Tammy’s top travel tips from Rome
What did the Romans ever do for us? OK, there were the aqueducts, the road building and the fabulous feats of engineering… plus sanitation, public baths and medicine, as the famous Monty Python sketch reminds us! There were also great buildings and monuments like the Pantheon in Italy and Hadrian’s Wall in England plus pioneering […]
1. Underrated Destination – Umbria Lovely Umbria, nestled in Tuscany’s tourism shadow, is the lesser known jewel in Italy’s crown with its historic palaces, piazzas and cathedrals. The countryside is picture perfect with vineyards, olive groves and sunflower fields stretching as far as the eye can see. Charming villages […]
Earlier this week I was feeling under the weather and decided that I needed holiday sunshine and a change of scene to revive my body and soul. Sadly there was neither time nor money to leap on a plane and get away to an exotic paradise or wilderness location. So […]
A few travel tips on Rome from Tammy’s recent trips… Don’t head for the obvious tourist traps. Avoid restaurants and bars where waiters try to entice you in vigorously. Save money by staying in an apartment rather than a hotel even if it means a short Metro ride […]
When in Rome don’t always do as the tourist guides tell you… I have a dislike of many of the big tourist hot spots, only equalled by my distaste for London’s Leicester Square and New York’s Times Square. So my advice is to walk briskly through Barberini and Trevi […]
A funny thing happened on the way from the Forum – between Rome and Umbria – in Tivoli to be exact. Tivoli is one of those stops on the Grand Tour of tourist destinations much frequented by coach parties and the slightly more ambitious independent travellers. Trip Advisor […]
Whether it’s your first time in Rome or you’re a returning visitor it’s impossible not to be blown away by the Imperial Roman sites. Stepping back in time at the Forum and the Colosseum is mind-blowing such is the scale and size of these ruins. There are so […]
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