Rome is huge and there are a million things to do, places to visit and restaurants to try, but that's not all. A holiday in Rome, in fact, offers more than the city itself. If you want to spend a day out relaxed and far from the mental traffic, take a train and enjoy one of the fantastic day trips from Rome that are easy to reach and can truly add to your Italian … [Read more...]
Incredible discovery at Ostia Antica: child’s grave protected by a curse
A short while ago I wrote about the new diggings taking place in Ostia Antica, the ancient Roman city next to the capital and located on the seaside at the time, diggings that revealed it was almost double than what we previously thought, even bigger than famous Pompeii. Led by the Rome's cultural department "Soprintendenza speciale per i Beni Archeologici", these diggings … [Read more...]
Rome before the Romans, discovering Etruscan Cerveteri
For as famous, powerful, organized and resourceful as they were, life and splendor in Italy didn't start with the Romans. Last week I was invited by cultural association CoopCulture and tour company Walks of Italy to explore the beautiful town of Cerveteri, the surrounding hamlets and their typical products. Cerveteri is a very important Etruscan city, founded well before … [Read more...]
New diggings in Ostia Antica show the city was bigger than Pompeii
It's been recent news that new archaeological diggings have found evidence that the ancient city of Ostia Antica was bigger than previously thought, almost double the size we know and can visit today, and much bigger even than Pompeii, the city near Naples tragically destroyed and buried by lava and ashes of the volcano Vesuvius in 79 AD. Either by metro from Ostiense train … [Read more...]