Lucci Hotel Rome Blog

 I have to go to the market soon, to buy some stuff, particularly lemons which I use to make my limoncello. I usually go to Esquilino market (named after the hill it stands on) because it is just a 5 minute walk from my house and its really cheap too.

The market is also very near Termini station which is also conveniently located near our Nice Hotel Rome. The market has a variety of goods on offer but particularly fresh produce is in abundance. All sorts of fruit and vegetables are on offer. Both the regular and seasonal stuff. The quality is quite good and there is plenty of it. There is also lots of variety too. There are also lots of fresh spices and herbs which you can buy whole.

There are also several stalls in the outer court which sell fresh meat and other different internal organs like liver, kidneys, heart and tripe, hmmmmmmm yummy. In fact its so fresh you see the butchers hacking off or cutting up your specified choice right infront of your eyes. How is that for guranteed freshness. Jokes aside, this is one of the cheapest places you will buy meat and I have checked it all out pretty closely and I have not seen anything wrong with the quality at all.

Now if you walk nearer to the inner courtyard, yes you smelled right, fish fish fish. There is lots of it too. This is also really fresh too infact its so fresh I saw one flapping around on the floor like mad. I love sea food and they have it all here. From fresh tuna to prawns and lobster. They have all sorts of other weird and wonderfull stuff too.

Another part of the market has stalls which sell dried fruit like apricot, raisins,apple and banana. You can also buy mixed chocolates by the kilo. There are even places to buy everyday personal items like toileteries and then others that sell kitchen ware like pots pans knives and the usual stuff. This market has been really useful to me in the past couple of months. Yet in another part you can but freshly baked bread and really nice pastries, sweet and savoury.

You don’t have to worry about taking any bags with you as all the stalls have plastic bags available. The market is open from 7 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon and is closed on Sundays.