Exploring the Testaccio Neighborhood

Since its humble beginnings as the home to Rome’s slaughterhouse, Testaccio is a neighborhood that knows meat. But at its heart it’s also a typical working-class Roman neighborhood with all of the trattorias and pizzerias that implies. On this three hour walking tour, we’ll visit the recently modernized food market, built over Ancient Roman ruins (but what in this city isn’t built on ancient ruins?). We’ll also tour the aforementioned defunct abattoir, now home to a modern art museum, public university and one very hip restaurant. We’ll discuss what traditional Roman fare entails, from entrails (see what I did there?), to the Big Four pasta dishes, to the mother of all sweets, the holy Maritozzo.

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