Shopping in Boots has to be number one on the list of things I didn’t expect to miss when I moved to Italy. Those endless...
Rome’s newest tourist attraction is over 2,000 years old. The Mausoleum of Augustus finally reopened to the public earlier this year after decades of neglect....
As part of a scheme to promote traceable electronic payments, the Italian government will give you a 10% refund on physical purchases made by credit...
Life admin in Italy is always done in person. You fill in a form, pay for a marca da bollo and hand over photocopies of...
Finding the perfect present for everyone on your Christmas list can be a challenge. To help I’ve selected a few of my favourite gifts that...
Often described as an open-air museum, Rome wears its artistic heritage proudly on its sleeve. Centuries-old churches house priceless Renaissance paintings, gigantic marble sculptures laze...
The island of Ventotene is tiny. I mean, really tiny. It’s just 3km long and has only 700 permanent residents. While the secret’s out about...
I’m the kind of person that will travel far and wide for good great gelato. I’ll happily trek across town to a specific gelateria to...
While culture shock is definitely very real, it does wear off as you get used to ‘the rules’ of daily life. Once you find out...
Ostiense doesn’t actually make it onto many tourist maps – those tear-off sheets given out by hotels seem to cut off around Circo Massimo –...
