Areas of Rome, Italy?

Question

Can anyone explain the different areas of Rome please, i.e. how many different boroughs are there, names, areas best to live in which to avoid. Thanks

Answer 1

Hard question to answer because it is a BIG city.  This should help, however:

http://goeurope.about.com/cs/rome/l/bl_r...

Answer 2

Rome is an enormous “village”, made up of “village boroughs”. Considering the City Centre, it’s really quite easy to distinguish, because, with a few exceptions the boroughs are built on the seven hills, and are quite close knit and attractive. To this you should add “Trastevere” and “Prati” left and right of the Vatican (all OK)The only “foreign” insert is the Railway station, which you should avoid. Then the city  spreads out along the “Consular” roads, clockwise, the  Flaminio (all OK), Salario (all OK), Nomentano  (all OK), Tiburtino (be choosy), Casilino (avoid most), Prenestino (be choosy), Appio (all OK), Ardeatino (all OK), Laurentino (all OK xcept the “38 area), Pontino (all OK), Colombo (new all OK), Ostiense (all OK), Portuense (all OK), Aurelio (all OK), Boccea (new, be choosy), Cassia (all OK). There are obviously modern boroughs in between, but no Roman would know them by name. There are also other “modern” creations like the EUR (Mussolini’s showcase all OK). You could even go to the outer boroughs and satellite towns that dot the Roman countryside, all well served with trains, metro (tube) and busses (all OK - avoid the ones with the name "Tor" - can be risky).

Where to live ? depends on your tastes and purse. Rome is one of the most expensive cities in Italy, but not more than the other capitals. London is even more expensive. I wouldn’t choose before having stayed at least 3-4 days, preferably in the Town Centre. Take a B/B or a short term apartment from one of the Web based agencies (I’ll quote one), then choose your ideal on the spot, maybe with the aid of a local and the "Porta Portese" paper.