Previously published on Matador Network Travelstoke. The Colosseum, the Vatican Museums, the Trevi Fountain. We know them and love them, but unfortunately so does everyone else. If you want to skip the throngs of tour groups and sight-seers, make haste to one of these under-appreciated but equally-illuminating cultural sites in the Eternal City. 1. Galleria Doria Pamphilj The Galleria Doria Pamphilij…
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My top three literary bucket list items are ✅✅✅: the Keats House in Hampstead, Keats’ grave at the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome, and the Keats-Shelly House in Rome. Did you pick up on a pattern? John Keats captivated my imagination in high school: I even carried a pocket version of his selected poems in my back pocket my entire senior year.…
The Sistine Chapel is the single greatest artistic, cultural, and spiritual accomplishment of the Western world. Faced with the perils of the Vatican Museums — long lines, thick crowds, labyrinthine passageways — spending quality alone time with Michelangelo’s frescoes can be the the greatest accomplishment of your trip to the Vatican. Without further ado, here is a semi fool-proof method…
Spending a significant amount of time in a city like Rome can be daunting. The energy and rhythms of the caput mundi can invigorate a traveler’s soul while simultaneously wearing it down like 2,000 year old travertine. Rome’s quiet escapes, enchanted with light and history, make the jittery bus rides and lengthy queues worthwhile. One special place, chief among Rome’s…
From the middle of March to the end of April, Josh Travels Sometimes to Europe, starting in London and making his way down to the south of France and ultimately to Rome. From Rome, our intrepid traveler will somehow manage the work-life balance of a temporary digital nomad. These are his stories. Phew. Of all the words in the English…
Bagelmania Serves Up the Best Bagels in Las Vegas
Nothing conjures up my childhood like a good old fashioned Jewish deli. The corned beef, the lox, the brightly-colored soda bottles, the grumpy regulars and their strange aftershave, but above all else the bagels. No breakfast seemed complete without a warm bagel fresh from the oven, topped with a schmear of alabaster cream cheese to transform the leavened discus into…
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Joshua Chévere Cohen is the founder, editor-in-chief, and creative director of Josh Travels Sometimes. A writer with degrees in both English Literature and History, Cohen brings a poetic, darkly humorous, and helplessly Europhile perspective to the world of travel writing.
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- 1 year ago by joshtravelssometimes Diego Velázquez’ Portrait of Pope Innocent X is one of the most beloved portraits in art history. Celebrated for its realism, the portrait has inspired artists for generations, including the nightmarish studies by Francis Bacon. See it for yourself at the @galleriadoriapamphilj .
- 1 year ago by joshtravelssometimes My boy Goethe hanging around Villa Borghese, just as he did in 1786.
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