Ahh, bella Roma. Perhaps no other European city is as much a delight for the senses as this sprawling Italian capital. Enough art, beauty, and culinary wonders can be found within the square-mile that constitutes the city center to make any well-intentioned traveler’s head spin; and as the old Italian…
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Portrait of a Belle: Author Judith Works talks about her road to Rome and everywhere else
In middle age, Travel Belle Judith Works left the suburbs of Portland for life as an expat in Rome and a job with the United Nations. In September, she released ... Read more
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Vintage Shopping in Brussels via Rome
After a week spent away from Rome visiting secondhand and vintage shops in Brussels, Belgium, Amber is again reminded about how chill – and easy to budget – dressing can be.
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5 Best Picnic Locations in Rome (and where to buy the food)
Rome’s warm spring weekends beg for a picnic. As the warmer months begin to bless the city, during weekends, Romans tend to migrate to nearby pastoral locations laden with copious ... Read more
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The Best Pizza in Rome
Who doesn’t want to find the best pizza when visiting Rome? Visiting Rome serves as a long-searched-for open invitation to eat pizza every day: a practice usually only employed by American ... Read more
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Best Things To Do In Rome
Capital of the Roman Empire and today one of the most visited cities on earth, Rome is a metropolis of archaeology, churches, winding alleys and gelato. Packed with tourist attractions ... Read more
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Photos of Rome: Madonna and the Traffic Light
As usual, Eleonora brings us her own lovely perspective with another one of her unusual photos of Rome (and cool story to go with it!) for this week's Belle Views.
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Visiting Rome’s Testaccio Market and Marcello Mastroianni’s Cousin
Grocery shopping in Rome, Italy at the covered Testaccio market means taking home a little piece of the Eternal City every time. And there are two very important figures in the ... Read more
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The Vespa 50 or Scarabeo: Pimp my Italian Scooter
Remember Roman Holiday? Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn riding shotgun around 1950’s Rome on a Vespa? The classic Italian scooter was (and still is) an Italian two-wheeled icon. The coveted ... Read more