15/08/2026
Buon Ferragosto!!!
Ciao Bella! Welcome back to Rome and Italy where art, culture, travel, adventure, history and food converge. Ask us anything!
Ciao Bella is your friendly, neighborhood Rome and Italy resource, curated by travel journalist Erica Firpo.
15/08/2026
Buon Ferragosto!!!
31/07/2026
Hidden Rome, everything you need to know about the Eternal City ... and I wrote it! For National Geographic with Darius Arya!!
Hidden Rome, everything you need to know about the Eternal City I wrote a National Geographic Special Edition on Rome and it's out now!
28/07/2026
It's out! HIDDEN ROME, our National Geographic special edition baby, is finally out - newsstands, bookstores, supermarkets and online. This was a true labour of love for me and Darius - we laughed, we cried, we argued for months and here it is!! So if you want to know what it is about Rome that keeps us here, grab your copy -->> https://amzn.to/4fWhkmG Erica Firpo
National Geographic Hidden Cities Rome Please note that this product is an authorized edition published by People Inc. and sold by Amazon. This edition is printed using a high quality matte interior paper and printed on demand for immediate fulfillment.
28/06/2026
I love the local bar in Rome - from the hot little espresso cups to the basic design and solid font of the word BAR - die-cut lead, hand painted, neon, serif, San serif - all of it. Here are my local favorites- see if you can catch the one that no longer exists. Ode to the Local bar in my Substack linkinbio ☕️
. Amalfi 🍋 my latest hotel love story — Unpacked series on Substack. Cliffs, lemons,, a brutalist beach elevator, 120 years of family history. Read it, dive in— link in bio 🌊
Welcome to Corvara! View from room 102 at ⛰️fresh air, mountain views and as much speck as possible. I’m on the edge of Italy - the Sudtirol where Ladin, Italian and German overlap in what looks like hand-painted movie set.
And thanks for your patience with my month off socials, I needed to get off screen and out - of my comfort zone and into the Dolomites🇮🇹
06/05/2026
kicks off Saturday. For press, curators, gallerists, collectors, we get a preview- this year it is insane. Here are some of my favorite moments that I can remember. There is a lot and my brain is drained. Stay tuned to my stories for more 🌊seaworld - Austrian pavilion is nuts and l loved it.
💧 🇩🇰Things to Come - , s***m banks and depopulation. Clever.
😼 protested at the Russian pavilion I missed it l, but spied a quiet protest
🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮 brings the fantasyland
🇧🇪It never Ssst -
🇬🇷Escape Rolm - Greece
🇵🇱Liquid Tongue - . Sensory immersion.
🇩🇪The mosaics on the German pavilion
29/04/2026
Rothko a Firenze 🎨 when in Florence, visit the Rothko show at . Not only do I love getting lost in his colors, I love watching people dive into them as well for my all time favorite hashtag . On my Substack, I wrote up a list of great modern and contemporary art shows to check in Italy, as you get excited for the . Link in bio.
PS happy birthday, … what better way to celebrate!!