How walkable is Esquilino?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Esquilino has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Rome, which scores 94 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,917 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Esquilino. The nearest grocery is 太平洋超市 Pacific Trading Srl, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- FORNO Roscioli caterina2 min
- BOX 87 Roberto2 min
- Bar Ristorante Tavola Calda1 min
- Food Of Roma & India1 min
- Today's Mobile Fashion1 min
- ROSE Fashion1 min
- Caffe Cornetto2 min
- Er Chiosco2 min
- Agenzia Tu (Unicredit)4 min
- Extrabanca S.p.A.4 min
- Giardino Willy Duarte Monteiro2 min
- Giardino Mary ed Hasib Begum5 min
- Scuola dell'Infanzia Comunale Federico Di Donato3 min
- Comprehensive School Daniele Manin4 min
- Biblioteca Zerynthia3 min
- The little reader3 min
- Chiosco Vittorio3 min
- Museo Ninfeo3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Esquilino at 41.8947, 12.5069. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 144 street intersections per km², and blocks average 80 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Esquilino
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Esquilino. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Rome
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Monti | 1000 m | 99 |
| Sant'Eustachio | 2.6 km | 99 |
| Trastevere | 2.7 km | 98 |
| Testaccio | 3.2 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Rome page.
Questions about walking in Esquilino
Is Esquilino walkable?
Yes. Esquilino in Rome has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Esquilino more walkable than the rest of Rome?
Esquilino is more walkable than Rome as a whole: it scores 100, against 94 for the 5 km around Rome's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Rome neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Rome?
Of the 5 Rome neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Esquilino (100), Testaccio (100) and Monti (99).
How is the walkability score of Esquilino calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Esquilino it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 700 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.