Welcome to Which Way to Rome! This blog is a notebook for the Eternal City, a written and visual adventure for those constantly searching for that elusive Roman light and the perfect espresso. You can find local recommendations for exploring Italy’s capital, and lots of pictures and stories from Italy and around the world.
Have a click around: you’ll find favorite tours and places to go, exciting things happening now in Rome, day trips, hidden gems, and, of course, gelato recommendations. You can also peruse the book reviews (mostly Italy-centered, though not always), and head over to the Which Way to Rome Instagram to fill your eyes with eye candy from the belpaese.
The Travels Outside of Italy (link) will take you to thoughts and stories from my travels outside of my country. Speaking of, a smidgen about me: hi! My name is Flavia. Born in Italy, I grew up bouncing back and forth between Rome and Northern California, eventually moving back to my Roma, where I fell deeply in love. And this blog is that love story, because what I fell in love with is my city, my Italy, a country I had lived outside of for so long. (By the way, this love story eventually turned into my debut novel, All the Way to Italy, which came out recently! There’s a blog section devoted to it (link), and it thrills me to no end when people read it and tell me their thoughts, what it brought to mind for them, how it made them feel. You can always reach me at whichwaytorome@gmail.com!)
Today I split my time between traveling for work and wandering my beloved Roma, and this love of exploring new places while also finding our sense of home in this crazy/beautiful world is, I think, what Which Way to Rome is all about. And I deeply believe that it is our sense of community that empowers us, and that we live in a world where we no longer have to be in the same physical space to encourage, support, and share with one another. So please feel comfortable here to express whatever you wish; leave comments, shoot me an email, and if you would like, follow the blog (link) to receive updates (not too often, I promise!). You can also find me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook (links in the sidebar!), where we can chat about any and everything, from the peninsula to travel and all things beautiful.
Benvenuti, new friends!
“For the ones that see Rome everywhere they go—or Tunis, Gubbio, Dublin, Aleppo, Santorini, San Francisco, you name it, it’s yours. You bring your home with you.”
-All the Way to Italy
Crazy in love with her home city of Rome and her adopted state of California. Always wants to explore, eat, read, scribble. Adores great quotes and anything involving authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, and Pat Conroy. A proud member of the iRead team of professional reviewers!
To check out Flavia’s writing portfolio, head over to flaviinrome.com!
A note about authors: if you’re a longtime reader, you know that Which Way to Rome used to be Young in Rome, a blog that had a series of contributors over the years. Even though we’re now a one-writer model (with occasional contributors), I’ve kept all the awesome articles from past writers, and you’ll always find the author of the work in the article, because I’m a form believer that everybody should get credit for their creations. If you click on the name of the author, it will take you to everything of theirs on the site
MEET THE TEAM (click names for author history!)
Past YiR
After moving to Rome three years ago, this Californian was only planning to stay for a year. But one year turned into two and then three and as any expat knows who’s been here for a couple years, once this city has a hold on you, it won’t let you go.
Producer by day, intrepid gastronomic explorer by night, and investigator, photographer and blogger of everything Rome by weekend and occasional day or night. Also, sincerely misses Mexican food.
Slightly obsessed with Roman history, religion, catacombs, and archaeology, and always looking for fun times.
Roman expert and master chef in training – currently splits his time between the kitchens at Pierluigi and the Rome Sustainable Food Project.