EAT

Maccheroni
Piazza delle Coppelle, 44
Rome
www.ristorantemaccheroni.com

Named after one of the country’s most famous dishes, this trattoria in the Piazza delle Coppelle doesn’t manufacture its rusticity nor its modernity, but rather allows them to coexist in a warm space with vaulted ceilings and wine bottle–lined walls with partially exposed brick.

SLEEP

Feldmilla Design Hotel
Schlossweg 9
Campo Tures
South Tirol
www.feldmilla.com

This hotel in Italy’s northernmost province is nestled harmoniously in the Alps, its natural wood finishes blending in seamlessly with the surrounding forest—whether snow-covered or not. Feldmilla has its own electric utility by the Aurino River, just in front on the hotel, and in fact has been producing its own energy since 1939; the original flywheel generator has become the centerpiece of their breakfast room.

SHOP

Spazio Rossana Orlandi
Via Matteo Bandello 14/16
Milan
www.rossanaorlandi.com

This store, tucked away in the Magenta District, is several things at once. One half is dedicated to a mixture of experimental and vintage design furnishings (and includes a gallery for exhibitions), while the other sells equally eclectic women’s clothes, uniting design and fashion into a surprisingly unified whole.


Wunderkammer Studio
Via P. Maroncelli 12
Milan
www.wunderkammerstudio.it

Designers (and brothers) Claudia and Mattia Frignani are fascinated with the earthly nature of the materials they use, especially aluminum, which is hammered and polished using ancient techniques; not every imperfection is smoothed out, making the viewer aware of the craftsmanship and originality of each object.

Photo Credit: Getty Images

SEE

Triennale Design Museum
Triennale di Milano
Viale Alemagna, 6
Milano
www.triennaledesignmuseum.it

Designed by Michele De Lucchi, a member of the Memphis-Milano Movement in Italy in the 1980’s, always hosts a handful of exhibitions to supplement its extensive permanent collection, which includes the likes of Mario Bellini and Ettore Sottsass. Dear design mavens: if you don’t visit this museum, your trip will have been a failure.


Fondazione Pastificio Cerere
Via Degli Ausoni, 7
Rome
www.pastificiocerere.com

With its focus on young, up-and-coming artists, the FPC is the prime place to glimpse the future of Italian art.


Via Giulia
Rome

This street in Rome’s historic center is famous for a number of reasons. Designed by Donato Bramante for Pope
Giulio II in the early 1500s, it runs in a perfectly straight line for an entire kilometer. It’s home to many majestic, ivy-blanketed palaces and churches, and today some of Rome’s wealthiest aristocrats live there.