Must-Buy Souvenirs
Real product names, brands, and prices for the souvenirs worth bringing home — plus exactly where to buy them.
Sant'Eustachio ground coffee
Sant'Eustachio Il CaffèWood-roasted blend from the café behind the Pantheon that Romans queue at for the city's most famous espresso. Sold in vacuum tins and bags.
📍 Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè, Piazza Sant'Eustachio 82 (behind the Pantheon)Vatican rosary & medals
Musei Vaticani official shopOfficially licensed rosaries, medals and prints sold inside the museums and around St Peter's Square; many shops will have them blessed for you.
📍 Vatican Museums bookshops and licensed shops around Via della ConciliazioneMonastery liqueurs & honey
Ai MonasteriHerbal elixirs, honey, jams and soaps made by Italian monasteries, sold at a wood-panelled shop near Piazza Navona that has traded since 1892.
📍 Ai Monasteri, Corso del Rinascimento 72 (near Piazza Navona)Castroni Italian pantry goods
CastroniA century-old grocery near the Vatican stacked with bronze-cut pasta, olive oil, truffle products and its own house-roasted coffee.
📍 Castroni, Via Cola di Rienzo 196 and other branches across RomeFabriano notebook & paper goods
FabrianoPaper from a mill that has been making it since 1264, sold as notebooks, sketchbooks and leather-bound journals in the brand's Rome boutiques.
📍 Fabriano Boutique, Via del Babuino 173 (near Piazza di Spagna)