I will be in Rome with my wife sometime in October for a romantic trip. Knowing my obsession for M* she asked me to locate right upfront any M* shops in the city so that I can spend sometime there when she is out for shopping. Are there any Maerklin shops? Any directions will be very much appreciated.

Hi Alessandro,

Thank you very much. Actually I can find no information on the internet about these shops in Rome. Is it because they are old-fashioned and do not have internet access? Where are these shops located (which area of the city). My wife has already found her way for shopping in McArthur-Glen so I feel a bit disappointed that I can not yet find mine in Maerklin shops.
Anyhow my trip will be around 23.10.08 so unluckily I will miss the meeting. However I would love to acquire some representative Maerklin rail-stuff of Italy. The jewelery makes no bargaining???

Hi Symeon,
I am afraid Alessandro explained quite well the situation...[xx(]
There are a few other dealers, I just sent you an email.
Do not expect too much: you must be rather lucky to find something interesting...
Ciao

So folks,
First of all my sincere thanks for your good information about M* shops in Rome.
Rome was fantastic, as expected but the situation in regard with M* dealers was a bit hectic. I was expecting better representation of M* in Italy's capital but I guess this is the way that Modelrailroad goes all around the world.
So in summary:
<u>Giorni Modellismo </u>near the Vatican is indeed a jewelry. Unbelievable prices! He is selling VT11.5 (37605) for almost 900 Euro! All the rest were mostly above M* UVP. However he is running a good looking shop. Not much about landscape making though.
Then I went to <u>Baby's Store Modellismo </u>in v. Severano. This was a nice shop with some Italian models but not much of Maerklin. Prices again high but not as much as Giorni's.
My final visit was to <u>L'Aquilotto in Viale Regina Margherita 240</u>. This is a small shop with a friendly owner who however does not speak a single word of English. Thus my visit lasted only for some minutes. His showroom is also very very limited (I could hardly find one or two Maerklin locs there).
I ended up buying nothing from Rome (except a nice BMW 5 series model of Schuko H0 in a toy store somewhere near Piazza Navone)which is quite peculiar for me.
So my overall impression about M* in Rome is disappointing. I believe that Athens has a better representation of M* in terms of variety and prices and I was negatively surprised. Even Barcelona has a far better representation of M* with two very good shops (which I visited last October).
Anyhow, my overall impression of Rome was not even remotely affected by my negative M* experience. Rome is a fantastic city where you feel like you are part of the ancient world. My wife and I had a great time and we really enjoyed there the best capuccino and the best spaggeti we ever tasted (pizzas where not as good as we can find them in Greece though!).