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Dining in Rome: Rooftop Restaurants and Special Occasions

by Melanie on 08. Jun, 2010 in Ask the Italy Expert, Food and Wine, Rome

In the first installment of “Ask the Italy Expert,” a feature in which I ask Italy travel specialists to help me answer reader inquiries, Stefania Troiani of Rome Shopping Guide about outlet shopping and pastry shops in Rome. This week’s questions are also about Rome and eating. What can I say…? Those are two topics [...]

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Five Favorites: Roman Obelisks

Five Favorites: Roman Obelisks

by Melanie on 04. May, 2010 in Featured Articles, Five Favorites, Rome

This week I’m resuming the guest post feature “Five Favorites” with a post that I myself have been meaning to write. Luckily, my friend Matthew Long over at the travel blog Landlopers.com stepped in to write about his five favorite obelisks in Rome. He has even provided some interesting historical notes about obelisks, stumping even [...]

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Visiting the Vatican and Rome During Easter

Visiting the Vatican and Rome During Easter

by Melanie on 11. Mar, 2010 in Festivals and Events, Religion, Rome, Vatican City

Springtime is a very popular time to visit Rome and the Vatican City. And for good reason. The weather is warmer. The gardens and parks are in bloom, with huge pots of azaleas providing a burst of color on the Spanish Steps. And for the thousands of churches, it is time to celebrate Easter. Of [...]

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Six Places to Celebrate Carnival in Italy

Six Places to Celebrate Carnival in Italy

by Melanie on 05. Feb, 2010 in Destinations, Festivals and Events, Piemonte, Rome, Sardinia, Sicily, Tuscany, Venice

It’s Carnival time again in Italy, when Italians prepare to say “goodbye meat!” (Carnevale) by throwing lavish parties and parades before hunkering down for 40 days and nights of denial during the Holy Lenten Season. Many travelers think that Carnevale only takes place in Venice. While Venice has the best known Carnival in Italy, there [...]

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Rome When It Rains

Rome When It Rains

by Melanie on 19. Jan, 2010 in Family Travel, Featured Articles, Rome

A writer of a recent comment on the Italofile Facebook page mentioned that his chief concern for an upcoming spring trip to Rome was “what do I do if it rains?” Here’s his exact words: Am going to Rome in late March/early April with three young kids. I lived there for a year when I [...]

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Five Favorites: Recipes from Rome

Five Favorites: Recipes from Rome

by Melanie on 18. Dec, 2009 in Destinations, Featured Articles, Five Favorites, Food and Wine, Lazio, Rome, Things To Do

Here’s another installment of Five Favorites, this time from a born-and-bred Italian. Eleonora (Lola) Baldwin writes not one, but two food blogs – one in English and the other in Italian. I’m very excited that this native Roman wanted to share with Italofile readers her five favorite typical Roman dishes. And you don’t have to [...]

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Three Best Travel Secrets

Three Best Travel Secrets

by Melanie on 10. Dec, 2009 in Destinations, Emilia-Romagna, Featured Articles, Lazio, Rome, Tuscany

Coming up with three of my best travel secrets for Italy is no easy task. Alas, I’ve been tagged by Robin Locker at My Mélange to come up with my list, just as she has over at her blog. In fact, since I had difficulty paring down my favorites, I’ve come up with my non-Italy [...]

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Best Places in Italy for Modern Art

Best Places in Italy for Modern Art

by Melanie on 17. Nov, 2009 in Arts and Culture, Destinations, Featured Articles, Florence, Lazio, Museums and Exhibits, Piemonte, Rome, Things To Do, Torino, Tuscany, Veneto, Venice

Italy’s modern art museums are often overlooked by the masses, who prefer, not surprisingly, to examine the country’s ancient and Renaissance-era treasures. But with the debut of Rome’s new, Zaha Hadid-designed MAXXI Museum, the capital now has a very high profile exhibition space that is itself a work of art. New York Times’ The Moment [...]

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Rome’s Best Trattoria? You decide…

Rome’s Best Trattoria? You decide…

by Melanie on 26. Mar, 2009 in Destinations, Food and Wine, Lazio, Rome, Things To Do

Choice Tables – A Debate Over the Best Roman Trattoria -NYTimes.com How could I possibly let this headline from the New York Times pass me by? Apparently, the global recession has led Italians to rediscover their local trattoria. And where better than Rome to start the debate? The problem with trattorie is that there are [...]

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Do You Know the Way to Pompeii?

Do You Know the Way to Pompeii?

by Melanie on 23. Mar, 2009 in Ancient History, Arts and Culture, Campania, Daytrips, Destinations, Lazio, Out and About, Pompeii, Rome

About a year ago, I posted some information about going to Pompeii from Rome on a day trip. Just a few days ago, I was alerted of a new way to get there. When in Rome Tours has private and semi-private minibus tours to Pompeii. They’ll pick you up in Rome, drive to Pompeii via [...]

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