets overlooked in Rome is the quartiere Monti. Though its location is key (smack dab in the middle of the Centro Storico and right down the street from the Colosseum), if you don't know what you're looking for, you could easily pass through here it without even realizing that you've stumbled upon a true gem. From artsy bookstore cafés to lovely little piazzas where you could spend the day sipping on cappuccinos to ethnic eatieres and not to mention gelato! 10Best gives you the scoop on why you can't pass up this hip neighborhood. Perhaps one of the biggest attractions of this hip little neighborhood are its adorable little piazzas. An Italian favorite pasttime is dolce far niente (pleasant idleness or literally sweet doing nothing). Ah yes. Italians love engaging in dolce far niente mostly at a café in some little lovely piazza. In Monti, those piazzas are Piazza degli Zingari and Piazza della Madonna dei Monti. Here, there are several lovely cafés and bookshops sprinkled about where you can plop yourself down, order a capuccino and read a good book. Another reason worth visiting this neighborhood is the Church of Santa Maria ai Monti, which is dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary. Its construction was ordered by Pope Gregory XIII who called upon Giacomo della Porta to design and build the church in 1580. What makes the church particularly beautiful is its dome.