Things to do when you visit Rome: some fun ideas via Instagram Instagram is one of my favourite social media platforms as a travel blogger. I really enjoy sharing the highlights of my trips and engaging with other amazing Instagrammers from all over the world. Most of the pictures on my feed however aren’t captured…
Piazza Vittorio: Rome’s most misunderstood neighbourhood Piazza Vittorio: probably Rome’s most misunderstood district. Frustrating, vital, dirty, inspiring, intimidating, unique. At first glance, this turn-of-the-century square appears to provide a pretty green park just a few minutes from Termini, with a perimeter of elegant porticoes that recall stately Turin at the foot of its tall apartment…
Be.Re, a craft beer bar near the Vatican, has won over locals and tourists alike by serving excellent craft ales alongside some of the best street food in the city. Be.Re. has two meanings – the Italian verb to drink (bere), as well as combining the words Beer and Restaurant, addressing its likely international clientele….
Everyone knows that Italy has produced some of the best baristas in the world, but what do you do when you have just a few days in Rome and want to be fast-tracked into the city’s cocktail culture? Enter The Roman Guy, two dudes who set up a tour company in Rome to help travellers…
While Keats & the Cats would be a great name for a jazz fusion collective, the only music I’m humming as I write this article is a rather onerous funeral march. Death awaits us all, and darkness is descending. If you were looking for a cheerful read, click away now! If, on the other hand,…
Testaccina visits Texan-born artist Cythia Korzekwa in her studio in San Lorenzo, to find out more about the illustrations in her compelling blog, Art for Housewives, and her project to uncover the stories of the illustrious dead in the Verano Cemetery I first came across Cythnia Korzekwa’s blog, Art for Housewives, a few months ago, and…
Rome is full of glimpses of history, but for anyone who loves the more recent past, visiting Garbatella is a must. Whilst its architecture represents an almost perfectly preserved slice of the 1920s, a stroll through this magical neighbourhood also conveys what life in modern Rome can be like – a contrast of the quaint…
Garbatella, the Roman neighbourhood south-east of Testaccio, is one of those areas that few tourists find. It’s not far from San Pietro fuori le mure, the great Papal basilica, and it’s the home of Eataly: but these tend to be the only items that make it to the average traveller’s bucketlist. In reality, Garbatella is…
Roman markets: why you can’t beat grocery shopping on market stalls Once a week, for long as I can remember, I stroll the full length of via Nicola Zabaglia, past the graffitied shutters of the ancient Roman rubbish dump, and pass under the arches of the Aurelian walls that mark the end of Testaccio to…
Rocco Forte Hotels is launching its second hotel in the Italian capital after agreeing a multi-year lease for Hotel De La Ville near the Spanish Steps in Rome. Located on via Sistina 69/75 in Rome, the 19,000 m2 hotel De La Ville consists of two buildings built in different eras: the main building, ‘Casa Vecchia’,…
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