The Campo de Fiori, located along Via di Giubbonari, is a piazza located about a 5 minute walk due south of Piazza Navona. In the daytime, this square is transformed into an open air market. Vendors line up in aisle to sell everything from produce to freshly baked goods. The Campo emits a pleasant aroma of fresh food, but don't stop to enjoy it too long, market is very fast paced with people jostling around, trying complete their shopping errands with what little time they have left on their lunch break.
Purchasing goods is quite a task in itself. At any given stand you are likely to find old Italian grandmothers, selling the same vegetables that they did 40 years ago, and that their own mothers did 40 years before that. Theses women only speak Italian, so don't be bashful about breaking out your pocket dictionary, I wasn't. And what obstacles you might have to overcome are worth it. Fresh vegetables, a newly baked loaf of bread, thinly sliced prosciutto and a low price to boot reminds you why you did it.
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