Roman lifestyle

The weeks in Rome: what an original and exclusive way of living in the most beautiful city in the world. Guests will stay in super-selected Roman apartments and houses, located in superb buildings in spectacular areas of the Eternal City and giving the perfect chance to experience the real Roman Lifestyle.

A house in Rome, Via Margutta (see videoclip)

These are only few images of the apartments selected by Tasteof.it and its exclusive partner specialized in luxury typical Roman aprtments.

Roman thermae

thermae entrance

This is only one of the several fantastic locations that Tasteof.it has selected for its Clients and that you can find into the Tasteof.it Vademecum book.

The Hammam is a pleasure of our civilization since ever: beginning in the ancient world of the Hellenic-Roman period under the name of thermae, it is born out of a need to enjoy leisure and social exchange. It is a luxuriuos place where one comes to cleanse the body through a series of treatments while purifying the soul and relaxing the mind. Step out of the frantic pace of your everyday, busy life, and step into a place of serenity in the hearth of Rome.

tepidarium

Let the scent of incense and the sound of flowing water transport you to a time and place when life is uncomplicated and the childhood pleasures of dreaming and losing yourself in your thoughts come easily and effortlessly. Inside the Thermae you will find multiple rooms; in each, from the coldest to the hottest, there will be attendants pampering you and washing you and taking care of your every need. You will begin in the changing room (apodyterium), then, with just a towel on, you will proceed to the warm bath (tepidarium 36°) where steam, the faint sound of water and pale light provide a dreamlike atmosphere. You will lie down on a warm marble bench following your shower and a massage of Moroccan olive soap alternating with a hot water wash will open your pores, relax your body and cleanse you. From the tepidarium, you will be transported to the hot baths (calidarium 45°- 100% humidity) where you will experience a real “steam bath”; here heat improves circulation, and aids in calming the mind to help you sleep, hot steam hydrates the lungs, which help fight against the common cold, flu and rheumatic pains.

frigidarium

The sweating removes toxins and excess water in the body. Following the hot baths, you will experience a brisk and vigorous body scrub with the traditional Hammam glove and finally you will enter the cold bath (frigidarium 28°), which acts as a skin and muscle toner.

fountain

An universal appeal

Tasteof.it offers guided tours in places that are off the beaten truck. Tours will be led by art historians from the Cultural Association Iterarte Roma.

Iterarte started its cultural and social activities about 20 years ago, now playing a leading role in Roman cultural tourism.

Iterarte always loved choosing places that are normally closed to public, like Roman aristocratic palaces or ancient hidden sites. It usually prefers offering tours to small groups of participants, to experience the beauty and spirit of Rome, the eternal city.


The experience and the knowledge of extremely qualified art historians, the passion for the city, together with being Roman native, will allow guests an unforgettable stay in Rome. Everyone visiting Rome must admit that the city has a universal appeal. Who has not heard about Colosseum, the Ancient Roman Empire, the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo? Coming to a city like this, has a lot to do with remembering things that visitors have always known, more than it does with discovering things for the first time. Iterarte art historians, during the tours, will be able to refer to things that are part of a common cultural heritage that we all share. At the same time Iterarte will lead the guests of Tasteof.it to compare the Rome they always had in their imagination and their expectation with the reality of things that we will discover together. With this special approach everyone will have the lucky chance to a discover and create a “personal” Rome. As Romans, Iterarte art historians will make guests feeling welcome and comfortable in Rome, simply because the same cultural background belong to you as it belongs to us. Iterarte and Taste of. it will offer several scheduled tours, with a turnover based on seasons, but, upon request we can design a wide variety of walks and visits for people with special interests.

If you find nothing here to suit your needs, if you have a specialized request for visiting sites that lie outside the common places then please, we invite you to let us know.

Relatives and friends

Special programs, single customized guided tours and walks are available for companions of participants to the courses. Relatives and friends can apply to any of the scheduled weeks of Tasteof.it calendar WITHOUT attending the cooking courses (nor included lunches).
They will join the party in any of the social cultural and culinary activities, such as tours, excursions, walks, tasting, lunches and dinners.

Please see below for a variety of activities in any location.

