A WEEKEND IN ROME

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ROME, YOU ARE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL

Look around, seek out the unusual.

Here we are in Rome, the city of history and timeless wonder. Inspiration on every corner, aromas wafting through the streets. It’s not just a place to be seen but one to be experienced to the fullest. Different from what we’re used to seeing every day.

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FRIDAY

The Colosseum

It catches your eye and brings you in, always surprising you. Then, a stroll around Monti: a neighborhood that’s equally historic and eclectic.

Pacciasass

A covered ankle and informal mood, with jeans and a suede jacket.

Bergamìn

Suede leather, stitching on the toe, jeans and warm colours.

£390 £390
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

Every alleyway breathes Italianness. We walk slowly and dusk begins to fall.

Cartee

Velvet trousers, shawl collar cardigan: the bohemian derby.

£350
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

SATURDAY

Follow the sanpietrini

From Via Giulia, we follow the sanpietrini (typically Roman setts) and easily end up at the foot of Portico d'Ottavia, in the Jewish ghetto. We get lost among the old shops in the area.

Facchin

A white T-shirt and a blue cloth jacket: para sole, comfortable and relaxed.

£350
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

Let’s get dinner in a typical trattoria. Key word: Amitriciana.

Crappa

Leather sole, jeans, a t-shirt and a woollen coat. Relaxed style, with elegance

£390
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

Cycling along the Tiber, where you can observe the city from a different perspective: at the foot of the most historic bridges, on the Tiber Island.

Crappa

Shiny-looking elegance: trousers in herringbone wool, a t-shirt and a vintage raincoat.

£390
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

SUNDAY

The Appian Way

The Appia Antica, queen of all roads, passes through the Roman countryside. We drove along it in an old Fiat.

Cartee

Outlining the profile of the foot. Wear it with a denim shirt and a vintage jacket.

Facchin

Stitching on the toe, comfortable under double pleated wool-and-cashmere trousers.

£350 £350
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

The ancient aqueducts from 312 B.C. surround a large green space. There, let your mind go free.

Bergamìn

As informal as it is memorable: brass hooks, a t-shirt and a suede jacket.

Pacciasass

Suede jeans and jacket, covered and laced ankle: informal style.

£390 £390
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca
An unusual weekend | Velasca

INSPIRING PLACES

The beauty of the past

Rome is difficult to forget. We carry it with us.

WHERE WE WENT

Away from traffic

In the Monti district, among the up-and-down staircases and descents, among archaeology, churches and little shops, we stopped in the garden of the baroque Villa Aldobrandini, an oasis far from the city concert.

WHERE WE WENT

Full of history

Via Giulia was designed by Pope Julius II della Rovere with the architect Donato Bramante in 1508. It was the "via recta" (straight street), the longest and straightest street in Rome. From here it is easy to get lost in the Jewish ghetto, one of the oldest in the world.

WHERE WE WENT

A homely cuisine, since 1928

We couldn't resist the call of Roman tradition: at the trattoria Al Pompiere we tasted an amatriciana and learned how to clean artichokes (a bizarre request, we are aware).

WHERE WE WENT

Follow the Tiber

Along the avenues that run along the river, surrounded by walls (not from Roman times, but from the late nineteenth century), we look closely at the water moving and chasing it on our bicycles.

WHERE WE WENT

Ancient aqueducts

At the gates of Cinecittà there were 6 of the 11 aqueducts that supplied Rome from 312 B.C. onwards; in the face of such grandeur, we savoured the innovative spirit of this ancient people.

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