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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 Caffè

Wood-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)
€13

Vatican rosary & medals

Musei Vaticani official shop

Officially 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 Conciliazione
€12

Monastery liqueurs & honey

Ai Monasteri

Herbal 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)
€20

Castroni Italian pantry goods

Castroni

A 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 Rome
€12

Fabriano notebook & paper goods

Fabriano

Paper 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)
€18