Finding good food in Italy can be a real trick, especially for foreigners. In Rome for example, it is a fact that in the historic centre most restaurants, trattorie and…
How to find authentic good food
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Italian Superstitions
I opened the late-night talks space because it happens to be the most auspicious time to have interesting conversations. I always learn something at night in company of friends. If…
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Cumae: The Door to Hell
Welcome to Cumae, the door to hell according to ancient believes. Located 25 km west of Naples, Cumae is ancient city of Magna Graecia on the coast of the Tyrrhenian…
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The Park of Monsters
Once upon a time, a noble condottiero and patron of the arts, Sir Pier Francesco Orsini, decided to create the Park of Monsters in Bomarzo, a set of gardens filled…
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A Cats Town
One of the most beautiful medieval towns I have ever seen… If you look from far away, Calcata looks like a little drum of rocks. Nature, history, and a true cats…
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A Dying Town
Did you know that in Italy there are still towns where only a dozen people live? And did you know that there is a town that is slowly breaking town?…
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Ostia Antica: Bigger and Prettier than Pompeii
There is nothing more beautiful than the ancient Roman port, now a ghost town, next to my house. Ostia Antica. A city that no one imagined existed beyond the river.…
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The Pending Coffee tradition
Italians are masters of many noble traditions, inventions and deeds, many of them taken from unnoticed customs in other countries where they did not receive much attention, evidently. True: we…
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A Secret WWII Bunker
Italy, one of my home countries, is a delightful treasure chest, filled with unexpected and surprising little spots that normally escape the eye of the mass. It was the year…