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Home to many students and professors of the nearby La Sapienza University, San Lorenzo is a hip neighborhood virtually untouched by tourists.
Residents belong primarily to the alternative “counterculture” demographic, so the neighborhood is practically littered with unpretentious cafés, bare-bones hangouts, and wine bars.
During the day, San Lorenzo even hosts a gritty outdoor street market that sells food and clothing near the main square of Piazza degli Aurunci, which turns into a social hotspot at sundown.
Towering above the southern side of the neighborhood are ruins of the ancient Rome wall that now serve as a graffiti canvas for the rougher and more revolutionary types that frequent the area.
Ultimately, San Lorenzo is a neighborhood where anything goes, everything is encouraged, and young artistic crowds are free to speak their minds and play their music in the squares.
20s / 30s / 40s / Aperitivo / Beer / Pop
Party Earth Review From the outside, La Pinta looks like any other student-centered bar in the neighborhood, brimming with patrons that crowd the entrance, fill the outdoor tables, and spill onto the ... more
Via degli Equi, 39
00185 Rome
Alternative / Aperitivo / Bar / DJ
Party Earth Review A Mexican bar and restaurant outfitted with the expected collection of flags, sombreros, and rugs, the colorful Cocorico and its friendly staff attract an outgoing clientele of local ... more
Via dei Latini, 74
00185 Rome
18 and over / 20s / 30s / All Ages
Party Earth Review In the university district of San Lorenzo, all roads seem to lead to Piazza degli Aurunci, a square at the heart of the neighborhood where alternative, punk, and student types gather ... more
Via degli Aurunci
00185 Rome
Ambient / Aperitivo / Buffet / Hip
Party Earth Review Thanks to its slightly higher prices and understated décor more typical of Centro than the university district, Ferrazza Wine Bar is often singled out as the anti-San Lorenzo bar. Clean ... more
Via dei Volsci, 59
00185 Rome
30s / 40s / Acoustic / Ambient / Artsy
Party Earth Review A welcome respite for an artsy crowd of film people, professors, professionals, and students, Solea is a charming Caribbean-themed lounge that provides an ideal place for relaxing conversation ... more
Via dei Latini, 51
00185 Rome
30s / Actors / Aperitivo / Artists
Party Earth Review A San Lorenzo fixture for over twenty years, Rive Gauche 2 has been around long enough to remember the true communist days of the neighborhood that have now been replaced by a less ... more
Via dei Sabelli, 43
00185 Rome