In Rome
Guided tours to monuments, museums, archaeological, artistic and historical sites; photographic tours; personal shopping; kids activities; baby sitting and babies activities


In Fié allo Sciliar
Special reduced cards for the Kastelruth Golf Club; Guided tours to Bolzano, Merano and Bressanone, to ancient abbeys, medieval castles and interesting museums; hiking and naturalistic walks to the Siusi Highland, the Sciliar Massif Natural Park and Val Gardena.

In Salina
Guided tours to some of the splendid gems of the Aeolian Islands; visits to museums, hiking up to the volcanoes peaks, boat tours and scuba diving.


The mission of Tasteof.it is to provide everything in order to make the weeks in Italy a unique experience, an unforgettable stay for both participants and their companions.
So please let us know about any special request to create the most suitable program for you.

It is also possible to anticipate or to extend the duration of your stay. Please let us know any of your needs and we will do our best to arrange accommodation and organize a customized program of activities of any kind.

Swinging...

Golf at the feet of the mountain Sciliar: a more beautiful scenery is almost impossible. The 18-hole golf course Kastelruth-Seiser Alm is open since summer 2006 and the Hotel Turm is a partner hotel: Tasteof.it can offer to Clients and their Accompanions reduced green fees and guaranteed tee times. To learn how to play the game you can get in contact with Golf-Pro Rudi Knapp and arrange a lesson. Enjoy a golf game and come then back to the Hotel Turm to relax: the golf course Kastelruth-Seiser Alm is only 5 minutes from Fiè allo Sciliar away.

Deep amber

Malvasia is officially translated into English as ‘malmsey’, but this is confusing as that term more usually refers to the wine from Madeira, rather than the grape. Malvasia derives from a Greek, Μονεμβασία, or monem-vasia, “a place with one entrance”. Monemvasia is a fort on Greece’s Southern Laconian cape.
The Malvasia of Lipari wine has been controlled by denomination of origin (d.o.c.) from 1973, with a production of approximately
1,100 hecto-litres a year, produced with a minimum of 95% white malvasia grapes, plus black grapes (called “minutidda” by the
locals, or Black Corinto by the official denomination).



According to how much we have specified before, It is difficult to say what it is the historical origin of “Malvasia of the Lipari” (you’d need to complete a scientific survey to compare the various vines, and in particular those of Laconia with the Cretan version), and it’s worth noting that the first historical document referring to Aeolian malvasia is cargo note of a notary public from Messina, dated 1653.



The vine today is cultivated in rows; while the old system has almost completely disappeared, the last examples being in Malfa (this was a low trellis network called prieule, with squares of 1.40 x 1.40 metre within those of 5 x 5 metre).

“Withering” is used in the production of malvasia wine: the grapes, after a very careful harvest, are laid down on so-called “cannizze” (mats made with local canes).



Here they wither, dry, slowly, for 10-20 days, according to the weather. There is a daily procedure of “scannizzamento” and “incannizzamento”, that is, the labourers move the cannizze into the light during the sunny hours and into the “pinnate” (special ‘huts’ with an open side) over night or during wet or rainy days.





When the bunches are very dry and withered they are taken to the presses, and squeezed until the last drop.

The juice is then placed in chestnut or durmast barrels and allowed to ferment. It then undergoes two decantings to clarify it, one in January and the other around March. From April, there’s nothing else to do but enjoy what the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani called, in 1700, this “rare and delicious drink” that “is deep amber in colour, generous and yet mellow, that entirely fills the mouth with a lovely fragrance”.

Bottles of Malvasia delle Lipari actually produced in Salina Island .... empty!!

Wellness in the fortress

Discover wellness in South Tyrol and according to the South Tyrolean way, in the Wellness and Romantik Hotel Turm: in the Turm the individual flair and unique environment make the wellness area the perfect place for relaxing, letting go, escaping the tiring day-to-day routine and recharging empty batteries.

The Hotel

the swimming pool

Regenerate while indulging in the greatest of pleasures. Sauna, swimming pool, fitness and a unique salt-grotto await the guests in the wellness area. Under the treatments you'll find the traditional haybaths from Völs, romantic baths in the emperor tub, which you can experience alone or with your partner, the highly appreciated vinotherapy on the hot stone, that you will never forget, classical massages and the special massagen in the waterbed, with apples, fruit bunches or hot stones, the right thing the feel good and relax.

And after the treatments, luxury rooms, in pure tyrolean style, are waiting for you...