Florence Beyond the Guidebook: Where to Take Guests Who Have Already Done the Obvious
The hardest brief we get from corporate organisers is the second visit. The first visit brief is easy. The group has never been to Florence. You take them to the Duomo, you arrange a guided Uffizi, you book a candlelit dinner with a view of the Arno, and you hand...
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Why Taking a Food Tour is Always a Great Idea
Sometimes traveling to a new city can be quite challenging and planning your visit can be overwhelming. There’s so much to see and do and you often don’t know where to go first without getting lost or creating an efficient itinerary. At other times, you’re visiting a place you’ve been...
Celebrating the Easter Holiday in Rome
It’s no surprise that Rome – the home of the Vatican, St. Francis, and Catholicism itself – is the place to be around Easter time. If you’re lucky enough to be visiting and experience Easter in Rome this year, here’s all the info you need. Sightseeing during Easter Note that...
Where to Find Non-Touristy Restaurants in the Center of Rome
Though Rome is well known for its amazing food, not all restaurants in the city are created equal. Too many restaurants near the major and minor monuments serve low-quality food to unsuspecting tourists – too many for the abundance of good ingredients that are readily available. To my dismay, in...
Rome is undoubtedly one of the most romantic cities in the world. Even its name in Italian, Roma, is amor, or love in Latin, spelled backwards. The city inspires romanticism through its long history, indulgent architecture, picturesque piazzas dotted with fountains, range of art, and of course the possibility of...
Interview with a Pastry Chef: Costanza Fortuna, Founder of Dess’Art
If you’ve done our Taste of Testaccio Tour, you’re bound to remember the delectable cannoli at Dess’Art, a fantastic little bakery (see more photos here) that’s been serving up both sweet and savory fare at the Testaccio market for the past two years. We caught up with Dess’Art’s founder and...
Very much in the center of Rome, the piazza of Campo dei Fiori is one of the city’s liveliest. Visitors, expats and long-time residents pass through this square at all times of night and day. And the daily market, held Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm, is...
Supermarket Sweep: How to Navigate Rome’s Supermarkets
We all know that you’ll be eating out more than staying in during your time in Rome – who can resist those pizza, pasta and gelato temptations? However, you may well need some supplies during your trip, or be planning a picnic lunch or dinner. And a visit to the...
A Recipe for Quail: Quagliette alla cacciatora
From the 1st to the 5th Centuries after Christ (AD), humanity was knee-deep in the Roman Empire, especially here in Rome. From the reigns of Augustus to Flavio Romulus Augustus—a span of 500 years—Rome enjoyed a glorious period of winning wars and conquering foreign lands. And they ate like kings...
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