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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Ask the Italy Expert: Outlet Shopping and Rome Pastry Shops
I get lots of emails from readers asking for Italy travel advice. And while I like to think of myself as the Italy travel resource, I know that there are tons of bloggers, writers, tour operators, travel consultants, and many other Italophiles who have knowledge on specific subjects, like villa rentals, Tuscany antique markets, or [...]
Five Favorites: Roman Obelisks
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 [...]
Beautiful Places in Italy for a Photo Op
Let’s face it. Just about every spot in Italy is a lovely place to take a photograph. But there are some spots that are truly special, places that make friends and family go “Wow!” when they see the photos on Facebook or in the picture frame on the mantle piece. Far beyond the hokey photographs [...]
Visiting the Vatican and Rome During Easter
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 [...]
Round-up: Lots on Venice, Shopping in Rome, and Italy Road Trips
Vrooms With a View: Europe’s Most Scenic Drives (includes Val d’Aosta, Piemonte) [The Guardian] Eat Like a Local in Venice, The Venetian Islands Locals Want to Keep to Themselves, Venice Bacari [The Guardian] Global Eye: Venice Carnival [National Geographic Intelligent Travel Blog] Italy’s Sleepy Surprise (Maratea, Basilicata) [Philadelphia Inquirer] Where Puccini Might Shop in Rome [...]
Six Places to Celebrate Carnival in Italy
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 [...]
Rome When It Rains
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 [...]
Round-up: Parma, Body Scanners, Sightjogging, House-Sitting
Stendhal in Parma [NY Times] The Cursing Mommy Cooks Italian [The New Yorker - humor, of course!] Italy’s Reality is a Vita Not So Dolce [The Globe and Mail] Italy Made Easy [The Telegraph] Body Scanners Coming to Rome, Milan Airports [USA Today]
Five Favorites: Recipes from Rome
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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