Virtually Visit

28/07/2026

Castel Sant’Angelo is so close to the vatican and so many people give it a miss but itms a MUST!! Best views of Rome, a great little cafe and some of the most amazing papal appartments with deco by students of Raphael inspired by the rediscovery of the Domes Aurea - Nero’s golden Palace. A perfect mix match between ancient and modern and bastions to boot and that isn’t even the half of it!!!

28/07/2026

Pasta is not fast food!! Here’s what Roman’s do instead….Alice pizza shops are all over Rome now and some other cities too but the first one was here and it is sooooo good. My favourite quick bite in the run. #

When you’re at a site like St Peter’s or the Vatican museum it isn’t a great move to try to find a sit-in restaurant they are a bit touristy… a snack to see you through and have a great pre-planned pre-booked dinner later on is the better plan. Somewhere like or are good options…

streetfood

27/04/2026

Raphael’s beautiful brushstrokes in the Raphael Rooms at the Vatican…The dreadful Heliodorus sent to steal the riches from the Temple of Solomon - miraculously sent packing by the prayers of the Priest who sent a mighty Golden Clad Horseman with two ethereal helpers to beat out the thief. And as it turns out … he could have been ‘s ugly ancestor!!!?? Wonder if he visited the today as he is playing in Rome tonight at and I’ll be in the 2nd row… !!

04/11/2025

Every bit as breath-taking as I had imagined guys…

31/10/2025

Napoleon held Pius VII captive first in Savona and then Fontainebleau for being so stubborn (and not giving him support… or a divorce!) and in the mean time looted the Vatican Collections…. Took Raphael, The Laocoön, The Belvedere Apollo… and much more where he bolstered the Louvre with it and even tho the congress of Vienna in 1815 saw some returned - they still have bits of it to this day!

28/10/2025

on the exit route of the museums…moonrocks at the vatican and a flag that’s been to the Moon! What a gift from Apollo 11 and an unexpected surprise for the careful visitor to find after seeing the Sistine Chapel.

12/02/2025

24/10/2024

has an ugly brother in the Raphael rooms guys! I couldn’t unsee this after seeing him in Milan this Sunday. And if you guys have been on my tour then Matt’s comedy probably isn’t too far out for you!!

04/04/2024

Pope Paul V Borghese - the same fella who stuck his name out front of St Peter’s Basilica - Also restored and ancient Roman Aquaduct, completed in 1614, bringing the water to Rome on the Trastevere side of the River from Bracciano Lake (Where Tom Cruise Married Katie Holmes!). However - being LAKE water it wasn’t that great - so inspired the saying in Trastevere that if something is like the Pauline Water then it really isn’t worth much!!