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Glam dinner at Jackie O Rome, historic Rome nightclub

Glam dinner at Jackie O Rome, historic Rome nightclub

Jackie O Rome, the historic Rome nightclub, has recently revamped its very own Jackie O restaurant, giving you yet another reason to visit this iconic Rome nightlife venue.

Dating back to 1972, when the now-famous Rome nightclub was opened by Gilberto Iannozzi and his wife Beatrice, Jackie O Rome was the only place to be seen throughout the 1970s and 80s in Rome, encapsulating Dolce Vita era…

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Best all you can eat Rome: Sapori Dal Mondo

Best all you can eat Rome: Sapori Dal Mondo

Sapori dal Mondo, a multinational ethnic restaurant in Rome, is not your average buffet restaurant. Situated in a four star hotel in a peaceful location near the Vatican, and offering family dining at a fixed price, I believe it’s the best all you can eat in Rome for a number of reasons.

Best all you can eat Rome: Why Sapori Dal Mondo?

Sapori Dal Mondo offers a broad range of cuisines…

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Luxury villas Tuscany: Il Paluffo, the perfect ecotourism holiday in Italy

Luxury villas Tuscany: Il Paluffo, the perfect ecotourism holiday in Italy

If a holiday in a luxury villa in Tuscany sounds like your idea of heaven, but you’re also interested in sustainable travel in Italy, read on! Il Paluffo is perhaps the perfect Italian ecotourism holiday, poised between Italy farm stay simplicity and luxury Tuscan villa comfort with a private pool.

Il Paluffois a a 15th-century Tuscan villa situated in the heart of Chianti, near Florence,…

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Cambio Trastevere: quality and charm define an exciting new Rome restaurant

Cambio Trastevere: quality and charm define an exciting new Rome restaurant

Cambio Trastevere, a new restaurant in one of Rome’s most charming neighbourhoods, could be the restaurant Trastevere – and indeed Rome – has been waiting for.

Located along the busy artery leading into the district’s heart, via S. Francesco a Ripa, Cambio Trastevere is in the right place to catch both locals and tourists and has arrived arguably at the right time.

Trastevere remains one…

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Roma Bar Show will be the biggest ever mixology event to hit Rome

Roma Bar Show will be the biggest ever mixology event to hit Rome

Roma Bar Show, the biggest ever mixology exhibition to hit Rome, will be opening its doors to members of the public and trade experts for two days from Monday September 23, as experts from the world of cocktail bars and specialist spirit and fortified wine producers come together at the Palazzo dei Congressi in EUR.

Running for two full days, Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 September, from 10 am to…

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The best rooftop bars in Rome - including prices & new openings

The best rooftop bars in Rome – including prices & new openings

Looking for the best rooftop bars in Rome? Search no more. This list of the best rooftop terraces and garden bars in Rome, features everything from the new rooftop bars in Rome 2019 to cheap rooftop bars in Rome – including Rome rooftop bar prices, hacks to skip the line, drink recommendations and more!

Photo: Andrea Di Lorenzo Best rooftop bars in Rome

When the heat rises in the city,…

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Rome's first Cape Verde restaurant offers beach vibes all year round

Rome's first Cape Verde restaurant offers beach vibes all year round, combining fresh fish with tropical flavours

O Rei Do Marisco brings island life and fusion flavours to Piazza Bologna in Rome

The African archipelago of Cape Verde, a cluster of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean, is a destination which blooms fiercely in the imagination of those who both have and haven’t visited. Reveries conjure up emerald bays whipped by wind and the lilting music of morna; soft Portuguese dialects and fresh fish…

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Best Michelin-star restaurants in Rome: the unmissable Il Tino, Fiumicino

Best Michelin-star restaurants in Rome: the unmissable Il Tino, Fiumicino

What do you imagine when you think of a Michelin-starred dining experience, and indeed, a Michelin-starred chef?

The drive out to Michelin-starred restaurant Il Tino in Fiumicinotakes you past meadows flanking dusty roads; slow traffic on a single carriageway skirting the edge of the seaside town. We turn into the ample carpark of a boatyard, the marine blue and white of the workshop ahead: to…

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Best rooftop restaurants in Rome: The Flair, Hotel Sina Bernini Bristol

Best rooftop restaurants in Rome: The Flair, Hotel Sina Bernini Bristol, combines Dolce Vita charm with a subtle yet profound menu

The Flair – Rooftop Restaurant at Hotel Sina Bernini Bristol is an opportunity to experience old-world Dolce Vita charm, while sampling a menu from one of the most exciting young chefs in Rome.

