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Cinematic Rome
GRAND HOTEL PARCO DEI PRINCIPI
The luxury hotel where Anjelica Huston stayed.
5 Via Girolamo Frescobaldi; 39-06/854-421; www.parcodeiprincipi.com;
doubles from $663.
PIAZZA DEL POPOLO
All roads (in the historic district) lead to Popolo.
CESARINA
Specialties from Emilia-Romagna, at Fellini's old haunt.
109 Via Piemonte; 39-06/4201-3432.
PINO'S BARBERSHOP
A baptism awaits at Fellini's barber.
121 Via Piemonte; 39-06/488-4236.
HARRY'S BAR
Legendary piano bar where Frank Sinatra sang and film luminaries gathered.
150 Via Vittorio Veneto; 39-06/484-643.
CAFÉ DE PARIS
Scene of the original dolce vita; just beware the paparazzi.
90 Via Vittorio Veneto; 39-06/4201-2257.
SCOOTERS FOR RENT
See the city by Vespa, as in Roman Holiday.
84 Via della Purificazione; 39-06/488-5485.
SPANISH STEPS
Unparalleled city views above; high-end shopping below.
TREVI FOUNTAIN
American girls used it to find husbands in Three Coins in the Fountain; Anita Ekberg preferred it as a tub.
THE PANTHEON
Setting for many a golden age film.
PIAZZA NAVONA
Baroque fountains, Renaissance palaces, and buzzing cafés.
HOTEL RAPHAEL
The author's 55-room headquarters.
2 Largo Febo; 39-06/682-831; www.raphaelhotel.com; doubles from $516.
BAR DELLA PACE
A favored perch of artists and literati.
3-7 Via della Pace; 39-06/686-1216.
THE VATICAN
Not a holy set, but a holy site.
VIA GIULIA
Bill Murray slept here. Nearby, Ristorante Coccodrillo serves updated classics to a hip crowd.
PIAZZA FARNESE
Owen Wilson lived here, beside the French Embassy, with its Michelangelo façade.
CAMPO DE'FIORI
This quarter, host to Cate Blanchett, has a food and flower market.
JEWISH QUARTER
Knotty streets andgreat restaurants. Carciofi alla giudea—artichokes smashed and deep-fried—are not to be missed.
TRASTEVERE
Director Wes Anderson's neighborhood of choice is lined with trendy boutiques and popular bars.
MOUTH OF TRUTH
Pinocchio's nemesis, and the portico where princess Hepburn tested the dissembling Peck in Roman Holiday.
THE COLOSSEUM
Without it, the swords-and-sandals epic—from Ben-Hur to Gladiator—might never have been.
CINECITTÀ STUDIOS
Mussolini built it, but Fellini made it famous.
1055 Via Tuscolana; 39-06/722-931.
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