Locations with the best italian food

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, and a special comune named Comune di Roma Capitale."We love eating pizzas in Naples and Rome but we also love eating the quintessential Italian food in cities more famous for pasta like Parma and Verona"

Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.

Travelzoo's guide to the local dishes to try in Italian cities like Verona, Florence, Venice, Naples, Rome, and more!.

Florence, capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, is home to many masterpieces of Renaissance art and architecture. One of its most iconic sights is the Duomo, a cathedral with a terracotta-tiled dome engineered by Brunelleschi and a bell tower by Giotto. The Galleria dell'Accademia displays Michelangelo’s “David” sculpture. The Uffizi Gallery exhibits Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and da Vinci’s “Annunciation.”

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Fun things about italy and thier food

Italy is the fifth most visited country in the world, welcoming some 46 million foreign visitors annually. It’s also the fifth most populous country in Europe.Many musical terms are written in Italian because early composers from the Renaissance era were Italian. Europe’s three active volcanoes, Etna, Stromboli, and Vesuvius are all located in Italy.In the city of Turin, dog owners must walk their pooch at least three times a day or risk being fined. Woof.

La famiglia is very much a part of the Italian culture. In fact, it’s common for single children to live at home until their 30s.Italy is home to the world’s oldest university, the University of Bologna founded in 1088. Don’t be surprised if your hotel in Italy doesn’t have a 17th floor. Italians believe that this number is unlucky because when the Roman numeral for 17 (XVII) is rearranged it looks like VIXI, which means “I have lived,” a symbol that’s associated with death.

The Duomo restaurant offers creative Sicilian cuisine but respectful of traditions, where the flavors of the territory remain protagonists. The place is refined, with four small rooms, with multicolored wallpapers and tables surrounded by light leather armchairs, except in the red room, where the leather is blue. Among the representative dishes of the restaurant we have the charcoal octopus with crunchy cuttlefish, sea cicada sauce, basil and mint; spaghetti in “Moresca Taratatà” sauce with tuna bottarga and carrot sauce; Nebrodi black pig raised in the wild, with melon sauce and Etna hazelnut meatball; lamb stuffed with dried figs and dates; Ragusan ricotta cannoli with hot prickly pear soup and almond sorbet. Last but not least, the truffle ice cream, beautifully combined with Marsala “Vecchio Samperi”.

Another review- La Pergola is a temple of international gastronomy, historically the first and still today the only three-star restaurant in the capital, as well as one of the most beautiful and panoramic restaurants in the world. It is in fact located on the top floor of the Cavalieri Hilton Hotel in Rome and from this restaurant you can enjoy a unique view of the Eternal City. This famous restaurant, judged to be the best in Rome, is led by chef Heinz Beck, whose cuisine is a combination of genius and creativity. Traditional recipes are taken care of in every detail, from the selection of genuine ingredients, the Chef creates dishes that remain linked to the Italian and Mediterranean tradition. Dishes that are not only excellent in taste, but also beautiful to look at. Among the many dishes served, the amberjack marinated in white balsamic vinegar with pomegranate snow certainly stands out; pasta alla carbonara, where the egg, cheese and cream-based mixture is placed inside the pasta itself, then seasoned with zucchini and bacon. The dessert is instead the frozen pomegranate sphere with gianduia cream and cannoli with salted pine nuts.

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