Rome

Lathered in old-world charm, brimming with contemporary creatives and crammed with world-beating cultural institutions and restaurants, Rome is a creative haven.

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Maurice Terzini

Piazza Farnese

Campo de’ Fiori

Galleria Lorcan O’Neill Roma

Monitor

Pantheon

Teatro di Marcello

Carl Pickering shares his travel gems on where to visit when in Rome.

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Rome with Carl Pickering

Sydney–born, Rome–based architect Carl Pickering is one half of wildly successful, globally-minded practice Lazzarini Pickering Architetti.

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Aventine Keyhole

Da Augusto

Enoteca Il Piccolo

MAXXI

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Michela Picchi shares her travel gems on where to visit when in Rome.

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Rome with Michela Picchi

It's not hard to recognise Michela Picci's work. The Rome-born, Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist has a bold, graphic style that's colored using her signature palette of six vibrant hues.

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Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore

Forno Conti & Co.

Trattoria Pennestri

Nuovo Mercato Esquilino

Palazzo Massimo & Palazzo Altemps

Saghar Setareh shares her travel gems on where to visit when in Rome.

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Rome with Saghar Setareh

Since moving to Rome from Iran in 2007, food writer and photographer Saghar Setareh has become one of Europe’s most important voices in food.

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We chat to architect Carl Pickering about creative travel and his most beloved Travel Playbook for grand architecture and contemporary culture in Rome.

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‘With our two dogs, it’s a great excuse to go out three times a day and just walk around Rome.’

Channelling the experience of establishing herself in Italy as an immigrant, Saghar Setareh explores food through the lenses of identity, culture and politics.

Rome

People

Carl

PICKERING

Michela

PICCHI

Saghar

SETAREH

Stories

Carl

PICKERING

‘With our two dogs, it’s a great excuse to go out three times a day and just walk around Rome.’

Saghar

SETAREH

‘Rome grabs you and never lets go of you.’

Travel Playbooks

Carl

PICKERING

Rome with Carl Pickering

Michela

PICCHI

Rome with Michela Picchi

Saghar

SETAREH

Rome with Saghar Setareh