Pompeii is a popular destination for day excursions from Rome and there are several ways to get there. Take your pick from our guide below if you don’t wish to be trapped on a crowded bus the whole day with a bunch of people wearing the same colored headphone around their neck. By train, Duration:…
I have been tour guiding at the Vatican Museums almost daily for the last 11 years at any time of the day and night. And no matter what, after a 3,5 hrs Vatican tour around the amazing artwork & Sistine Chapel, everyone is always hungry and the question arrives promptly: “Where is the best place…
Here is a short list with some fun facts about Italy. This list gives you an opportunity to blend in and disguise yourself as an Italian! Follow this list and no one will doubt that you are not a local. Have fun! Number 17 is associated with bad luck, not 13. Spaghetti with meatballs doesn’t…
Most people’s minds wander towards Leonardo Da Vinci and his Mona Lisa, or Caravaggio and his alarmingly realistic figures on canvas when they consider Italian painting (and art history in general for that matter). Fortunately there is a whole world of art and Italian art alike beyond centuries past super stars and until April 6th…
There are only 4 weeks left to the annual beautiful Rome Marathon. Are you signed up and planning to run it? – Congrats, you are in for a treat! Rome Marathon, or Maratona di Roma, has a beautiful route that starts and finishes at the Colosseum, the atmosphere is friendly and the love for running…