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Occupy Nazionale Street: Yes We Camp and Entering the Underbelly
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 15 October 2011
The helicopters throbbed in the pink dusk above Rome. Police cars parked diagonally, blocking off the black-stone artery of Via Nazionale, usually clogged with cars and buses and motorbikes. You could hear the echo of chants, megaphones—see a crowd assembled, way down there, at the street’s end. The stone gleamed like water. It was not [...]
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Rome, Like a Cannon Shot (Bella, You Must Be New At This)
Blog: Lonely Girl Travels - 14 October 2011
I come into Rome like something shot out of a cannon—hair blown and thirsty, sweating in the thick denim and long layers I had to wear cause they wouldn’t fit in my backpack. It started with the fact that my flight was 2 hours delayed. Which really started with the fact that I’d gotten about [...]
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Losing My Travel Training Wheels in Florence
Blog: GoBackpacking - 14 October 2011
Editor’s Note: This is the latest in a series of sponsored posts by Oh-Holidays.com based on my first backpacking trip to Europe. It was in Florence, Italy that my travel training wheels came off for the first time. I’d left the US for a Summer in Europe with four friends after college, and less than [...]
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Giovanni Michelucci exhibit
Blog: Florence Journal - 12 October 2011
You probably know something by Michelucci if you have been to Florence, even if you don't know who he is. The Ponte alle Grazie was designed by him, and his firm was also responsible for the Santa Maria Novella Train...
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Metro Tram & Bus Map for Rome
Blog: Ron in Rome - 11 October 2011
The buses in Rome are a great way to get around the city. Unfortunately, the ATAC website is often difficult to navigate. And the maps on their website are more difficult to read. One option is to purchase the Roma … Continue reading →
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Pickpockets in Rome – Protect Your Vacation
Blog: Ron in Rome - 10 October 2011
One of the most-often discussed topics on any travel board is safety and security. More specifically, “How do I avoid the pickpockets in Italy?” For many first-time travelers the thought of losing your passport, money, credit cards, and identification in … Continue reading →
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Memory and Travel – Reflections on Bergamo and kindness to strangers
Blog: Vagobond.com - 7 October 2011
Travel and memory don't always work together.
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“Skip the Line” Ticket Options for the Coliseum (Colosseo) in Rome
Blog: Ron in Rome - 7 October 2011
One of the must-see’s for many travelers to Rome is a visit inside the Colosseo. Additionally, your ticket to the Colosseo is good for entry to the Forum and Palatine Hill, also remarkable sites. This 3-for-1 combo ticket currently costs … Continue reading →
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Gucci opens their museum in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 29 September 2011
Of course I missed the party :( “CAN you believe the things that must have happened in these rooms in the last 600 years?” asked the American video artist Bill Viola, practically giggling as he entered the jaw-dropping chambers of...
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Ceramics fair this weekend
Blog: Florence Journal - 29 September 2011
One of our favorite annual events is this weekend - the Fiera della Ceramica, in Piazza Santissima Annunziata. As usual their website is out of date - but it starts at 10 AM on Saurday.
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Taxis in Florence
Blog: Florence Journal - 29 September 2011
I want to start a series of posts of simple but important tips for the traveler to Florence. #1 is how to get a taxi in Florence: Important tip - you CAN NOT hail a taxi in Florence! You'll see...
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Getting to know Italy, Guido-style
Blog: La Tortuga Viajera - 28 September 2011
I’m not joking, either. My recent and sixth trip to the shoe-shaped country was Guido-filled. But not the way you’re thinking. I’m actually talking about my host – one of my best friends, who also happens to have a name with a certain fame in the US (I had the pleasure of breaking that news [...]
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Ancient Rome, museum and one small island in Rome
Blog: nateniale { reflections on my travels and everything else I love } - 27 September 2011
{ Rome, Italy - May 2011 }
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From Rome (Italy) to Athens(Greece) Overland
Blog: World Travel Blog - 25 September 2011
Uniting this two ancient capitals of the greatest European empires was an old cream of mine. This trip description is just a part of a bigger Eurotrip that I made back in 2006, which started in the Netherlands and finished up in Greece. This exiting middle stage lasted for about 2 weeks and took me [...]
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Leonardo Express – The Trenitalia Nonstop Train to the Fiumicino (FCO) Airport
Blog: Ron in Rome - 24 September 2011
10+ years ago I first rode the Leonardo Express from the airport to the center of Rome. It was far less expensive then it is today! Yet, ten years later it is still the only non-stop train transport from FCO … Continue reading →
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Thoughts of Italy in 2012
Blog: GoBackpacking - 24 September 2011
Thoughts on returning to Venice, Italy for the first time in 14 years.--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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The Roma Trastevere Trenitalia Rail Station
Blog: Ron in Rome - 23 September 2011
Roma Trastevere is one of Rome’s major train stations located on the southwest section of Rome. It’s a jumping off point for many people arriving in Rome. It’s also a connection station for travelers headed to Civitavecchia. And lastly, it’s … Continue reading →
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Wine Town Firenze this weekend!
Blog: Florence Journal - 23 September 2011
Wine Town Firenze this weekend! It is a good event - and not expensive, with tons of free music, etc.
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The FR1 Metropolitan Train To and From the Fiumicino (FCO) Airport
Blog: Ron in Rome - 21 September 2011
The FR1 Metropolitan Service, also called the FM1, connects Fiumicino Airport with the stations of central, metropolitan Rome and travels as far as Fara Sabina and Orte, which are on the north east side of Rome. For visitors, this is … Continue reading →
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Rome in black and white
Blog: nateniale { reflections on my travels and everything else I love } - 20 September 2011
{ Rome, Italy - May 2011 }
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Exploring the Italian Riviera
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 20 September 2011
The Liguria peninsula in the northwest of Italy, a short drive east of Genoa, is a gorgeous region of colourful fishing towns, beautiful beaches and historic attractions. Liguria, often referred to as the Italian Riviera, is a favourite holiday destination amongst many Milanese and the global jet-set (think royal families, Madonna, Rihanna… and you get [...]Exploring the Italian Riviera is a post from: Velvet Escape's blog
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What Should You Do At Home Before Coming to Rome, Italy, and Europe
Blog: Ron in Rome - 20 September 2011
For many travelers, the greatest amount of stress is NOT the trip, but preparing for the trip. For first-time travelers, it might be easier because you just don’t know any better – until you’re in Europe and perhaps things don’t … Continue reading →
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Money and Beauty. Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities
Blog: Florence Journal - 18 September 2011
The current exhibit at Palazzo Strozzi, through January 22, 2012 - looks to be a good one:
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Cinema Odeon has a new website
Blog: Florence Journal - 17 September 2011
If you are looking for the "Original Sound" (or films in English) at the Cinema Odeon in Florence, they have a new place on the web to find their schedules on the intoscana.com website: http://www.odeon.intoscana.it/calendario.php
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Transportation Options From Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to the City of Rome
Blog: Ron in Rome - 16 September 2011
“I’m arriving in Rome at the Leonardo Da Vinci Airport and I’m unsure of my Travel Options into the city – So how do I get to Rome?” This is a question posted daily on travel boards by visitors heading … Continue reading →
