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Land snail Festival in Rome

Posted in Fairs and festivals in Rome and province - May 26th, 2011

In Colle San Giovanni, a hamlet of Valmontone, will start on 23rd June the XXXI edition of Land snail Festival, one of most characteristic festival in Rome.
This festival in Rome will last until the 26th June and like every years it will be characterized by a rich calendar of events which are in the sign of the amusement and the folk traditions. In fact the events planned are games and country dances, music show, and a series of events thought to children like cross country “Marathon Snail” or a stage show where will perform the children of school. The festival in Rome will finish with a fireworks display.
Obviously in this festival in Rome, there will be a lot of occasion to enjoy with a tasty dish of land snail which will be served with a good glass of local wine. Besides there will be a lot of stall where you can buy special dish with land snail.
If you don’t live in that vicinity at Valmontone, you can book this hotel so you will not miss this characteristic festival in Rome.
We would like finish with a curiosity, Do you know that the Romans and Greeks used to eat dish of land snail, and that Apicio in the “De re coquinaria” culinary art” suggested that the land snail must was discharged with milk and after roasted or fried.

Pizza festival in Rome (Lariano)

Posted in Fairs and festivals in Rome and province - May 24th, 2011

One of most eagerly awaited festivals in Rome is the Pizza festival in Lariano. In fact every year, from 9th to 19th of June, hordes of tourists and local citizens arrive in Lariano to enjoy one of most tasty pizza in Italy. Lariano is a small town in the outskirts of Rome, and its pizza is famous because is prepared and cooked in a traditional way, that is the pizza makers fulfil the terms of leavening and it is cooked in Wood-fired brick oven. All of this impart at pizza a weightlessness and a special taste.

This festival in Rome follows a rigid calendar, every day the stall at the fair open at 15:00 and a concert start at 21:00, in other words there is not much space to wander, the leading role of the festival belongs at Pizza so everyone have to focus on it.

If you don’t live in that vicinity but you don’t want miss the festival in Rome (Lariano), you can book this hotel, the staff will show you how you can arrive at festival.
We would like finish with pizza curiosity, Do you know that margherita pizza is so called because it was cooked in honor of Margherita Queen, bride of Umberto I Italy king, and that the ingredients was inspired by Italy flag?