Go off the beaten path and drink local with the locals Roman drinking clockwise: Enoteca Giansanti, La Mescita, Masto, Latta, L’Antagonista, Palombi. memofix; La Mescita; Bonajuto; Smart Traveling; Zero,eu; b15a Like all major European capitals, Rome’s touristy neighborhoods are hard to avoid or, sometimes, resist. After a journey of missed connections, jumbled travel directions and … Read more
Tourists in front of the Trevi Fountain. Tourism accounts for approximately 13% of Italy’s national … [+] GDP. (Photo by Simona Granati – Corbis/Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images While European travelers must wait until November to finally be able to visit the US, Americans have had the good fortune to be able to visit … Read more
Bulgari’s “Paparazzi-Lights, Camera, Action!” exhibit runs through March 15, 2022, at the new … [+] DomvsAvrea museum space at the flagship in Rome. Courtesy of Bulgari While it’s more than half a century since Rome served as Hollywood on the Tiber, back in the mid-1900s as a twenty-something friend might say, a time when international … Read more
Sony Computer Science Laboratoriesopens a new research center in Italy: Sony CSL RomeRome research center dedicated to information, sustainability and artificial intelligence. Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO Hiroaki Kitano; hereinafter referred to as Sony CSL) will today officially open its second branch office in Europe, Sony CSL Rome. The … Read more
ROME (AP) — Italy’s center-left forces won big in Rome, Turin and several other mayoral runoffs on Monday, dealing embarrassing defeats to the anti-migrant and far-right parties that are hoping to capture Italy’s premiership in the next national election. Roberto Gualtieri from Italy’s Democratic Party trounced a challenger who had been selected by the Brothers … Read more
The Palazzo Barberini is located on the Quirinal Hill in Rome. getty The entrance-level arcade. getty In Rome, a place overflowing with art and cultural riches, it can be hard for some stellar attractions to receive the full attention they deserve. But heading to spots that don’t turn up on most every itinerary can help … Read more
The June 2022 program at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone – Santa Cecilia Hall. Thursday, June 9 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 10 8:30 p.m., Saturday, June 11 6 p.m. The Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Conductor Jakub Hrůša, soprano Kateřina Kněžíková, alto Jarmila Balážová, tenor Richard Samek, bass … Read more
Take a day-return train trip from Rome around an historically-rich area framed by the Alban Hills, the Sabine Heights and the Apennines. By Martin Bennett “To stray in spirit better through the land/ This morn of Rome and May,” recommends Robert Browning’s poem Two in Campagna. Or for €5, in whatever month, one can take … Read more
Their artworks are icons of Italy and their names are among the most well-known in the art world: Donatello, Brunelleschi, Botticelli, Michelangelo. Eager viewers stop and snap photos of the instantly-recognizable paintings, sculptures, and buildings. Displayed in museums around the world, the immortal paintings invite a popular following. What remains obscured in the history books, … Read more
“Il calcio e tornato a casa,” read a subheading on the front page of the Corriere dello Sport in Rome on Monday morning after Italy beat England on penalties to win the 2020 European Championship: “Football has come home.” It was a sarcastic play on “Football’s Coming Home,” the tongue-in-cheek English refrain which provided much … Read more
