By: serviziouniverso July 13, 2019July 13, 2019 Destinations, ItalyDestinations, Destinations in Italy, Featured, Rome

Discover the Secrets of Rome With a Localers Private Food Tour

In recent years the private tours options available to traveler has exploded. Fueled primarily by the success of Airbnb Experiences, the sheer number of tours and breadth of personalized options has broadened to an overwhelming degree. Nowhere is this more true than in sight-seeing-dense cities already overrun with more traditional guided tour items. The good…

By: serviziouniverso July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome

The Summer Menu of Ristorante Alfredo alla Scrofa in Rome

It is easy to become distracted while entering Alfredo alla Scrofa for the first time. The black and white photos of Hollywood legends begin outside its doors, and fill the walls of its three classically appointed dining rooms. Framed photos of Joan Crawford, Marcello Mastrianni, and Marilyn Monroe turn the eye and imagination to the…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Destinations, Hotels, Hotels in Italy, Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in Italy, Southern ItalyConversano, Destinations in Italy, Featured, Hotels in Italy, Puglia, Restaurants in Italy

Discovering Conversano, a Town of Art and Culture in Puglia, Italy

Conversano, formerly the ancient Cupersanum, was inhabited as early as the Iron Age, the last of the epoch of the protohistory of humanity after the Stone Age and Bronze Age, when the Peucetians founded Norba. Later on, in the 6th century, it flourished into a trading town with strong influence from the neighboring Greek colonies.…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 29, 2019 Events, Hotels, Hotels in Italy, ItalyEvents in Rome, Featured, Hotels, Hotels in Rome, Terrace

Le Meridien Visconti Hotel in Rome Opens Roof 7 Terrace for Summer

26 June 2019, the rooftop terrace of Le Meridien Visconti Hotel officially opened its rooftop terrace, Roof 7 Terrace, bringing an effervescent cocktail night to its guests. The terrace was dressed in yellow in celebration of Au Soleil, the launching of the hotel’s summer program of engaging events. Under the Sun it is for the…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 28, 2019 Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeCocktail Bar, Featured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Rome

Off Club: Cosmopolitan Asian Gourmet and Cocktail Supper Club in Rome

Located at the edge of Rome, Off Club opens its doors at Casal Bertone to a spacious 400-square meter space spread out on three levels of full immersion of Asian gourmet and optimum cocktails. An eclectic atmosphere with a decisively contemporary and minimalist line, the supper club was conceptualized by Matteo Di Persio and Francesco…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Events, Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeEvents, Featured, Fregene, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome

Osteria di Birra del Borgo on the Beach at La Scialuppa da Salvatore in Fregene

June 21st marked the first of a series of summer nights of Osteria di Birra del Borgo on the Beach at La Scialuppa da Salvatore Restaurant in Fregene. Starting at 18:30, aperitif is served at the kiosk fronting the water where blankets are spread out on the sand for a laid-back cocktail experience as the…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 25, 2019 Events, Italy, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Wineries, Wineries in EuropeEvents in Rome, Featured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome, Spain, Wineries, Wineries in Europe

Torres Viña Esmeralda Summer Party at Madeiterraneo in Rome, Italy

24 June 2019, while the sun bathed the Roman sky with beautiful hues of orange, the Rooftop Terrace of Madeiterraneo Restaurant on the 7th floor of La Rinascente hosted a party tinged with green. Viña Esmeralda Summer Party, organized by Boldrini Import Export and Familia Torres presented Torres Viña Esmeralda Summer Edition 2014, an aromatic…

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 24, 2019 Restaurants, Restaurants in RomeFeatured, Restaurants, Restaurants in Rome

Aqualunae Bistrot: It All Started With the Fountain of Caryatids in Rome

Everything revolves around a fountain in Rome for Emanuele Paoloni, a young chef who lives in the capital’s Prati district. The Fountain of Caryatids, built in 1928 by Attilo Serva, stands in the middle of Piazza dei Quiriti. It is here where Emanuele grew up as a boy, and met his wife Alessandra with the…

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The Stories of the Sea at Pascucci al Porticciolo in Fiumicino (Rome), Italy With the Tyrrhenian Sea right in front of him as an exceptionally extensive supplier that any chef can ask for, Gianfranco Pascucci has a vast source of ingredients where fishes of different kinds are taken to the dock by the local fishermen…

