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Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

Chef Leonardo Vignoli subtly updates Roman classics in a storied space.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

A blend of nature and art awaits visitors to this park.

For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.

Since 1999, this gelateria founded by a string instrument maker has been turning out some of Rome’s best scoops.

Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A space dedicated to contemporary art and culture, co-chaired by fashion icon Miuccia Prada.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This small island, a byproduct of 19th-century canal construction, is now home to a charming Japanese garden.

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

Trek up this glacier before it disappears.

For those late-night mollusk cravings.

The world's most famous cheese caves.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.