Category: Italy

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Navigating Where to Eat in Paris on a Budget

When most people think of a Paris food walk, they worry about how the high cost of food could pile up meal after meal. In the past, there was some real truth to the notion that feeding yourself in Paris was going to cost you a pretty penny. However, this...

Italy

5 Swimming Pools in Rome

Rome’s hot summers sometimes make only one thought possible: I need to cool off in some water! And if you don’t want to make the trip to the beach, then you might want to try a dive into one of Rome’s outdoor swimming pools. The pools are scattered around the...

Where to Eat and Food Shop near the Colosseum

The small neighbourhood behind the Colosseum is called Celio. And to tourists who pass through on the main street of Via San Giovanni in Laterano—which stretches between the Colosseum and the church of San Giovanni—it might not seem like much of a neighbourhood at all. But on the other, less...

Cool Bars in Monti

A marble stone’s throw away from the Colosseum, the neighbourhood of Monti used to be overlooked by tourists. But it is now known as a funky, hipster area of the city with new bars, shops and restaurants springing up seemingly weekly. Normally, a reputation like this would scare me and...

Top 10 Walking Tours in Rome

If planning your trip to Rome has got you thinking, “There’s just so much to see! How will I see everything?” Then the answer might be: Take a walking tour! Walking is hands-down the best way to see the Eternal City because its charm evaporates up from the cobbled streets....

Where to Eat and Food Shop in Garbatella

Very much outside the Roman city walls, Garbatella is a residential Roman neighbourhood with a difference. Walk past the high-rise apartment blocks away from the Metro station and lose yourself in its winding streets. Nowhere else in Rome, does it look like this. Built in the 1920s, Garbatella was designed...

What to Eat with Wine in May: Fava Beans with Pecorino

This post was written by Marco Lori, our resident wine expert. The most famous gastro tradition of Italy in May (and the current spring season) is the fava bean, or broad bean in the UK and Australia. No May meal would be complete without a final course of fresh fava beans...

Top 10 Favourite Things To Do in Rome

This post was written by our intern Haley Lim. 1. Attend a Papal Audience This was one of my absolute favourite experiences while in Rome. At the Papal Audience, the Pope closely interacts with the crowd and later speaks to them. Tickets are free – you can find more information...

Shopping for Kids in Rome

You’ve eaten your way through Rome and now it’s time to meander the streets. To stroll down a piccolo vicolo (small street), take in the city and perhaps do some shopping to burn off that second gelato. Moms and Dads have usually researched where they can buy Prada sunglasses or...

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