Ortigia

Top choice in Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale


Producing soaps, perfumes, creams, lotions, bathsalts, shampoos and candles made with Sicilian natural ingredients – orange blossom, lime, pomegranate, lavender, prickly pear, almond – the Ortigia range is one of Italy's most prestigious cosmetics and toiletries brands. The high quality of the products and their absolutely gorgeous packaging make for wonderful personal indulgences and sensational gifts for family and friends back home.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale attractions

1. Via Margutta

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Visit the antique shops, commercial art galleries and artisanal boutiques of Via Margutta, one of Rome's prettiest pedestrian cobbled lanes.

2. Via dei Condotti

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High-rolling shoppers and window-dreamers take note: this is Rome’s smartest shopping strip. At the eastern end, near Piazza di Spagna, Caffè Greco was a…

3. Fontana della Barcaccia

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This 1627 fountain of a sinking boat is believed to be by Pietro Bernini, father of the more famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It was supposedly modelled on a…

5. Keats-Shelley House

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This house next to the Spanish Steps is where English poet John Keats died of tuberculosis aged only 25. Its bookshelf-lined rooms, practically unchanged…

6. Villa Medici

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Built for Cardinal Ricci da Montepulciano in 1540, this sumptuous Renaissance palace was purchased by Ferdinando de' Medici in 1576 and remained in Medici…

7. Casa di Goethe

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Once a gathering place for German intellectuals, the Via del Corso apartment is where writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe enjoyed a happy Italian sojourn …

8. Mausoleo di Augusto

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This monumental mausoleum – a dramatic 45m wide and 90m high – was built in 28 BC and is the final resting place of Augustus, buried here in AD 14, and…