Rome Travel Tips

In the 1976 Italian film, “Down and Dirty,” Giacinto Mazzatella—played by actor Nino Manfredi—remarks, “Oxtail and celery are like man and woman: it’s all well when one sticks to the other.

Sardinian food is a world apart from that of its closest Italian neighbors on mainland Italy.

With so many amazing sights to see in the center of the city such as the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Vatican, and endless array of glorious fountains, it's easy to forget that Rome is about 15 miles from the Tyrrhenian Sea.

There’s a reason why bakeries are so buonissimo in Italy, in general, and Rome, in particular: pastries are a regular part of the Italian breakfast experience.

While enjoying your trip to bella Roma, you’ll taste some of the best bites ever - carbonara, suppli, fried artichokes… but there’s one little snack you definitely shouldn’t skip: the maritozzo! The pastry is truly a symbol of Rome, you can enjoy it all day long, though more commonly it’s eaten with a quick caffè in the morning.