When you arrive in Rome, you’re often overwhelmed more than you’re tired: maybe there’s so much car traffic around you, maybe you don’t understand the language or you can’t recognize any landmarks from where you’re staying… To top it all up, your GPS may play up because the alleys around your accommodation are too narrow! […]
Sperlonga is a seaside village 1 hour south of Rome whose picturesque buildings make are immediately recognisable, having been featured in countless TV shows, music videos and movies. The place is a perfect getaway for both locals and travellers wanting to enjoy the atmosphere of a Greek fishermen town… away from Greece (the architecture is […]
To most visitors, Rome’s Baths of Caracalla are but the very scenic setting to the Teatro dell’Opera’s summer season. Actually, these majestic thermae (called “Terme di Caracalla” in Italian) are one of Rome’s most fascinating attractions, and some that have inspired other important monuments, among them the Baths of Diocletian by the Termini train-bus hub […]
by C. P.
Do you know Saint Peter’s is not the cathedral of Rome? Actually, the world’s supposedly largest church is located into a state independent of Italy, namely Vatican City, an enclave within the Italian Republic. Rome has its own cathedral at Saint John’s basilica, one worth visiting together with many other churches a little off the […]
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If you can’t wait for dinner, the most part of restaurants and trattorias in Rome are open for lunch, too. What if you feel peckish on the way to some attraction in central Rome, really need to take away? You can find places for lunch where locals attend especially at lunch time, mostly snack bars. […]
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While not being in the Lazio region (the state in central Italy where Rome is located), Orvieto is close enough to its borders to represent a fantastic option for a daytrip out of the city. One of Umbria’s jewels, this scenic, picturesque walled town, perched on a hilltop, is a favourite destination for many a […]
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The reasons why a hop-on, hop-off bus tour is useless in Rome Local levels of traffic. These buses are huge, the streets of Rome are not. They are in the way all the time, they obstruct the lanes reserved for public buses, the hinder and hamper traffic flow. As a result, your breezy ride through […]
by C. P.
If you’re staying in one of our apartments in the city center, by Piazza Navona or Campo de’ Fiori, you may already have stumbled upon some ancient Roman statues lying in alleys and/or seemingly in a state of neglect. That isn’t the case: chances are you’ve walked past a so called “talking statue” knowing not […]
Italy’s newly appointed minister of Culture Alberto Bonasoli has hinted at the imminent scrapping of the extremely popular free entrance to state-run museums on the first Sunday of each month. Mr. Bonasoli has said that the initiative is untenable in financial terms and that many smaller museums are struggling because of the “obligation to keep […]
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Lovers of the arts visiting Rome might enjoy a new space recently opened on via Merulana 121, at a walking distance from the Colosseum and our managed apartment Casa Isabella al Colosseo. Palazzo Merulana is hosted inside the city of Rome’s former health offices, which were bombed during WWII and have been at the centre of […]
