Breakfast by the Colosseum

[allaboardsharon]

My husband and I have booked a trip to Rome and we will be dropped off around 9am in Rome by the Colosseum. We thought we might treat ourselves to a breakfast away from the ship when we get there. Does anyone have any recommendations where we can have a nice breakfast, coffee and pastry or something else light near the colosseum? Thanks

 

 

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[cruisemom42]

Italians aren't big on breakfast. I stayed near the Colosseum (at Hotel Nerva) for a week. I can't say that I recall any place "with a view" where breakfast was being served in the a.m. Hotels will put on breakfast (mainly for their non-Italian guests).

 

Perhaps eurocruiser will know of something, but I am drawing a blank. I have been known to have a top-up espresso and cornetto at the Colosseo metro station -- but that's standing at the bar, inside the station. Not ideal for you (although the espresso is fabulous at 80 euro cents a cup!)

 

Now if you were looking for a nice evening cocktail with a view near the Colosseum, I'd recommend the rooftop bar at the Hotel Forum (a real slice of Old Rome). :D

[euro cruiser]

Sorry, I've got nothing. Breakfast in Italy, other than in hotels that cater to foreigners, is a cornetto and a cafe at a bar, not a meal served in a restaurant.

[allaboardsharon]

Thanks anyway. We can get early room service on the ship before we leave the port. Thanks X.

 

 

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[maryann120]

I think this is the best thing to do allaboardsharon. Italian breakfast is (as euro cruiser wrote) a cornetto and a cafe at a bar. Great espresso with less than a euro, but still, I need a nice place to sit and enjoy my coffee!

Edited April 21, 2014 by maryann120

[librarylady19]

Espresso sounds marvelous. Could you please enlighten me on what a "cornetto" is? A google search said ice cream come but I'm sure that can't be right:)

Edited April 21, 2014 by librarylady19

[cruisemom42]

Espresso sounds marvelous. Could you please enlighten me on what a "cornetto" is? A google search said ice cream come but I'm sure that can't be right:)

 

It's the Italian cousin of the croissant. It can be plain or filled.

 

http://breadcakesandale.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/italian-breakfast-and-why-a-cornetto-isnt-a-croissant/

[slidergirl]

Wracked my brain trying to remember a place to pick up some breakast, or even a caffe e cornetto, but I came up blank.

 

The only thing I remember around there were the street vendors between Vittorio Emanuele monument and the Colosseum. No caffe or cornetti, but I got good fruit juice and awesome fresh cracked coconut...

[librarylady19]

It's the Italian cousin of the croissant. It can be plain or filled.

 

http://breadcakesandale.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/italian-breakfast-and-why-a-cornetto-isnt-a-croissant/

 

 

Now that's MY kind of breakfast, thanks!

 

 

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