The true zeitgeist trendoids have moved on from Antico Caffè della Pace (just round the corner to Societe Lutece), but the media crowd have crowned this Art Deco-style room with its white marble tables as one of their favourite places to drink in Rome, and to some extent adopted it as their office. This place is all about location – it enjoys a favoured position under a cascade of ivy on one of Rome’s most beautiful streets, in the shadow of the baroque church of Santa Maria della Pace. Given its decidedly romantic atmosphere, it’s as good for a morning cappuccino or a pre-prandial prosecco as it is for late night navel-gazing.