Rome
EAT Romans have enjoyed good food since the days of Julius Caesar, and the city’s menus still brim with flavor: The artichoke is king, zucchini blossoms pop up as appetizers, pasta runs the gamut from egg-and-cheese carbonara to nutmeg-dusted gnocchi, and pizza is obviously ubiquitous. Grab humongous slices to go at Sale Miele, on Piazza di tor Sanguigna, before crossing the Tiber River to Vatican City. Here, you’ll be awestruck by the majestic St. Peter’s Basilica and Michelangelo-frescoed Sistine Chapel. Come sunset, join the passeggiata (evening stroll) as chic locals window-shop near the Spanish Steps. Then savor a three-Michelin star meal at La Pergola, atop the Rome Cavalieri hotel, or an intimate seafood repast at La Gensola, a trattoria in Trastevere.
PLAY Rome is pure exhilaration as modern Vespa scooters zoom past ancient icons: the circa-80 Colosseum, the city-within-a city Roman Forum, the ready-for-its-cointoss Trevi Fountain and the cheerfully baroque Piazza Navona. Tip: Buy a threeday Rome Pass for entry to the Colosseum and Forum, then walk — or hop a bus or the metro, free with the pass — for discounted admission to the National Gallery of Ancient Art, in Barberini Palace, and the Galleria Borghese, in Villa Borghese, Rome’s verdant 148-acre park. For shopping, drool over designer goods along Via Condotti and Via Frattina.
LOVE Stay in style — and enjoy fabulous views — at palatial Exedra, with its soaring ceilings, spacious rooms and rooftop pool. Enjoy designer digs and a rooftop lounge in Rome’s fashion district at the intimate 14-room Portrait Suites, owned by the Ferragamo family. Stylish St. George Roma wows with its alfresco bar, subterranean Roman baths and stellar location in the heart of the city.
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