If you’re passionate about food and wine and want to delve deeper into Rome’s food culture, then join Flavor of Italy for our Culinary Walking Tour of Rome. We head out to the streets and neighborhoods of Rome where you’re unlikely to run into anyone but Romans out doing their market shopping, having their morning…
When in Rome
Rome’s Fascinating Quartière Coppedé!
The Quartière Coppedé, one of Rome’s most fascinating neighborhoods, is just a short bus ride from the heart of Rome’s city center, or less than a half hour’s walk following along the Villa Borghese park towards Parioli. This often overlooked, but extremely beautiful and captivating quartière is named after the neighborhood’s designer and architect, florentine…
Casino Ludovisi, a delightful treasure in the center of Rome
When I stroll through the centro storico in Rome, its streets filled with ancient palazzi and their huge wooden doors, I like to think about what’s behind the doors, and who owns and lives in these frescoed buildings. During the day these doors are often open and you can gaze in upon exquisite courtyards with…
Santa Cecilia Basilica in Trastevere
Visitors to Trastevere usually approach the neighborhood from the Ponte Sisto footbridge. It’s a natural thing to do after a walk through Rome’s centro storico. The area is full of people and bustling with life within its many shops, bars and restaurants. And yet if you head just a bit further along the lungotevere to the Tiber Island you’ll reach a…
Molo 10 restaurant, Ponte Milvio Rome
Molo 10, Via della Farnesina, 10 – Ponte Milvio Ponte Milvio has been one of my favorite areas of Rome for decades. Wonderful shops, a great market, tasty eateries. It’s a bit off the tourist track adding to its appeal though easily accessible by public transportation or on foot. It’s also accessible from the cycling…
Pizzeria Emma and Il Vinaietto wine bar
If you’re looking for great pizza Emma Pizzeria has one of the best pizzas in Rome; delicious, thin and crispy crust with wonderful top-quality toppings. One of my favorites is pizza topped with buffalo mozzarella and fresh basil; simple and delicious. Another of my favorite pizzas that Emma does particularly well is pizza with salami…
Day trip to Ariccia in the Colli Albani southeast of Rome
Day trip to Ariccia in the Colli Albani Hills southeast of Rome Sometimes doing exactly what every tourist does when they visit Rome just isn’t what you have in mind and you’d like to experience something different, and perhaps out of Rome’s city center. As it turns out, it’s easy; there are many day trips…
Rome’s Tulip Park
One way to enjoy springtime and the season’s magnificent flowers is at Rome’s Tulip Park. The Tulip Park has over 300,000 tulips on display, some of them rare varietals that can’t be picked. Otherwise each €5 ticket covers both access to the park to admire and photograph the flowers, and the option to pick two…
Pecorino Cheese: what is it anyway? And a local Lazio cheesemaker
On a recent visit to the Cesanese del Piglio wine producing area near Anagni in the Frosinone province southeast of Rome we happened upon a small, delightful pecorino cheese producer. This producer’s cheese was offered as part of a wine tasting and I asked the winemaker if it would be possible to purchase some of…
Bernini in Rome
The 2018 Bernini exhibition at the Galleria Borghese was the most extensive collection of his works together in a single exhibition. The exhibition closed in mid-February. If you didn’t have a chance to see it before it closed, the Galleria Borghese and other locations spotted throughout Rome, are a veritable wealth of Bernini’s works. Not…
Cipriani Biscottificio
If you’re looking for a great bakery in Rome with wonderful cookies, crostate and cakes made with all natural ingredients then you have to stop by the Cipriani Bicottificio. The Piazza Vittorio area is a haven in Rome for all things culinary. It has one of the city’s best markets, full of local and international…
Christmas in Rome 2017
Christmas in Rome The most talked about Christmas tree in Rome is without a doubt the tree in Piazza Venezia, in the heart of Rome’s historic center. Traditionally the tree in Piazza Venezia is the symbol of the beauty and magic of a Roman Christmas but this year the tree is none other than a…