Garbatella is the neighborhood that Romans recommend to friends who say "I want to see the real Rome." Built in the 1920s as a garden city for workers, its lotti (housing blocks) are arranged around communal courtyards with laundry lines, cats, and nonnas. No monuments, no museums — just real Roman life, great local bars, and a Sunday morning farmers market.
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