An alternative Rome itinerary to stay cool and avoid the crowds: Flavor of Italy Rome Fountain Tour ⛲

+ Calabria’s Coast of the Gods and the local DOP Tropea Red Onion

Why visit the same spots every tourist throngs to? How about an alternative itinerary that digs deeper into Rome?

Beginning next week temperatures will again be up to about 100°F, and the crowds aren’t letting up. So try a different kind of itinerary while you're here in Rome, like my Flavor of Italy Rome Fountain Tour?

Water is the driver of Nature.
— Leonardo da Vinci

We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.
— Jacques Cousteau

Water has been the building block of life since time untold, and Rome exemplifies this perhaps more than any other city in the world. Rome is replete with aqueducts and a fascinating water system that stems back several thousand years. The city water, piped in from streams and mountains outside the city limits, is considered to be the best drinking water by far.

Almost every piazza and street in Rome’s historic center has a fountain, each one with a fascinating history behind it. Some are huge and imposing and designed by the artistic and architectural geniuses of the world like Bernini. And some are smaller, humbler and more utilitarian in nature. Yet each reflects the history and importance of water in Rome.

Join me for my fascinating Rome Fountain Tour that incorporates history, architecture and food all in one. For what would food and wine be without its essential building block: water? Light lunch included in the Rome Fountain Tour.