Naumachia Ristorante Pizzeria, Roma
Just like Piccolo Buco by the Trevi Fountain, it’s a rare find to discover authentic and delicious Italian restaurants by the Colosseum without being lured by the enticing view of the amphitheatre from your dining table. Roomie & I wanted meals that didn’t break the bank yet filled our appetites with quality meals. We decided...
Intown Luxury House, Roma
Here’s a perfect example of the adage, great things come in small packages. This is the entrance to InTown Luxury House in Rome, a guest house hotel which Roomie & I stayed at on our last night in Italy. Although the entrance is a little underwhelming, Intown’s proximity to Via Condotti, the Spanish Steps, and...
Haute Find: Truffle Love
Originally Posted on Haute Trot On my latest Roomie Reunion with Chants, we decided to meet in the middle and fly to Italy to ring in the new year. We visited Siena as well as San Gimignano in the Tuscan region, and had a very different shopping experience. No YSL in San Gimignano, ladies. But...
19th PTAA Travel Tour Expo 2012
Save the date for the biggest travel sale in the Philippines! February 17-19, 2012 SMX Convention Hall, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City I buy most of my airline tickets at the expo, so if you already have your travel schedule at hand, this is the cheapest time and place to get all your 2012...
Procacci Panini Tartufati, Firenze
I stumbled by this small shoppe while walking along Via Tornabuoni in Florence. Ok fine, we were shopping; the street alone is a dead giveaway. It looked like a charming shop, and the word tartufati meant only one thing. It’s Truffle Time. Entering Procacci is like walking into a turn of the century purveyor of...
il Colosseo di Roma
The monument that launched a thousand tourist traps. From afar, it looms like a giant celebrity, illiciting al fresco seating options even in the height of winter. Il Colosseo di Roma Originally named Anfiteatro Flavio after the Roman emperors Vespasian (who commissioned the Coliseum to be built in 72 AD) and Titus’ (who completed the...
Featured: ToT on Leisure + Adventure Travel
Late last year I was interviewed for the magazine Leisure + Adventure Travel, a spinoff mag from Lifestyle Asia. They asked me questions about why I love to travel and have itchy traveler’s feet. Here’s my feature on their December – January issue. (You can click the photo to read the article.) (You can click...
Villa Borghese Gardens, Roma
After our first night in Rome, Roomie and I were very excited to see the city during the day. So after our breakfast in bed at the hotel, we dressed for warmth and headed to our first destination. Yes, the weather was so chilly we had to wear boots out. I love Roomie’s Corso Como...
Featured: ToT on Table for Three, Please
Table for Three, Please is one of the early blogs I followed when I got back to the Philippines in 2007. I was looking for the authority in food, and not just any normal restaurants. After living on different continents, I won’t lie and say that I became a little pickier on where to let...
Tourist Sights and Local Fare at Piccolo Buco
So after a whole day spent by myself, unpacking, settling in Rome, lunching and gelato-ing. I was pooped. I was also excited for Roomie to arrive, since her flight was right around dinnertime, so I went back to Roma Boutique Hotel to take a nap and wait in anticipation for her arrival.When Roomie arrived and...
ToT Tells You Why It’s More Fun in the Philippines
Pictures Say A Thousand Words. Let me count the reasons why #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines Naptime. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines (Bantayan Island) Monkey Business. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines (Philippine Tarsier, Bohol) Degustations. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines (Burnham Park, Baguio) Cleaning House. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines Mines View Park, Baguio Isolation. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines Bantayan Island Imitation Goods. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines Lechon Bread, Pepita’s Kitchen Celebrity Stalking. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines Tubbataha Reef Horsing around. #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines Pygmy Sea...
It Really Is… More Fun in the Philippines!
I’m excited for the Department of Tourism’s new campaign for the Philippines! Finally, after the fiasco of plagiarism last year, we can resurrect our reputations and show just how creative we are as a people, and just how fantastic the Philippines really is! Especially if you like banca rides… Commuting is pretty interesting here. Hello,...
Caffe San Marco aka Giansy
After I checked in at the Roma Boutique Hotel, I had a few hours before my room was available since I arrived Rome very early in the morning. Roomie was still arriving later in the evening, and I was famished from the long flight. I walked around for a caffe that would be open near...
Roma Boutique Hotel
When the distance between a door to a hotel lobby’s wall is only about 3 meters… it’s usually not a good thing. Roma Boutique Hotel But if said hotel is a boutique hotel, you can be assured that charm and private comfort supercede spacious public areas over any day. What you see is what you...
Auguri from Firenze!
Auguri from Piazza della Repubblica in Firenze! May this 2012 be as amazing a journey as my 2011 has been! Back from hiatus on Jan 3! How was your New Year’s celebration? Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Best €20 Spent
The first thing I bought upon arriving at Roma Fiumicino Airport is a Voce 20Euro card from Vodafone. It’s the BEST €20 I’ve spent.Since I like to be connected wherever I go, literally and signally. And knowing my Foursquare/Twitter/FB/Wordpress ways… it was either break the bank or break the phone. Vodafone €20 Prepaid Sim For...
Il Gelato di San Crispino, Roma
Remember that scene in Eat Pray Love where Julia Roberts devours a cup of gelato beside nuns? Yes, I was on the lookout for THAT yesterday. On my last visit to Rome in 2010, I was already hunting down the famed gelateria ever since I read the book, and got prodded by friends to try...
My Maleta Mayhem in Roma
After all my travel experiences blogged and undocumented, you would think that the travel karma gods would give me a break for the holidays, no? So I arrive in Rome, and first thing I do is to set my luggage down and take a gander at my hotel room. I arrived fairly early, so I...
When in Rome…
In a not-so-few hours, I’ll be back in my summer-school haunt and one of my fave places to be in: Italy. Will do a lot of walking around the cobblestone streets of Rome, Florence, and Siena. Will haunt for some exotic food finds and eat some damn good Bistecca. Might even do a bit of...
11th of 12 Holiday Goodie Giveaways: Executive Suite Stay + I ‘Like’ Hotel Elizabeth Tee! (DONE)
CONGRATULATIONS TO ELNA LEAL! You won the Hotel Elizabeth Holiday Goodie Giveaway! Since I’m nearing the end of my holiday giveaway, I’d like to up the ante a bit and give ToT-ers a chance to escape the busyness of Manila and head out to either the summer capital of the Philippines, or the Queen City...
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