Chef Alessandro Caputo, Sicilian-born but Rome resident, has managed to pack a lot into his short career: spells at Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck (3 Michelin stars), as well as at Michel Roux Jr’s Le…

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Trattoria Verbano in Rome kickstarts the Trieste neighbourhood's rebirth with honest cuisine

Trattoria Verbano in Rome kickstarts the Trieste neighbourhood’s rebirth with honest cuisine

Trattoria Verbano is the first piece in the puzzle designed to create a new dining district in Rome’s Trieste neighbourhood.

Situated right on Piazza Verbano, it’s a good looking bistro-style restaurant encapsulating the best of Roman trattoria fare, while simultaneously creating a comfortable and elegant ambience in its multi-level venue.

For the owners, Trattoria Verbano marks the first…

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Off Club Rome: a grown-up club and cocktail bar, with fusion food, east of the city

Off Club Rome: a grown-up club and cocktail bar, with fusion food, east of the city

Off Club Rome is a new venture from AS Roma footballer Francesco Curcio and professional poker player Matteo Di Persio near trendy Pigneto, in the Casal Bertone neighbourhood.

Designed by Sicilian architect Antonino Cardillo, Wallpaper* magazine has already praised its ‘Kubrickian monoliths’ and ‘a continuity consciously akin to Escher’.

Expect interiors which nod to 1960s Brutalist…

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Trastevere best restaurants: try Jacopa, for gourmet food with Roman heart

Trastevere best restaurants: try Jacopa, for gourmet food with Roman heart

Rome’s Trastevere district never goes out of style, but if you’re looking for the best restaurants in Trastevere, it hasn’t always been easy to escape touristy mediocrity.

Enter Jacopa, a restaurant on the peaceful side of Trastevere with bags of character serving gourmet food that has an extremely healthy relationship with the origins of Roman cuisine.

In many restaurants in Rome, and…

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A Vespa sidecar tour of Rome, created by tours of Italy specialists, Dragonfly Tours

A Vespa sidecar tour of Rome, created by tours of Italy specialists, Dragonfly Tours

If you’re looking for a tip for private tours of Italy, you’ve come to the right place. My recent Vespa sidecar tour of Rome with Dragonfly Tours was a great introduction to the kind of bespoke tour of Italy experience this boutique firm offers, with the glorious city of Rome as the perfect backdrop.

Usually offering seven day-plus travel tours to Italy, Dragonfly Tours essentially take the…

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The world's first gelato restaurant launches in Rome

The world’s first gelato restaurant launches in Rome

The world’s first gelato restaurant, the Gelato Bistro of Gelato d’Essai, has launched in Rome, serving sweet ice-cream with savoury food in a novel twist.

Gelato or ice-cream is usually on everyone’s bucket list when visiting Rome and Italy, so why not put the world’s first gelato restaurant on your hit-list for your Roman holiday?

The brainchild of experienced ice-cream maker and store…

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Things to do in Puglia: 10 best things to do in Conversano

Things to do in Puglia: 10 best things to do in Conversano and where to stay in Puglia

What to do in Conversano, Puglia

Looking for things to do in Puglia, or more specifically, the best things to do in Conversano? Whatever your holiday plans in this gorgeous Italian region, at the heel of the boot-shaped peninsula, don’t miss Conversano, in the metropolitan area of Bari.

This ancient town, which has been settled since Iron Age times, has a whitewashed charm all of its own,…

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YogAyur yoga and meditation centre offers a brand new bistro and relaxing hammam

YogAyur yoga and meditation centre offers a brand new bistro and relaxing hammam

YogAyur, in Rome’s Ostiense / Piramide district, is a yoga centre with big ambitions.

The formerly itinerant yoga association, which also has a centre in Monti, found a home in Ostiense a few years ago, just behind the iconic gasometer, on the upper floors of a tranquil palazzo with a roof terrace – great for outdoor (and indoor) yoga classes.

Then, just over a year ago, the centre…

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Palmerie Parioli has breakfast, lunch, aperitivo, dinner, drinks and dancing sewn up

Palmerie Parioli has breakfast, lunch, aperitivo, dinner, drinks and dancing sewn up

Palmerie Parioli, in Rome’s Parioli neighbourhood, is that rare beast: a venue which manages to cover all bases with remarkable success.

After launching about a year ago in Rome’s upmarket residential neighbourhood, north of Villa Borghese – and now under new ownership – Palmerie Pariolihas successfully broadened its remit from dinner and dancing to becoming a very popular lunch venue, with…

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