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I recently had the opportunity to stay for considerable time in a villa on a 100 acre vineyard in the italian countryside. Rode a bike into town every morning a

I recently had the opportunity to stay for considerable time in a villa on a 100 acre vineyard in the italian countryside. Rode a bike into town every morning and did the days grocery shopping, I was living just like all my italian neighbors where and it was fabulous. The quick jaunt through Rome and Florence I tacked onto the end of the trip was very loathsome in many aspects. I'd bet you have to go at least 3 miles away from the colosseum in any direction to find food of a higher quality than Olive Garden.

growlist 8y ago
This wasn't my experience of Rome at all, but then I was there in March and it wasn't chock full of (other) tourists. We stayed in an area called Trastevere which was slightly out of the centre and which I'd recommend.
dfxm12 8y ago
Maybe it's just me, but dealing with subpar food or going hungry for a little while is an acceptable price to pay for getting to see the Colosseum. I know, different strokes and all.
pigscantfly 8y ago
If you'd visited the Vasari Corridor or tried the Uffizi on a Tuesday morning, I think you'd have had a much different experience. Rome is constantly crowded in the same way NYC is, but you can't really expect to have the entire forum to yourself - it's one of the most famous places in the world! Loathsome is the polar opposite of how I feel about visiting either of those cities.
- Piskvorrr 8y ago
  Mind you, you couldn't have expected to have the Forum to yourself for millenia now. Rome seems to have plenty of experience with barbarian hordes (/joke) - or more seriously, how to mix the locals with tourists while remaining a city, not a preserved relic to be gawked at.
paganel 8y ago
I've eaten the best tiramisu in my life at a "vineria" located in Piazza Margana (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Piazza+Margana,+00186+Roma+RM,+Italia/@41.8939351,12.4801235,197m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x132f604c71323be7:0x9fce8528ca20693e!8m2!3d41.8939721!4d12.4801092 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Piazza+Margana,+00186+Roma...), I still think of and phantasize about that tiramisu from time to time even though almost 3 years have passed since then. We also found a place with very decent food close to the Pantheon, by "decent" I mean that they had a lamb-dish as good as you'd find in any remote Greek island from the Aegean, and that is a very high compliment. Both those places are inside a 2-mile radius from the Colosseum. But, I agree, there are also countless other places inside of that radius where food is crap, only meant for tourists.

growlist 8y ago

This wasn't my experience of Rome at all, but then I was there in March and it wasn't chock full of (other) tourists. We stayed in an area called Trastevere which was slightly out of the centre and which I'd recommend.

dfxm12 8y ago

Maybe it's just me, but dealing with subpar food or going hungry for a little while is an acceptable price to pay for getting to see the Colosseum. I know, different strokes and all.

pigscantfly 8y ago

If you'd visited the Vasari Corridor or tried the Uffizi on a Tuesday morning, I think you'd have had a much different experience. Rome is constantly crowded in the same way NYC is, but you can't really expect to have the entire forum to yourself - it's one of the most famous places in the world! Loathsome is the polar opposite of how I feel about visiting either of those cities.

Piskvorrr 8y ago
Mind you, you couldn't have expected to have the Forum to yourself for millenia now. Rome seems to have plenty of experience with barbarian hordes (/joke) - or more seriously, how to mix the locals with tourists while remaining a city, not a preserved relic to be gawked at.

paganel 8y ago

I've eaten the best tiramisu in my life at a "vineria" located in Piazza Margana (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Piazza+Margana,+00186+Roma+RM,+Italia/@41.8939351,12.4801235,197m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x132f604c71323be7:0x9fce8528ca20693e!8m2!3d41.8939721!4d12.4801092 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Piazza+Margana,+00186+Roma...), I still think of and phantasize about that tiramisu from time to time even though almost 3 years have passed since then. We also found a place with very decent food close to the Pantheon, by "decent" I mean that they had a lamb-dish as good as you'd find in any remote Greek island from the Aegean, and that is a very high compliment. Both those places are inside a 2-mile radius from the Colosseum. But, I agree, there are also countless other places inside of that radius where food is crap, only meant for tourists.