Food lover? Can’t get to Italy this year? Here’s the next best thing

We all had hopes and plans this year. A global pandemic callously crushed them for [...]

Salina – the mountainous green heart of Sicily’s Aeolian Islands

There’s Italy, then there’s Sicily. And there’s Sicily and then there are the Aeolian islands [...]

See Naples and Die: A day trip from Rome with Casa Mia Food & Wine

Here are just some of the ways you could spend an hour in Rome: Lining [...]

Abruzzo Food & Travel: Cooking with Rosy

Stories like Rosy’s warm my heart. Maybe because we are both Abruzzese. Or because we [...]

Easter in Abruzzo & La Madonna che Scappa

If you don’t follow me anywhere on social media, haven’t read this blog before or [...]

Capri: A Guide to Italy’s VIP Island

The island made famous decades ago by icons and celebrities like Bridget Bardot and Jackie [...]

HeartRome Wins! 2016 Italy Magazine Travel Blog of the Year! 

Thank you, thank you, thank you! For every person who voted for HeartRome in the [...]

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The HeartRome 50 dining highlights of 2016

This was one of the hardest pieces I’ve had to put together all year. How [...]

Arrivederci Roma 2016

It’s that time of year again.  For weeks before my annual pilgrimage home to Melbourne [...]

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Where to eat in Modena when you can’t get a reservation at Osteria Francescana

Ok so if you’re off to Modena and had your heart set on dining at [...]