The most central districts of Rome are called rioni and there are 22 of them. It is here that the most important tourist attractions can be found. The area outside the rioni is made up of 35 quartieri and stretches to the Grande Raccordo Anulare, the ringroad around the city. The next layer is occupied by the suburbi and finally there are 53, sparsely populated, zone.
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Panoramic Lifts and Terrace Vittoriano
Many people make fun of the Vittorio Emanuele Monument in Rome and its rather elaborate architecture, as the nicknames “wedding cake” and “typewriter” testify. Some guidebooks even go as far as saying that the best aspect of being inside the Complesso is that it is the only point from where you don’t have to look at the eyesore.
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The area around Piazza Vittorio Emanuele in Rome has become somewhat of an immigrant area, which can also be deduced from the number of ethnic (especially Indian, Chines and Korean) restaurants one can choose from.
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Himalaya’s Kashmir is an excellently priced Indian-Pakistani restaurant in the Esquilino neighborhood near Roma Termini and a favorite of the Indian population of Rome. The decoration provides a warm, welcoming and typically oriental atmosphere and both the owner and his father (who is often there on Sundays) are among the kindest people one could hope to meet.
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Whereas the most central districts of Rome are called rioni and quartieri, the outer suburbs are called suburbi and zone.
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Collatino is is the name of the 22nd quartiere of Rome and gets its name from the Via Collatina. The district is in the eastern part of the city and is bordered by Via Tiburtina and the Via Prenestina.
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Tor di Quinto is the name of Rome‘s 18th quartiere and is located in the northern part of the city.
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Prenestino-Centocelle is the 19th quartiere of the city of Rome and i situated between the Via Prenestina and the Via Casilina, east of the Prenestino-Labicano district.
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Ponte Mammolo is both the name of the 29th quartiere of Rome and that of the underground station in that part of the city. It is located in the north-eastern part of town.
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Aurelio is the name of the 13th quartiere of Rome. It encompasses the area directly to the west and the south of the Vatican city. The neighborhood gets its name from the Via Aurelia.
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