Rome Travel Blog

Over the past few months, I’ve been snooping on the delicious blog Tavole Romane, a virtual (and quite personal) compendium of Rome’s foodie scene.  This anonymous team writes about restaurants, trattorie, food stands, food carts and anything else that can be ingested, based on thorough...

The Provincia di Roma, the governing and informational entity for Rome and its surroundings, has just unwrapped the gift that keeps on giving:  Roma & Pìu, a website focusing on culture, events, gastronomy, lodging, environment and everything else located in and pertaining to the 2100 square mile...

by guest blogger Agnes Crawford understandingrome.com A short bus/cab/tram ride from Termini, just beyond the ancient city walls at Porta Maggiore, the villagey triangle of Pigneto is tucked between the unprepossessing high-rise concrete arteries of the vie Prenestina and Casilina, and the Bladerunner...

To the American in Rome, Thanksgiving can be just another day enjoying a cappuccino in a sunny piazza, or else a crowded congregation of international ex-pats curious for a taste of Americana, discussing the impossible feats of cranberry contraband and dissecting the values of dark versus white meat. ...

You’ve just been told you have six hours to kill at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport (FCO).  What are you going to do?  First, thank the stars that it is the 21st century because FCO has finally stopped putting the . . . er. . . in International.  Second, head back to the Eternal City! With 45...

by Guest Blogger Mary Jane Cryan of Elegantetruria.com Now that the vendemmia, grape harves, is finished , the chestnut and mushroom seasons are in full swing in the countryside north of Rome know as Etruria, or Tuscia.  A visit to the area is an ideal antidote to big city stress and help us refresh...

Kilometer Zero (locally grown food) and Home Food are just two of the more recent buzz words in the cornucopia of Italy’s gastrotourism lingo where an Italian vacation means hands on involvement in the country’s most favorite past times– cooking and dining.  From choosing menus and...

contributed by Mary Jane Cryan of www.elegantetruria.com With the arrival of the first hot days of summer, do as the Romans do and head out of the city to one of the festivals where costumed processions, flower decorated streets and local country cooking provide lively and realistic time machine experiences....

Escape is not often a word that comes to mind when in Rome. The buzz of vespas, the intimacy of neighborhoods, the chitchat of cabdrivers, fellow bus passengers, newspaper and fruit vendors and café owners, and labyrinthine streets make the fit into Roman life seamless for visitors and gives them...

Rome is Caput Mundi, then Gelateria al Teatro is the Center of the Gelato World.  A small gelateria, on a narrow side-street behind Piazza Navona, Gelateria al Teatro has been my favorite gelateria since June 2006.  Conveniently during the same week that I gave up an all-expense paid two-week trip...