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3 days in Rome

A shopping focused itinerary

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Gillian Longworth McGuire
Sep 15, 2025
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3 day shopping itinerary in Rome

Earlier this year I created a 3 days in Rome itinerary with a market focus. This new itinerary will focus on shopping in Rome. I am not going to talk about the well known shopping streets or big designer brands. I am confident you can find COS and Fendi on your own. These are some of the smaller boutiques where I go for monogrammed beach coverups and cocktail party dresses and boxes of colorful taper candles and handmade lampshades. I have also added a few cultural sites and where I would eat and drink for reach day. Paid subscribers have access to the entire three day Rome itinerary and a private annotated map.

3 days in Rome

3 days in Rome

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April 1, 2025
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Shopping tours in Rome

These are the people I go to for fashion and vintage sourcing advice. You should too.

Alysa is one of the chicest people I know. She has a vast rolodex of who makes and sells the best summer dresses and most elegant winter coats. She can help you source mid-century Italian ceramics and holds regular pop-ups with her carefully curated brands.

Italian thrift and vintage market expert Desirée Marie Townley has written the definitive guide to Porta Portese.

Not traveling to Rome? Get some Rome humor and typography for your walls with artwork from Schizzibizzi.

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