Most of Rome‘s shopping centers are located far outside the city center, usually more or less along the consular roads that carry out the city, just off the Grande Raccordo Anulare ring road. This is due to a chronic lack of parking spaces in the center, as well as the impossibility of constructing large new modern buildings within Rome’s old city walls. The only shopping mall in the historical center, the Galleria Alberto Sordi, is being closed for renovation.
Shopping malls in Rome
Below is a list of the city’s main “shopping malls” or centri commerciali, their opening hours, and how to get there by public transportation. (Note that times may sometimes vary from the ones indicated.)
Centro Commerciale “Anagnina”
Address: Via Torre di Mezzavia, 35 – 00173 Rome.
Opening hours: 9.30 to 20.30 (weekends 9.30 to 21.00).
Public transportation: Metro line A to Anagnina, then bus 507 (3 stops).
Centro Commerciale “Roma Est”
Address: Via Collatina – Rome.
Opening hours: 10.00 to 22.00 (weekends 9.00 to 22.00).
Public transportation: Bus 14 to the Prenestina/Cocconi stop.
Centro Commerciale “Porta di Roma”.
Address: Via Alberto Lionello, 201 – 00173 Rome.
Opening hours: 10.00 to 22.00 (weekends 09.00 to 20.00).
Public transportation: Metro B1 to Conca d’Oro, then bus 80B to the Bene/Calindiri stop.
Centro Commerciale “Casilino”
Address: Via Casilina, 1011 – Rome.
Opening hours: 9.30 to 20.30 (weekends 10.00 to 20.30).
Public transportation: take bus 105 to the Casilina/Eriche stop.
Centro Commerciale “Cinecittà 2”
Address: Viale Palmiro Togliatti, 2 – 00173 Rome.
Opening hours: 10.00 to 20.00 (weekends 10.00 to 20.00).
Public transportation: take metro line A to the Subaugusta stop.
Centro Commerciale “I Granai”
Address: Via Mario Rigamonti, 100 – Rome.
Opening hours: 10.00 to 20.00 (weekends 10.00 to 20.00).
Public transportation: Metro B to B.San Paolo, then bus 766 to Grotta Perfetta/Calderon Barca.