Rome

#mediterranean Trastevere, Smoke & Citrus Address – Vicolo della Scala, tucked behind Santa Maria in Trastevere Highlights – We wandered without meaning to just letting the alleys decide. Somewhere between orange trees and peeling frescoes, we found that little trattoria with the ivy-draped awning. You remembered it from last time; I remembered the way your shoulders relaxed once we sat down. The owner still doesn’t use menus. He brought us whatever was hot and good: cacio e pepe, grilled artichokes, wine that tasted like sunburn. A radio played something old and scratchy inside. Around us, people weren’t rushing anywhere. We stayed until the candles melted flat. Vibe Match – Like returning to a dream that remembered you back: warm, worn-in, quietly magical. Rating Suggestion – 9.3/10 Janiculum Hill, Gold & Ghosts Address – Passeggiata del Gianicolo, overlooking the city from the west Highlights – We climbed up late not for the view, exactly, but for the breath. The air got thinner, lighter, less certain. Rome unfolded beneath us like a map we once knew by heart: domes and ruins and the Tiber threading through it all. The cannon fired at noon, but we weren’t there for that — we came for the hour after, when everything holds its breath again. Couples leaned on railings. Kids kicked a ball into the shade. You pointed to a rooftop and said we’d stayed there, years ago. Maybe we had. Maybe we just wanted to believe we had. Vibe Match – Like remembering something you never lived, but miss anyway: distant, golden, steeped in silence. Rating Suggestion – 9.1/10