Images © zaha hadid architects 2016 was an exciting year for architecture and 2017 looks set to be no different. We here at Minerva Tours are looking forward to the construction later this year of the long awaited Naples-Afragola train station, a sculptural cobra-like steel structure, which will interlink Naples to Rome. The London based […]Read Post ›
What was in the make up bag of an ancient Roman woman? Diva or Empress, what was in your make up bag two thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, pre Benefit and Mac? Keeping up appearances in ancient Rome must have been a real mission. Think less au natural, and more, ‘wow, that sounds like […]Read Post ›
Just when you thought Rome couldn’t get any more magnificent, you turn the corner and see the Trevi fountain being used as a catwalk, with models ‘walking on water’, across the glass runway built into the water basin of the fountain. Fendi chose Rome, its hometown, to celebrate its 90th anniversary and show their spectacular […]Read Post ›
Virginia Raggi made history today by becoming the first ever female mayor of Rome in 3000 years. The 37-year-old lawyer and former member of Rome’s city council has emerged as the favourite. She says: “Our vision is of a city that is liveable, first of all, which it is not at the moment, for all […]Read Post ›
Bulgari’s designs are much about the magical city of Rome. Which is why the designer debuted an exhibition about it’s main muse, ‘Bulgari & Rome: Eternal Inspiration’, at their New York store, with 40 timeless pieces that directly reference Italian monuments. In fact, it was behind the Spanish steps, on Via Sistina, that the founder […]Read Post ›
The Borghese gardens and villa is one of Minerva Tours Rome’s best recommendations for what to do in Rome. With the Borghese’s beauty, art, views over the city, nature, treasure hunts and a boating lake, it really does have it all. It is Rome’s answer to Central Park in it’s enormity, and being an […]Read Post ›
Mozzarella: The queen of the Mediterranean cuisine Mozzarella di Bufala Campana Buffalo mozzarella (mozzarella di bufala) is a mozzarella made from the milk of the domestic Italian water buffalo and we think it’s divine. Buffalo mozzarella from Campania bears the “Mozzarella di Bufala Campana” trademark. In 1993, it was granted Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) […]Read Post ›
