Mr Wiltshire is not your average Londoner. Born in 1974 from West Indian parents, affected of a form of autism he never was able to communicate with the outside world like the rest of us. He grew up with his mum and sister. It soon became obvious that he had an exceptional talent at drawing and recreating scenes of what he saw.
As early as 1987, he was spotted by the BBC and the very same year some of his works were already published. Since then Stephen Wiltshire became the subject of many Tv documentaries.
 

 
If at the beginning Stephen would draw animals, then London buses, he eventually dedicated to landscapes, cities and great buildings of all over the world: In 2001, further to flying over the city by helicopter, he then did a perfectly detailed and accurate drawing of London. Subsequently , he also drew Tokyo in 2005, and at […]

Let the lists begin.  Here’s a list of Hot Hotels for 2008 via the Times.  What does hot mean?  Read more here to find out, here’s number one, albeit in France.
Le Couvent d’Hérépian, Languedoc Roussillon, FranceElegantly chic, wonderfully quiet, but not bank-breaking – it’s not often that you get that combination. But that’s what’s on offer at this converted convent with 13 suites in Languedoc Roussillon. Rooms are from £78 a night, yet they look as if they’d cost double that. The hotel, which has just completed its soft opening, has a laid-back atmosphere, with a small bar serving local wines and tapas.

The Palatine Hill is one of the 7 Roman hills and is proved to be one of the oldest parts of the city.
It is situated in between the The Roman Forum , Circus Maximus and The Colosseum, and all these sights are close by our Myhotel Rome.
According to the legends here the twins Romulus and Remus were kept alive by a she-wolf until a shepherd found them and raised them together with his wife.Later Romulus decided to build a town on that hill-Rome.This is the place from where
the Roman Empire begun. The word “palace” comes from the latin word Palatium.
The view from the Palatine Hill is so amazing that back in the centuries it already attracted the attention and became an exclusive location to live in and the rich and powerful would build their palaces there.

The height of the hill reaches 230 feet(which is about 70 meters)
Over the […]

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The Palatine Hill is one of the 7 Roman hills and is proved to be one of the oldest parts of the city.
It is situated in between the The Roman Forum , Circus Maximus and The Colosseum, and all these sights are close by our Myhotel Rome.
According to the legends here the twins Romulus and Remus were kept alive by a she-wolf until a shepherd found them and raised them together with his wife.Later Romulus decided to build a town on that hill-Rome.This is the place from where
the Roman Empire begun. The word “palace” comes from the latin word Palatium.
The view from the Palatine Hill is so amazing that back in the centuries it already attracted the attention and became an exclusive location to live in and the rich and powerful would build their palaces there.

The height of the hill reaches 230 feet(which is about 70 meters)
Over the […]

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Every year it takes place into the magical Navona Square, or as they say in Rome, “Piazza Navona”, The Christmas fair.
All the “piazza” beyond the severe look out of the statues of Bernini, fills itself with hundreds of selling stands of sweets, toys, craft, nutty nougats, cotton candy, small and big nice things that you can buy as a present for yours friends or yours kids.
The square is a match sought place for kids and their daddies and mommies and everyone who would like to visit the “presepe”(manger) . The manger is another of Rome’s Cristmas tradition and in Navona it is located in the middle of the square, right next the fountain of the “rivers”. You can eat one fabulous ciambella (doughnut) or take a stroll down to one of the many bars or tea rooms to sit and take a nice cappuccino or […]

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Antico Forno & Restaurant Roscioli
For decades Marco Roscioli has produced the best bread, as well as one of the best white pizza of Rome, along with the Rome Pizzeria del Secolo. Today his two sons, Pierluigi and Alessandro have opened, in addition to the existing bakery, a modern chic Rome wine-bar and small gourmet-store, with a small restaurant in the back area.
Alessandro is a connoisseur of cheese, salamis and oils, as well as of Italian wines and French wines. Pierluigi is an assistant professor in professional bakery in the school of cuisine “A Tavola con lo Chef” (Eating with the chef) and is in charge of the production and of the relations with the clients.

Apart of a huge selection of excellent salamis, regional cheeses, you can taste in this special culinary corner various specialities, like tasteful soups, home-made pasta, carpaccio, tartars of meat and fish, as well as […]

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Antico Forno & Restaurant Roscioli
For decades Marco Roscioli has produced the best bread, as well as one of the best white pizza of Rome, along with the Rome Pizzeria del Secolo. Today his two sons, Pierluigi and Alessandro have opened, in addition to the existing bakery, a modern chic Rome wine-bar and small gourmet-store, with a small restaurant in the back area.
Alessandro is a connoisseur of cheese, salamis and oils, as well as of Italian wines and French wines. Pierluigi is an assistant professor in professional bakery in the school of cuisine “A Tavola con lo Chef” (Eating with the chef) and is in charge of the production and of the relations with the clients.

Apart of a huge selection of excellent salamis, regional cheeses, you can taste in this special culinary corner various specialities, like tasteful soups, home-made pasta, carpaccio, tartars of meat and fish, as well as […]

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Antico Forno Roscioli
For decades Marco Roscioli has produced the best bread, as well as one of the best white pizza of Rome. Today his two sons, Pierluigi and Alessandro have opened, in addition to the existing bakery, a modern chic wine-bar and small gourmet-store, with a small restaurant in the back stage.
Alessandro is the expert of cheese, salamis and oils, as well as of Italian and French wines. Pierluigi is an assistant professor in professional bakery in the school of cuisine “At table with the chef” (www.atavoloconlochef.it) and is in charge of the production and of the relations with the clients.
Apart of a huge selection of excellent salamis, regional cheeses, you can taste in this special culinary corner various specialities, like tasteful soups, home-made pasta, carpaccio, tartars of meat and fish, as well as spectacular desserts also home-made.
All the ingredients are super fresh and selected with special care: fish, […]

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Galleria Borghese is a one of the most beautiful mansions in Rome with a great painting and sculpture museum inside. This Gallery is situated in the second biggest Rome metropolitan park of Villa Borghese.
The Rome mansion of Galleria Borghese was built for Cardinale Scipione Borghese in 1613 to host the Roman society and delight friends with the splendid collection of valuable works of art from Rome excavations or commissioned famous artists of the time .

The most important masterpieces of the collection are: “Apollo and Daphne”, the work of Bernini, “lost to Venus”, the sensuous portrait of Pauline Borghese, wife of Camillo Borghese and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, from Canova. “Madonna of Palefrenieri” and “Bacchus sick” by Caravaggio, “the sacred el amor ‘amor profane” by Titian, the beautiful ” “Deposition Baglioni” by Raphael, and even works by Botticelli, Pinturicchio, Perugino, Domenichino.
This prestigious Rome […]

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Picture this: finally, after all those months of saving you are in Rome. Of course, you feel great. You arrived a bit late to your hotel (My Hotel, of course), but after a shower in your comfortable room you feel wonderful and anxious to start seeing all what Rome has to offer. You’re planning all the nice things
you’ll do tomorrow when somehow (maybe the news, or through your hotel) you realize there will be a transport strike in the city.
Tragic coincidence, but it might happen. Actually many people are in that situation right now while I write this lines. That’s why I decided to make this small emergency guide that will be also useful if you just want to explore the city without taking the buses or the subway.

Walk the City
In Rome during a strike your feet are your best friends. Cabs will be hard to find and you will […]

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