Rome

ANCIENT SHOPPING

Rome, Italy

It might be sacrilege to advise you to visit a shopping centre in Rome when...

NATIONAL WATER

Rome, Italy

A medicine for the kidneys, the spleen, the heart, and thousands of other d...

THE GIANT TUREEN

Rome, Italy

A fountain with a cover, so hard to picture, may exist in no other place bu...

16THCENTURY MAGIC EYE

Rome, Italy

The Spanish Steps are one of the wonders of the Eternal City, and hide a se...

HAUNTED CHURCHES

Rome, Italy

Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Virgin Mary of Conception of t...

MAGICAL PERSPECTIVE

Rome, Italy

The view of St. Peter’s dome from Via Niccolò’ Piccolomini is an unmissable...

TRADITIONAL IN EVERY WAY

Rome, Italy

“Sant'Eustachio Il Caffè” is an ancient wood-fire coffee roasting plant est...

BEAUTY IN THE FOUNTAIN

Rome, Italy

Many are the Roman locations referenced in the history of Italian cinema, b...

SAINT CLEMENS’ SECRETS

Rome, Italy

Did you know that if you visit the underground of the Basilica di San Cleme...

CHEESE ’N’ PEPPER

Rome, Italy

Traditionally cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper) pasta is said to be one of t...

WHERE THE LITTLE OWLS LIVE

Rome, Italy

Villa Torlonia, on Via Nomentana, hosts a building that seems to belong to ...

WHEN RIVALRY NURTURES GENIUS

Rome, Italy

It is said that Bernini and Borromini weren’t the best of friends. An emble...

ONE FOOT LONG

Rome, Italy

A gigantic foot is in the middle of the road. It sounds like something out ...

TRUE OR FALSE?

Rome, Italy

Be careful not to tell a lie when you put your hand in the Bocca della Veri...

HAIR AND BEARD IN PORTA PIA

Rome, Italy

Porta Pia is one of the gates of the Aurelian Walls universally known to do...

NASONE

Rome, Italy

There are over two thousand nasoni (literally “big noses”) across the Capit...

SIGNS ON THE WALLS

Rome, Italy

The Tiber River enters the city of Rome, and Rome floats upon it. On one si...

CITY ANIMALS

Rome, Italy

Legend tells that the geese of the Campidoglio (Rome’s city hall) managed t...

TELL OL’ PASQUINO

Rome, Italy

Pasquino is a statue, perhaps of Hellenic origins, capable of talking witho...

RAINDROPS FALLING ON MY HEAD

Rome, Italy

A large eye looking at the sky above Rome, a hole with a diameter of almost...

MADE IN ITALY

Rome, Italy

The hostess outfit for Alitalia, the stunning creations for all the stars o...

ANCIENT SHOPPING

Rome, Italy

It might be sacrilege to advise you to visit a shopping centre in Rome when...

THE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE

Rome, Italy

A jet way for climbing aboard. Inside, tables set next to plane windows. An...

GOING UNDERGROUND

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A hike on Caelius, one of Rome’s seven hills, near the Coliseum, leads you ...

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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It is one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Contrary to common belief, the b...

THE MYSTERIOUS DOOR

Rome, Italy

It is simply a door to nowhere. In the central neighbourhood of Piazza Vitt...

HANAMI IN ROME

Rome, Italy

Hanami, the Japanese word to say “admiring the flowers”, is the name of a s...

ROSA ROSAE

Rome, Italy

One rose, like one robin, is no sign of spring. Instead, 1100 species of bo...

DEATH, AND HIS BROTHER SLEEP!

Rome, Italy

The cemetery rising in the Testaccio neighborhood, enclosed on one end by t...

POSTCARDS FROM THE VATICAN

Rome, Italy

Peep through the keyhole in the door of the Villa del Priorato di Malta: yo...

AT TWELVE P.M. SHARP!

Rome, Italy

For the Romans, it’s not just the blank fired by two soldiers from a cannon...

DINNER TIME AT LAST!

Rome, Italy

Carciofi alla giudia (Jewish-style artichokes) is the symbolic dish of the ...

THE HEART OF NERO

Rome, Italy

In Saint Peter’s Square there is a sampietrini stone that stands out from t...

AN ARTSY COFFEE

Rome, Italy

Antonio Canova, the sculptor of Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss and Paolina ...

THE SECRET GARDEN

Rome, Italy

Think of a park in downtown Rome that has hosted over 600 plant species, so...

DOING GOOD BRINGS GOOD LUCK

Rome, Italy

Keep your back to the fountain, your eyes well shut, and with your hand mov...