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Dreaming of Italy: Walking into a coffee bar

With Rome’s lockdown slowly easing off on May the 4th, we are a matter of days away from life in Italy beginning to reassemble the way it once was. What have you missed most during this time in lockdown? I am dreaming of walking into an Italian coffee bar and ordering a full on frothy […]Read Post ›

Rome’s beautiful department store (with an aqueduct in the basement)

Want to buy a Fendi bag, see an ancient Roman aqueduct, browse Italy’s best design brands and have a Campari all in the same building? Meet Rinascente, Rome’s new (well, newly reopened) department store. Rome’s answer to Harvey Nicks or Selfridges, the reopening of the popular Italian department store has been a long time coming, after the closure […]Read Post ›

Mausoleum of Augustus to be restored

The Mausoleum of Augustus, was built in 28BC for Augustus, the first Roman Emperor (from 27 BC-14AD) and is now being restored with the financial assistance of the Italian mobile phone company TIM. A whopping 6 million Euros has been donated towards the project and an estimated 10 million will be needed to complete the […]Read Post ›

First female mayor of Rome in 3000 years

Virginia Raggi made history today by becoming the first ever female mayor of Rome in 3000 years. The 37-year-old lawyer and former member of Rome’s city council has emerged as the favourite. She says: “Our vision is of a city that is liveable, first of all, which it is not at the moment, for all […]Read Post ›

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