I've worked as a tour guide in Rome for 18 years, and I've seen plenty of tourists make mistakes. To avoid crowds, book your tours in advance and try to see popular spots on weekdays. Tweak your ...

Dino Margiotta, a licensed tour guide with ToursByLocals, reveals some of the most underrated sites in Rome.

Between the excitement over Pope Leo XIV and the Jubilee celebrations, Rome is the place to be this summer. The travel consultants to the A-list share their secrets to soaking in the dolce vita in ...

Rome is pretty crowded — the city welcomed a record-breaking 35 million tourists in 2023. Any gorgeous photos you see of breathtaking and empty piazzas were likely taken long before most people have ...

Ever wish you could text the most stylish people in the world to ask them for their lists of things to do in the places they know best? Here are insider travel tips for those who would never be caught ...

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First among the fashion elite, Portrait Suites is a collection of 14 apartment-style rooms customised to form a boutique hotel. The suites here are seriously stylish, with sleek wood, cream and dove ...

Pasta is one of Italy’s few culinary constants, but it’s also endlessly diverse, with hundreds of shapes and styles that vary by region. Depending on geography, pasta can be short or long, made with ...

For 5.6 million Americans who visit Italy each summer, Rome is no. 1 attraction. Due to Covid-19 travel bans, the streets of the historic Italian city are half empty, and many tour guides are ...