Rome day tour & restaurant recommendations?

[lovelyladi]

We are flying into Rome 4 nights b4 our Cruise Aug 12. Would love tour recommendations....with following provisos

 

1. Under $400 per day (2 people @ 200 each) for the tour

2 Under $100 for a restaurant (not including wine or liquor()

3 Some but not a huge amount of walking (bad knee)

4. We will book "Taste of Italy" 13 hour bus tour from viator.

 

We know the dollar is worthless in europe right now.....but life is short

 

Creative ideas anyone?

[Softball20]

Hi,

 

We were in Rome last year, and two restaurants we really liked were Sabitini, in the Trastevere area and Nino's, which is near the Spanish Steps.

 

They were both really good. We recommended Sabitini to some friends who also went last summer, and they all liked it as well. It's in a great little piazza, you can sit outside, and the food was really good. My daughter had an outstanding seafood risotto! I don't recall it as being very pricey at all.

 

Have fun.

[photographia]

Al Fredo's is just off the Corso, facing the Mausoleum of Augustus. It's the home of the original fettucine Al Fredo. The walls are filled with framed photos of famous people who over the years have eaten there; yet it doesn't seem particularly touristy, and whenever I've been there, it's not crowded at all--possibly because it's around the corner from the Corso and not immediately obvious to the masses (?). The owner has contracts with farms outside the city, that ship special fresh eggs and butter directly to him. One bite of that fettucine Al Fredo and you'll absolutely DIE!