Verify the following information before using any of the services listed. Keeping this information current is a task best left to professional travel writers. However, this information will help you out in your early days in Rome.

Airport Transportation 

• Airport Connection Services, Via Angelo Fava, 28, tel. 06.338.3221
• Airport Shuttle, tel. 06.420.14507 

English-language Bookstores

• The Corner Bookshop, Via del Moro, 48; tel.  06.583.6942. Closed Monday mornings.             
• The Anglo-American Book Co., Via della Vite, 102. Open 9-1 & 2-6; Sat. 9-1; closed Sundays.                                              
• The Lion Bookshop, Via del Greci, 33, tel. 06.326.54007. Open 10-7:30; Mondays 3:30-7:30. Reading room and tea and coffee available.           
• The English Bookshop, Via Ripetta, 248, tel. 06.320.3301
• Economy Bookstore and Video Centre, Via Torino, 136, tel. 06.474.6877
• Libreria IV Fontane, Via Quattro Fomtane, tel. 06.481.4484 

Art and Architecture Bookstores

• Dedalo, Viale Rossini, 20 (Parioli area, close to Piazza), tel. 06.841.7894
• Dea, Via Lima, 28, tel. 06.855.1441
• Godel, Via Poli, 45, tel. 06.679.8716 and 06.679.0331
• Kappa, P.za Fontanella Borghese, 6, tel. 06.670.0356   
• Nuova Comur-Licazione, (for the best edition of the Nollimap), Via del Pellegrino, 61, tel. 06.6833.175           
• Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Via Nazionale, 194, tel. 06.4885.465                          
• Libreria II Tritone, Via del Tritone, 6 la, tel. 06.679.4062 and 06.679.0264

Art/Design Supplies

• Poggi, Via Pie del Marmo, 38/41/via del Guisu, 74/75, tel. 06.679.3674 and 06.678.4477, open Monday â€" Saturday 9 am â€" 1 pm; 4 â€" 7:30 pm; closed Sunday        
• Vertecchi, Via della Croce, 38, tel. 06.679.0100 and 06.678.3110
• L'Artistica, Via del Babuino, 24, tel. 06.360.00998                                         
• Artgarph, Via del Diume, 3/a, tel. 06.321.9240
• Arteuropa, Viale Europa, 94/96, tel. 06.591.0888

Eating Places: Least Expensive

• Birriria Bavarese, Via Vittoria, 47, tel. 06.679.0383: pasta, soups, salads, etc.
• Enoteca Corsi, Via del Gesu, 88, tel. 06.679.0821: a limited menu, depending on what the cook prepares that day, but good and inexpensive.
• L'Insalata Ricca, Largo del Chiavari, 85 (off Corso Vittorio Emanuele, near Piazza  San Andrea della Valle): lots of different salads and pasta dishes
• Ristorante Cinese, via della Palombella, 34-35, tel. 06.68.135318: near the studio and the Pantheon. Good Chinese food at reasonable prices. Better yet, what you don't finish, you can take home in a 'doggy bag,â€� something European restaurants rarely allow.
• Pizza al Taglio alla Vera: pizza and small sandwiches. Pizza here is sold by weight, rather than the slice. Here are two locations:
  1. Piazza San Cosimato, 48/49 (near S. Maria in Trastevere), tel. 06.58.13541
  2. via in Arcione, 89, 48/49 (near Trevi Fountain), tel. 06.58.83078 

• La tana De'Noantri, Via della Paglia, 1, (near S. Maria in Trastevere), tel. 06.58.06.404 and  06.58.96.575
• Ristorante  La Pigna, Piazza della Pigna, tel. 06.67.87.993 and 06.6785.555: a block from the Studio; closed Sundays             
• Hostaria Grappola d'Oro, Piazza delta Cancelleria, 80-81, tel. 06.686.4118
• Da Luigi, Piazza Sforza Cesarini 24, (off Corso Vittorio), tel. 06.6865.946               

Medium to High(er)

• Da Pancrazio, Piazza del Biscione, 92/94, (off Campo de' Fiori), tel. 06. 6861.246: an historic setting, inside the ancient Theater of Pompeii
• Giggetto, Via del Portico d'Ottavia 21/22 (Ghetto), tel. 06.686.1105. Closed Mondays (Next door: 'la dolce Romaâ€� with American apple pies, carrot cake, chocolate cookies, Viennese sachertorte and other mouth-watering dessertsâ€"but beware of your wallets) 

Gelaterie

• Fiocco di Neve, Via del Pantheon
• Gioitti, Via degli Uffici del Vicario, 40, tel. 06.679.4206
• Tre Scalini, P.za Navona, 30, tel. 06.6879.148