Rome blog for Bed & Breakfast Chaplin Hostel

The Città dell’Altra Economia (The City of The Other Economy) in Rome is the first permanent market in Europe where there is only space for alternative economies and none at all for multinationals.

The Città is situated in the Roman quarter of Testaccio, on the Campo Boario of the ex-Mattatoio. The objects that are sold are characterized by the fact that they have been produced without harming nature or people.

The surface is immense, 3.500 square kilometers, more than half of which are covered. The style of the complex has been adapted to that of the surrounding buildings and electricity is completely obtained through the use of solar panels.

The entrance of the Città dell’Altra Economia is in Largo Dino Frisullo. From Hostel Chaplin Bed and Breakfast Rome you take the underground (line B) from Rome Termini to the stop Piramide.

Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10-21; Sat 10-23; Sun 11-19.

In 1982, when Alexanderplatz opened its doors the owner’s friends declared him to be completely off his rockers, a jazzcafé in Rome, and morevover in the quarter of Prati, nowhere near Rome’s most important nightlife areas, Trastevere and Testaccio.

Nowadays Alexanderplatz is Rome’s most famous jazzcafé, and artists like Chet Baker, Archie Shepp and Wynton Marsalis have palyed there. And just like the other, less weelknown muscicians who have played there they left their signatures on the walls of Alexanderplatz.

Giampiero Rubei named Alexanderplatz after the Berlin square. Rubei sees his creation as a meeting place and for him squares, and particularly the Berlin Alexanderplatz, are the ultimate meeting places.

Alexanderplatz celebrated its 25^th birthday on September 27th 2007.

From the Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel Rome you take the metro line A to Ottaviano. Find the Via Barletta and turn right into Via Famagosta. After a couple of blocks this street will change names and become Via Ostia. Alexanderplatz can be found on #9.