The most walkable neighbourhoods in Rome
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Rome ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Seven tie for the top score of 100/100, among them Trevi, Esquilino and Ludovisi. All 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Celio (92). 16 of them score 98 or more, so the order among those turns on small differences.
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trevi | 100 |
| 1 | Esquilino | 100 |
| 1 | Ludovisi | 100 |
| 1 | Testaccio | 100 |
| 1 | Borgo | 100 |
| 1 | Pigna | 100 |
| 1 | Prati | 100 |
| 8 | Ponte | 99 |
| 8 | Monti | 99 |
| 8 | Sant'Angelo | 99 |
| 8 | Castro Pretorio | 99 |
| 8 | Regola | 99 |
| 8 | Sant'Eustachio | 99 |
| 8 | Parione | 99 |
| 8 | Colonna | 99 |
| 16 | Trastevere | 98 |
| 17 | Ripa | 96 |
| 18 | Campitelli | 95 |
| 19 | San Saba | 93 |
| 20 | Celio | 92 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Rome's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Trevi
Trevi is the most central of these five, 350 m east of Rome's busiest point, and scores 100/100. It has the most restaurants of the five: 2,908 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Il Vicolo, about a minute away.
Esquilino
Esquilino scores 100/100, 2.2 km east of Rome's busiest point. 3,917 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. More on Esquilino.
Ludovisi
Ludovisi scores 100/100, 1.1 km north-east of Rome's busiest point. Banks are where it leads the others, 195 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. - Punto Consulenza, about a minute away.
Testaccio
Testaccio lies the furthest out of these five, 2.3 km south of Rome's busiest point, and scores 100/100. 3,068 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. Its thinnest category against the others is banks, with 55. More on Testaccio.
Borgo
Borgo scores 100/100, 1.5 km west of Rome's busiest point. None of the others has as many groceries, with 131 in a 30 minute walk; Carrefour Express is the nearest, about 3 minutes away.
Centre and outskirts
Trevi is 350 m from Rome's centre, and the nearest ranked neighbourhood to the centre is Colonna, 300 m away, scoring 99.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Rome.
Rome as a whole scores 94 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Italy with ranked neighbourhoods: Milan.
Questions about Rome's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Rome?
7 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Rome tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): Trevi, Esquilino, Ludovisi, Testaccio, Borgo, Pigna and Prati.
How are Rome's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Rome scores 94 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.