Altroquando Bookshop Rome

Various reasons to come in

Daniela from Rome

""Altroquando Bookshop" Rome is an inviting book shop that not only has books to offer but also offers information about the city. They also organize..."

"We speak Italian very well and we know where piazza Navona is".

As you can read on the entrance door you have various reasons to come in to this bookshop, as well as to buy a book and to ask for information of course.

Altroquando, located in via del Governo Vecchio, just behind piazza Navona, has some interesting and funny events going on during the month. They organize a lot of different activities: from book presentations and small concerts to knitting classes. Once I visited a linguistic tandem with aperitif and conversation.

It has two different locations, facing each other, on both sides of this small pedestrian street. One is more generic and the other is specialized in cinema. So if you are looking for a particular book this is the right spot, also because you can always count on the help of the very kind and prepared shop assistants that are kind even with the people like me that come in and browse through the books just for the pleasure of doing it.

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Rome Spotter Daniela

About me I’m originally from a city in the south of Italy, Avellino. I lived there till I was 18 when I moved to Milan to study. I’ve lived in some other cities around Europe and finally I arrived in Rome, in 2010. I am a communication designer with a passion for cities. I got interested in them first as a citizen and then as a traveler, so when I had the chance I started to study them. I love to travel, discover and get lost in all the places I go, take photos and share my passion with others. I am a strongly convinced vegetarian with a passion for good cooking...

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