{"id":504,"date":"2015-07-31T08:09:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T15:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/blog\/?p=504"},"modified":"2017-01-20T10:55:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T17:55:58","slug":"a-letter-from-the-eternal-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"A letter from the Eternal City"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2006_rome_19\"<\/a>
The Eternal City of Love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Are you going to Rome soon? I know that I am!\u00a0There is a lot to think about before\u00a0visiting a city with a lifespan of a few millennia: Where to stay? How long to stay? What to see? Where to go? Where to eat? What to order? What about shopping? and so on…<\/p>\n

Since Rome is my favorite city, I will try and share some of my excitement for this amazing place with you. Hopefully, this information will answer a few\u00a0of your questions. If it doesn’t, then let’s talk!<\/p>\n

Where to go? What to see?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here is a\u00a03-DAY ITINERARY<\/a>\u00a0for a self-guided walking tour of Rome. I’ve used these routes myself to introduce\u00a0my many guests to\u00a0the Eternal City. Each route is not too long (only 4 – 6 km of easy walking), but you will visit many of the places where the legends were made! Feel free to combine the routes, in case you don’t have 3 days to spend in the city and \/ or you can walk\u00a0really fast.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that there is a ton of interesting information about each stop on my itinerary. Therefore, I suggest that you invest in a guide book and\/or do some homework on Wikipedia before you hit the streets! On the other hand, you can just grab a gelato and walk around the city without overloading your brain with the historical anecdotes.<\/p>\n

You can also benefit from purchasing an special multi-day pass for the visitors to get free access to many sites and cut the line. Click HERE<\/a> for further\u00a0information.<\/p>\n

Lastly, but critically important, do wear comfortable walking shoes! You will thank me later.<\/p>\n

Where to eat?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To say that Rome is full of wonderful restaurants, big and small, is to say nothing. Every piazza and every street is lined up by ristoranti<\/em>, osterie<\/em>, and bars, which serve all types of food, wine and drinks. All of these places await your discovery, yet, every time I visit Rome, I try to eat at some of my trusty stand-by’s. Here is a short and incomplete list of my favorites:<\/p>\n

Antica Pesa<\/strong> – the restaurant has been operating in Trastevere since 1922. Very appropriately for this historical area, it serves very interesting Roman cuisine and has a wonderful open courtyard in the back of the restaurant. Make sure to ask for their wine list and marvel at the 500-page volume that will be dropped off in front of you. Click here<\/a> for the website.<\/p>\n

La Penna d’Oca<\/strong> – very convenient location near Piazza del Popolo. Great food and wine. Click here<\/a> for the website.<\/p>\n

Osteria St. Ana<\/strong> – my long time favorite is on the same blovk with La Penna d’Oca. Amazing food (try warm goat cheese mixed with black truffles), friendly service, inexpensive wine – what else can one ask for? Click here<\/a> for the website.<\/p>\n

Ristorante Casale<\/strong> – do you want to try amazing antipasti and grilled meat? Then you will have to take a taxi outside the city walls to via Flaminia km 10. The ride is about 15 minutes from Piazza del Popolo, but it is well worth the effort and a few extra euro’s. Click here<\/a> for the website.<\/p>\n

Keep on traveling,
\nLenkaTraveler
\nwww.facebook.com\/LenkaTraveler<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Are you going to Rome soon? I know that I am!\u00a0There is a lot to think about before\u00a0visiting a city with a lifespan of a few millennia: Where to stay? How long to stay? What to see? Where to go?…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,14],"tags":[31,30],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eu","category-travel-guide","tag-italy","tag-rome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lenkatraveler.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}