In Italy, Safeways are called drug stores. How confusing! There are -
- CONAD at Termini (downstairs in the new forum termini mall)
- CONAD at Tiburtina station (dodgy at night but great for those late night trains)
- CONAD Clodio: Via Golametto4A, near the Vaticano (10 minutes)
The only supermarket in the historical center is GS between Campo de’Fiori and Largo Argentina (0900-200, closed Sunday; Bus 40Exp, 64, 62 or 492 to Largo Argentina). A large supermarket (by Roman standards) that lives underground, under Villa Borghese. They home deliver and have the best variety in the centre of Rome.
GS Villa Borghese (Spanish Steps): Enter the supermarket by walking into the metro at Piazza di Spagna like you are about to catch a train, then follow the signs to via Veneto or Roman Sports Centre, this will take you on a 5-10 minute walk, mostly on escalators to the Parking lot, then follow the signs to the Roman Sports Centre and eventually you will hit the GS, if you get lost just ask anybody “GS?” or “Supermercato” and you will surely be sent in the right direction.
Standa is located under a department store!
In Trastevere, viale di Trastevere, 60 (inside Oviesse); 0900-2000 (until 1330 Sun); Tram 8 from largo Argentina
In Vaticano, via cola di Rienzo (inside COIN); 0900-2000 daily; Metro Line A: Lepanto, Ottaviano
UPIM for household goods and toiletries
Termini, Via Giolitti side (near platform 24); 0900-2000 (1030-2000 Sun). Metro A: Repubblica or Bus 64
Fruits and vegetable markets are the best! Lively and loud. Plus you can bargain. Hello! I am so there. 0700-1400 (closed Sun):
- Campo de’Fiori; Bus 40 Exp, 64 or 62 to Largo Argentina
- Trionfale: en rotue to vaticano, in via Andrea Doria. Cheap. Metro Line A: Ottaviano
- Piazza Vittorio: 10 min south of Termini. Veggies!
- San Cosimato: in Trastevere. Tram 8 to viale Trastevere. Arrive before tourists
- Testaccio: no tourists. If they’re foreign, the loved it and now live here. Metro Line B to Piramide and then walk down Via Marmorata
- Via Bocca di Leone, by the Spanish Steps. A little posh!
