Italian Cuisine
Discover Alternative Rome in San Lorenzo, the student and young artists district
Do you like to experience the real Rome, to see an alternative area very close to the city centre? San Lorenzo is a good option. We would rather go to Pigneto, but having more than one option is always a sound rule. NAME AND ORIGINS Let’s be clear, San Lorenzo has no stunning landmarks, [...]
Fancy A Sandwich while in Rome? These are the Best Panini in Town!
The sun has finally come out and it’s time to enjoy the weather here in Rome with long walks and strolls. If you don’t feel like wasting a lot of your time inside a restaurant and prefer to enjoy the city there are many options for take away and street food. Take away pizza, first, [...]
A New Pope Highlights Easter 2013 in Rome
What a special Easter this is bound to be with a new, charming and inspiring pope! Francis has already attracted the sympathy of the whole world, Catholics or not, and will continue to surprise us, therefore come down to Rome and see this fascinating pontiff in action. Easter week is a very intense period for [...]
Rome’s Top 2013 Exhibit So Far? CulturaCibo, on Food & Italy’s Identity
Food is not just material, it is also culture. And this holds nowhere more than in Italy, a country in love with beauty, either art or good food. Through April 7 the Rome Vittoriano complex hosts a free exhibition on how food is part of the Italian identity. It was curated by Italy’s top food [...]
Try a Colomba cake while in Rome for Easter! Our tips for the best artisanal ones
“The cake that tastes like spring.” This is how Colomba (dove) was presented to Italians in 1930, when one of the biggest panettone makers – Motta – decided to use the same machineries, techniques and more or less the same ingredients to make another cake, the dove-shaped colomba (peace symbol) for Easter, the most important [...]
Touring Borgo Pio, Ratzinger’s favorite Borough of Rome
It’s not because of the German origin of the word ‘Borgo’ (burg means city in Old German) that Joseph Ratzinger, when he was not Benedict XVI yet, loved this neighborhood. It’s because for centuries this area of the town hosted pilgrims and the Catholic clergy. ORIGINS With just 3,500 inhabitants, Borgo Pio stands right [...]
Rome’s Carnival Treats: Our Favorite Frappe and Castagnole in Town.
Not just masks and costumes, streamers and confetti, Carnival is much more in Italy. It is also special food, in particular sweets. Rome’s typical season sweets are frappe and castagnole, but they are also common all over Central and Northern Italy, under different local names. The fact that they are the typical Carnival sweet of [...]
Skiing Near Rome is Easy and Fun, Try Campo Felice!
There are several skiing destinations near Rome. But one is in our opinion by far the most convenient: Campo Felice. [1] Perfect for a day trip, we particularly recommend you to go there on a working day when there are few people on the ski slopes. GETTING THERE It is very easy to reach [...]
Rome Hosts 3 Rugby Games for the 2013 Edition of the 6 Nations at the Olympic Stadium
For the second year in a row Rome’s Olympic Stadium will be the battle field of the Italian rugby team during the Six Nations Tournament. After the 2012 impressive turnouts, the Italian Rugby Federation could definitely show that the Flaminio stadium was no longer enough for the rising crowd of Italian rugby lovers and of [...]
Happy 2012 Thanksgiving! Our tips on how to best celebrate it in Rome.
We noticed that a lot of you, dear readers, have been looking into Thanksgiving tips and advise in the last few weeks. And it’s good news that even at the end of November there are a lot of Americans around! We wrote a good story last year and we hope this one will be even [...]
November in Rome: Our pick of the best events in the Eternal City
There are really too many things to do in Rome in November! We counted more than two dozens that start this month of the year therefore we had to divide them by topic to make your reading more enjoyable. It is still a good time to visit the Eternal city and even though days are [...]
Full Meal At Rome’s Top Restaurants from 25€ On November 5-11 for Restaurant Week!
Have you ever dreamed of having a meal in one of those renowned restaurants but could never make it for the high price? Well, you now have a big window of opportunity from November 5 to November 11. Dining in a high class restaurant is in fact an expensive matter in Rome, but not during [...]
