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You’re walking in a different country, with different lifestyle and culture. Everything changes: language, history, street names, daily habits.
Some objects immediately recall the essence of being Italian. One of these icons is the Moka, the coffee machine that tells us about the industriousness, the values and the tradition of the Bel Paese…
They aren’t spaghetti neither fusilli. Of course, they are handmade according to the best Italian culinary tradition. What are we talking about? Of pici: fresh handmade pasta, typically from Tuscany (very common at Siena), but also from some parts of Lazio and Umbria.
An evening ride on the vaporetto (Line No. 2), direction Rialto, to reach Teatro Goldoni can leave soft and intimate impressions. The Venetian darkness is broken by the lights of the palaces that are looking above the canal. The glimpse arises dreamy fantasies about what’s happening inside.
Have you ever thought of Rome as the right location to discover perfect samples of 16th-century Italian gardens? Well, you can’t miss a visit to Palazzo Farnese, Villa Borghese, Villa Aldobandrini, Villa D’Este (in Tivoli, 19 miles from the City) and the Giardino dei Mostri in Bomarzo…