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One hundred students from various universities in the United States have arrived at Link Campus University in Rome to attend an innovative program, never before seen in Italy, that will allow them to divide their day between hours dedicated to study and those reserved for sports. The initiative, created by the university in collaboration with Colle...

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Rome's Barberini Mithraeum, a mysterious cavern dating to the third century AD, is to reopen to visitors every second and fourth Saturday of the month, from 13 November. Discovered by chance in 1936, the small archaeological jewel in the historic centre of Rome is located within the Palazzo Barberini complex, in the basement of the Palazzina Savorg...

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Trying out the most famous Roman dishes is really something you need to do when you visit Rome. One of the questions you ask yourself before traveling to the Eternal City is "What to eat in Rome for dinner?". Not only, though. Knowing what to eat for breakfast in Rome is just as important to me. Roman food has something attractive to it. You just k...

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There’s been a lot of trendy talk about “craft” these last several years. But one gets the distinct impression that the hipsterrific denizens of Silver Lake and Brooklyn possess little more than a surface understanding of what that word really and genuinely means. In Italy, of course, there was never anything but craft; and a new exhibition at the...

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There are few phrases more prosaic or uninspiring than “underground car park.” But it was the construction of just such a facility that led to the discovery in Rome of an archaeological treasure trove. Engineers who burrowed beneath a 19th century office block to make space for the parking lot stumbled across the remains of gardens, villas, pavilio...

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Rome's Arch of Janus, or Arco di Giano, reopens to the public this month for the first time in 28 years. The reopening is thanks to collaboration between the city's special superintendence and the Fondazione Alda Fendi - Esperimenti which is based in the building overlooking the ancient monument. The semi-forgotten arch in the Forum Boarium has bee...

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Combining two of Italy’s delights — coffee and sunshine — a couple of engineers in Rome have created an environmentally friendly way to roast coffee beans without electricity or gas. Antonio Durbe and Daniele Tummei have spent almost six years building and perfecting their sunlight coffee roaster. The result is a system that needs a piece of land a...

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The heir to now-folded Italian flag carrier Alitalia, ITA Airways, inaugurated its first long-haul service on Thursday. The flight arrived at New York JFK on time, despite a slightly delayed departure from Rome’s Fiumicino. ITA will operate the route with six flights per week, adding services up to twice per day over the holiday season. Flight AZ60...

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Every time I read about Rome’s underground archeological world, I always think about what Romans often say: “Wherever you dig in the city, you’ll find something interesting.” It’s true: there’s a whole city under the city, in Rome: catacombs, ancient homes and streets that reach into the bowels of the Earth, or so it seems to us, dwellers of the ab...

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Rome's Trevi Fountain provided the spectacular backdrop to the sight of G20 leaders throwing coins over their shoulders into the waters of the Baroque monument on Sunday morning. Held amid tight security, the photo-op resulted in street closures across the historic centre ahead of the second day of G20 talks -  centred on 'People, Planet, Prosperit...

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