Stories from Garbatella

The Popular Soul of Rome: Stories from Garbatella

🌸 Garbatella: Rome's Secret Garden That Lives in the Everyday Rome can shout through its majestic monuments. Garbatella, however, speaks softly. Founded in 1920 as a garden city for workers, this neighborhood stays away from tourist circuits. It offers a sweeter Rome, with courtyards, string lights, and lively stairways. 📍 Geography and Connections Garbatella lies…

Stories from Garbatella

The popular soul of Rome: stories from Garbatella

🌸 Garbatella: Rome's secret garden that lives in the everyday. Rome may shout from its majestic monuments, but in Garbatella, the city speaks softly. This neighborhood was founded in 1920 as a città giardino for workers. Today, it's off the tourist trail and showcases a simple Rome, with courtyards, garlands, and staircases filled with…

Derinkuyu: The Underground City That Escaped the Sun

Derinkuyu: The Underground City That Escaped the Sun

In Turkey, beneath the valleys of Cappadocia, lies a secret carved into the rock. It is believed that the first levels were created by the Phrygians in the 8th century BC. Later, during the Byzantine era (5th–10th centuries AD), the city grew into the monumental shape we see today. Below those valleys, an entire city…

Scents of Istanbul: Spices, Tea and Timeless Sweets

Scents of Istanbul: Spices, Tea and Timeless Sweets

Spices, tea and sweets. In the heart of Istanbul, where streets weave together like an immense tapestry, the Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı, “covered market”) was born more than five centuries ago. Between 1455 and 1461, Sultan Mehmed II, having just conquered Constantinople, envisioned a space where trade could flourish like the gardens of his palace. The…

Caffè Florian: An Intimate Chronicle in Piazza San Marco

Caffè Florian: An Intimate Chronicle in Piazza San Marco

Origins of Caffe Florian in Piazza San Marco In the winter of 1720, Caffe Florian lit its lamps for the first time and released its aromas into Venezia. At that moment, the Serenissima still breathed the vanity of its past glories. Floriano Francesconi, a merchant of the Venetian trade, opened a café under the solemn…

Shangri-La Tibetan singing bowls

Shangri-La: The Frequency of the Lost Paradise

Sound of Shangri-La A Connection with the Classics Since childhood, I've felt a deep connection to classic black-and-white films — and perhaps, to the idea of the Sound of Shangri-La. During my teenage years, I often spent hours in vintage shops, surrounded by dusty books and reels. Orson Welles amazed me with War of the…