Category: Rome Travel Guide

A Local’s Guide to Neighborhoods in Rome

While you are in Rome you’ll probably want to see all the sights and monuments that have made the city so beautiful. But if you’re like me, at the end of the day—or even during the day to break up sight seeing—you’ll want to kick back in a neighborhood away...

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10 Tips to Ordering Italian Wine Like a Pro

Does ordering wine in a restaurant strike fear into your heart? Do enormous wine lists bring you out in a cold sweat? Do you look at the sommelier with a mixture of anxiety and admiration? Fret no longer! Our very own Master Sommelier, Marco Lori, is here to give you...

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10 European Wine Regions Just Waiting to Be Discovered

Summer is almost over and it’s time for winemakers to harvest their grapes across Europe. What better way to celebrate the vintage than by visiting these beautiful wine regions? From the rolling hills of Piedmont to the whitewashed villages of the Aegean islands, there are so many places where you...

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15 Money-Saving Hacks When Traveling to Rome

At first Rome might seem like it’s a pricey city, but if you know what to pay for (and more importantly, what not to pay for), it can be quite affordable. When compared to many other capitals in Europe, Rome has prices that correspond to quality. For example, a dinner...

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Where to Eat in Rome When (Dare We Say It?) You're all Italian-ed Out

I’ll be the first person to tell you that Italian food is the best and most delicious cuisine of them all. There’s nothing I like more than a plate of bucatini all’amatriana with pecorino cheese, or a Margherita pizza, or a cannolo for dessert. That being said, there are times when...

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6 of the Weirdest Italian Foods You Won't Find at Home

When you think of Italian food, you wouldn’t be wrong to think it is a cuisine that easily pleases. After all, who doesn’t like pizza or pasta or a plate full of vegetables or meat, the foods that make up Italy’s most traditional dishes? It is a country that seems...

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Tastiest Food and Wine Pairings in the Lazio Region

Lazio is a region in Central Italy, and with 6 million inhabitants it is the second most populated region in Italy. Long before the birth of Rome, this territory was called Latium by its inhabitants: the Latins. Its name derives from Latin Latus, which means extended – it is a...

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The Wheelchair User’s Guide to Rome

Bumpy cobblestone streets, no shortage of hills (7 to be exact) and crowded attractions may make a visit to the Eternal City daunting for anyone with wheels. But with a little advance planning and a few of our tips, navigating Rome in a wheelchair just got a little bit easier....

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The Language of Food: How to Dine (in Italian!) in Rome’s Restaurants

People from all over the world come to Italy to sit at Italian tables and to eat Italian food. Sauntering in to a local trattoria can be intimidating if you are traveling without a human version of Google Translate by your side. Here are my language and general etiquette tips...

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