Wineries

Fabrizio Pratesi Wines, Presenting the Excellence of Carmignano in Tuscany Fabrizio Pratesi is the result of a wine and oil making activity of the Pratesi family for five generations. The vineyards and winery are located in Lolocco, in the heart of Carmignano which has bought by Pietro Pratesi in 1875. Carmignano, about 15 kilometers southwest…

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Unique Al Palatino Garden Restaurant of Kolbe Hotel in Rome, Italy Old Roman structures can give unexpected labyrinths of rooms and gardens in their internal spaces. Kolbe Hotel is among one of them. As you walk through its front door and cross the lobby, another door opens to a peaceful oasis. A garden with centuries-old…

Eating Home Away From Home at Cresci in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina July 18, 2019

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From the recent opening of Cresci in the Prati area of Rome, proprietors Chef Danilo Frisone and Saverio Crescente, who are already owners of Grano Restaurant in the capital, decided to create a place wherein the Romans can have a variation of different kinds of proposals. While the kitchen is the domain of Danilo, Saverio…

Discover the Secrets of Rome With a Localers Private Food Tour

By: serviziouniverso July 13, 2019July 13, 2019

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Get Much More Than Gelato at Selina Ice Cream Company in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina July 10, 2019July 10, 2019

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At Selina Ice Cream Company, is not just about the traditional Roman gelato experience. Enter the world of irresistible creativity, pop and fun with sweet treats: cheesecakes, brownies, bubble waffles, cakes, ice cream cookies, ice cream bars, macarons, waffle pops, and more, just like a classic American bakery. There are different shapes, colours and sizes…

The Summer Menu of Ristorante Alfredo alla Scrofa in Rome

By: serviziouniverso July 8, 2019July 8, 2019

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Discovering Conversano, a Town of Art and Culture in Puglia, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

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Le Meridien Visconti Hotel in Rome Opens Roof 7 Terrace for Summer

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 29, 2019

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Off Club: Cosmopolitan Asian Gourmet and Cocktail Supper Club in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 28, 2019

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Osteria di Birra del Borgo on the Beach at La Scialuppa da Salvatore in Fregene

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 26, 2019June 26, 2019

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Torres Viña Esmeralda Summer Party at Madeiterraneo in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 25, 2019

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Aqualunae Bistrot: It All Started With the Fountain of Caryatids in Rome

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 24, 2019

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Il Podere di Marfisa of Tuscia in 3 Angles: Wellness Hotel, Restaurant and Wine

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 23, 2019June 24, 2019

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You tend not to count the minutes when you travel in the countryside between Rome and Viterbo for two hours. Like in all parts of Italy, the panorama is pulchritudinous, especially when you pass by Lake Bolsena. Olive orchards, vineyards and in summer, fields of colorful wildflowers.It’s an enthralling view that reaches its finest when…

Rediscovering Authentic Roman Cuisine at Trattoria Verbano in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 15, 2019June 15, 2019

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Trattoria Verbano welcomes its patrons in the residential Trieste neighborhood in Rome with its convivial atmosphere reminiscent of old trattorias wedged into the modern bistrot style. The restaurant’s layout is spread out on two small levels at the corner of Piazza Verbano and Via Topino with a kitchen visible to the diners on the ground…

Ciak Irpinia 2019: Why Irpinia is the Next Wine Region to Discover in Southern Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 13, 2019June 13, 2019

Events, Italy, South, Wineries, Wineries in ItalyCampania, Featured, Irpinia, Wine Event, Wineries in Italy

Geographically, Irpinia is largely mountainous, in the center of the Southern Apennine Mountains which runs from the Sella di Ariano to the springs of Sele River. It has a diffusion of verdant hilly areas and valleys with neatly combed vineyards and olive orchards alongside forests. The terrain is predominantly Karst, formed by the dissolution of…

Dimora Ulmo Ristorante in Matera: Cuisine and Art in a Paleolithic Setting

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

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In the labyrinth of alleys that lead to unexpected turns amidst ancient stone houses and cave dwellings dating back from the Paleolithic or better known as Old Stone Age, you arrive to the 18th-century Palazzo Torraca (Torraca Palace) where Dimora Ulmo Ristorante is settled in. It is an elegant building previously owned by the Ulmo…

Esprit Chef Dinner with Korean Fusion Dishes in Rome, Italy

By: Rowena Dumlao - Giardina June 11, 2019June 12, 2019

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The two-week Italian journey of the eleven talented young Korean chefs of Esprit Chef concluded in Rome after their culinary tour in Tuscany, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto and Puglia. The capital is the final stage of their traveling itinerary that has led them to discover the genuine Italian cuisine and find new inspiration in creating more innovative…