Rome Illuminated Guided Tours

03/03/2018

Rome has never been seen this way before!

19/01/2017

Ambitious restoration plans!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/16/giant-mausoleum-rome-held-remains-emperor-augustus-restored/

After decades of shameful neglect, the biggest mausoleum ever to be built by the ancient Romans is to be brought alive with a spectacular multimedia experience projected onto its 2,000-year-old walls.

09/10/2016

You say "anguria", I say "cocomero"... let's use our hands.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/08/world/what-in-the-world/italy-dialects.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&smvar=withw2&_r=0

The country has hundreds of local variations on language, each with its own quirks of pronunciation, inflection and vocabulary, which can make daily interactions confusing.

23/09/2016

After 18 months of cleaning (thanks Bulgari) the Spanish Steps are reopening today!
http://www.wantedinrome.com/news/romes-spanish-steps-to-reopen-on-23-september/

Rome mayor pledges more policing to avoid anti-social behaviour at Spanish Steps. The newly-restored Spanish Steps are to reopen to the public on the morning of 23 September following an 18-month restoration whose €1.5 million cost was sponsored by luxury jeweller Bulgari. The reopening is to be cel...

13/09/2016

It's a Roscioli morning.

31/08/2016

We love this initiative to help victims of the earthquake in central Italy. For every dish of pasta all'Amatriciana sold at participating restaurants €2 will go to earthquake relief in honor of the town of Amatrice which gave its name to the dish and which was gravely impacted by the earthquake last week. You can also donate directly.

25/08/2016

You've probably heard about yesterday's earthquake that devastated Matrice and neighboring towns. We went to Matrice earlier this month on a pasta pilgrimage (this cute little town in the mountains north of Rome is known as the birthplace of one of Italy's classic pasta dishes) and we are thrilled to hear that local creativity and love for food has spurred this very Italian fundraising and relief effort: when you're in Rome make sure to eat Amatriciana pasta for Matrice!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/25/italy-earthquake-restaurants-give-2-euros-each-serving-famous-pasta

15/08/2016

Hope everyone enjoyed this year's Ferragosto! This August 15th holiday derives from the Feriae Augusti, a festivity created by Rome's first Emperor in 18bc to link existing August holidays celebrating the end of the harvest to create a longer period of rest. Now it's a day for picnics, relaxing at the beach or going on a sunset passeggiata.

02/07/2016

A stroll on Via Margutta is like walking through a poem. Here's a short article on the history of one of my favorite streets in Rome.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/rome-very-short-street-180954580/?no-ist

Taste the food life on the Via Margutta, once home to Fellini and since 1953, the scene of Americans' sweetest Roman Holiday

21/06/2016

Rome has its first female mayor! “A new era begins with us,” says Virginia Raggi of the recently created anti-establishment Five Star Movement. “I will work to bring legality and transparency.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/world/europe/rome-mayor-virginia-raggi-five-star-movement.html?_r=0

An anti-establishment candidate also won in Turin, in major blows to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his governing Democratic Party.

14/06/2016

Let's take a walk :) Just down the street from the Colosseum and crowds of tourists is this quiet, inviting little street

02/06/2016

Happy Festa della Repubblica! On this day in 1946 Italians voted to abolish the monarchy and Italy became a republic.