One Day in Rome
So on our last and recent visit to Italy, we arrived to Rome, and literally we had 24 hours to explore the entire city. This was not my first time there, but yes the first one reporting for my blog. So...
View ArticleRome’s Imago Restaurant
If your plan for the evening is to enjoy an unique Michelin starred gastronomic experience along with the breathtaking views of the Eternal City of Rome, various monuments and cupolas on the horizon,...
View ArticleFive Great Places to Eat in Rome
Here’s the thing about food in Rome: when it’s good, it’ll drive you to tears of joy over a bowl of bucatini. But like any tourist-ridden city, when it’s bad, it’s really bad – in the form of sticky...
View ArticleFeatured Gay Friendly Accommodations: Downtown Accommodation, Rome, Italy
Periodically we’ll feature one of our properties here to let our readers know about some great gay friendly places to stay. Less than 5 Minutes Walk from the Colosseum: B&B in the heart of Rome...
View ArticleFive Lesser-Known Roman Piazzas
If you’ve been to Rome, you probably visited Piazza di Trevi, Piazza di Spagna, or some of the other, more popular public squares. But Rome’s other piazzas offer just as much culture and history as...
View ArticleWonderful Days in Rome
Wow! Rome certainly has taken hold of me. This is a beautiful city, and huge. I think what has impressed me the most on this visit is how large, magnificent and really, really old the structures, the...
View ArticleGay Art in the Vatican
Among the many ways that Pope Francis has changed the tone of the Vatican is with his seeming openness to groups that have long been shunned, from divorced Catholics to children of gay couples. His...
View ArticleDolly Travels: Our First Day in Rome
I hope you will forgive me for not blogging sooner. We have been busy! For the first time ever, all 6 of us in my travel group flew over to Rome together. Five of us left Sacramento early Monday...
View ArticleDolly Travels – Rome is a Beautiful City
I am sitting here with my second cup of coffee, enjoying the beautiful early morning quiet of Rome. The sky is getting brighter, but of course, I cannot see the sunrise. There are some lovely old...
View ArticleDolly Travels – Ostia Antica and Borghese Galleria
Wow! How time flies when we are having fun. We went out to the ancient seaport of Ostia Antica last Friday. This area was the main bustling settlement of merchants and traders in Roman times. Boats...
View ArticleLesbian Travel – When in Rome, Explore
The old city of Rome is a museum unto itself – a vibrant, friendly, ancient museum. Being many centuries old with cobblestone streets, piazza’s, cathedrals, fountains, ancient buildings, it delivers...
View ArticleRome, The Eternal City
My vacation has begun, arriving in Rome Thursday around noon, unfortunately without my luggage, which finally made it 15 hours later. Over the past year, I chatted with a nice Italian guy on Facebook....
View ArticleBest Gay Friendly Destinations in Italy
Thanks to the open-minded attitude of some important cities like Florence, Milan or Bologna, Italy has always been also one of the main destinations for LGBT tourism. If you are looking for some gay...
View ArticleCity Sundays: Rome
Hey all, Welcome to our weekly series on the blog and our Facebook travel groups – City Sundays. Each week we’ll select a different LGBT friendly city to talk about, and we’ll invite our innkeeper and...
View ArticleGay Italy – Planning the Best Trip
Even though the country sometimes gets attention for its conservative character, the gay aspect of the Italy is widely popular and very attractive to LGBTI travelers around the globe. Who hasn’t...
View ArticleBella Roma – Dolly Travels
Early Tuesday morning, under leaden gray skies that seemed to hover over the nearby fields and the tarmac of Roma Fiumincino airport, our plane landed. The pilots had done a fine job, getting us to...
View ArticleRome – The Eternal City
Once again, we returned to Rome. We arrived on Sunday afternoon. We found our apartment, which is very near Campo di Fiori, one of my favorite places in Rome. This piazza has been a fruit and...
View ArticleMore Adventures in Rome – Dolly Travels
Rome is such an interesting place to be; so much to see and do that we are out and about early every day. We stop at a bar for cappuchini and pastries, go to our selected site for the day, then we...
View ArticleCharming Trastevere, Rome – Globetrotter Girls
I was beyond excited to return to Rome at the end of my Italy trip last week – a city I hadn’t been to in many years but that I had truly loved during my previous visits. Since I didn’t have much...
View ArticleInside the Roman Colosseum – Keep Calm and Wander
In my previous post, I showed you the facade of the stunning Roman Colosseum. Now, I’ll bring you inside to see what it’s like while learning a bit of its history. This piece of architectural wonder...
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