Zia Rome

Zia sits on Via Goffredo Mameli in the Trastevere district. It holds a Michelin star and is ranked 26th on the 50 Top Italy list of grandi ristoranti. The kitchen focuses on contemporary Italian cooking.

The room runs smart and elegant, but the real draw is its distance from the city’s major bottlenecks. While a twenty-five-minute walk separates you from the crowds at Piazza Navona, you get a level of composure here that the central tourist haunts rarely bother to sustain. It feels less like a destination for those ticking off the Colosseum and more like a retreat for people who prefer their modern Italian cuisine without the frantic pace of the historic centre.