Places eleanorgartman Wants to Go

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Everything from fried brains to stewed lungs are on the menu at this nose-to-tail spot.