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LIVING IN ROME
Everyday life in Italy
Everyday life in Italy: how to behave in shops
Everyday life in Italy concerns how to behave in shops and markets: go it alone or be helped by a shop assistant? If you want to do shopping in a boutique, buy a perfume or make-up, drink in a bar you should know what is polite to do and to avoid in Italy. Italians are quite open-minded with foreign customers but there are some basic rules to follow if you don’t want to be rude and indelicate. Some useful directions on what is in & out in Italian shops.
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Meeting rules
Meeting rules in Rome: introduction, greetings and conversation
Italian meeting rules are generally determined by the role you play in a social context, the people you meet – strangers, friends, relatives, bosses, colleagues – the place you attend, the event you take part in. Italians are famous for informal speech, hearty manners and waving their arms when speaking…Let’s consider ordinary Italian customs: how to greet, intorduce yourself and comunicate in everyday life.
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Italy gift giving
The art of gift giving: what to choose and avoid in Rome
Are you puzzled because you are in Rome, invited by an Italian family, friends recently met and get acquainted or old friends? Do you need information about how many flowers to give to a woman, what to choose and avoid for a dinner, how to repay a boss, a collegue or another person for a gift or a favour, what to bring from a travel, if sending cards at Christmas or on Easter-day? Let’s consider traditional Italian gift giving!
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Good table manners
Good table manners: Italian dining etiquette
Good table manners are typical of each country: how to set the table, what to do and what to avoid, where to sit down at the table, when to help and what to say, how to behave with hosts and masters of the house. Italian dining etiquette is taught to children early in family context and nursery and primary schools. Here some suggestions on what is considered proper in Rome as well as in the rest of Italy.
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Dress etiquette
Dress etiquette in Rome
Dress etiquette in Rome and Italy is quite diversified: what to wear depends on the context and on what kind of relationship there is between you and people you meet in some particular circumstance. A party, everyday life, an interview, a wedding ceremony, wait upon someone in a hospital, go to church…In the country of fashion according to an old saying the cowl does not make the monk or simply don't judge by the cover, but Italians are always very careful to chose the right dress to make a good impression…
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Italian visas
Italian Visas: Guidelines and Web Sites
There are several proceedings and steps to go through to obtain an Italian visa, and you will need the necessary information to get one from the various sources listed on Rome-Explorer.com's guide to obtaining an Italian visa. In the section below you will be able to find some useful links for obtaining your Italian visa for foreigners, including all the steps to go through, how they are delivered, the necessary visa requirements, the costs, and other useful information for your query. We suggest that you follow the instructions very carefully and cross check all of the information that you collect in order to be sure not to make any errors in the process and to reconcile what is often conflicting information.
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Italian citizenship
Italian Citizenship
If you have the possibility of obtaining Italian citizenship, you will be interested in knowing the facts before you apply for it. The Italian State allows citizenship to both European and non-EU foreigners according to precise regulations and laws that have been set up both in Europe and Italy. Rome-Explorer.com has put together the following article to suggest to you how you can obtain Italian citizenship, the documents that are required, the cases of double citizenship where they apply, and obtaing Italian citizenship through marriage to an Italian citizen. We recommend that you do your research carefully.
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Information about Italy
Information about Italy
Are you moving to Italy for a short or a long term and you need practical information? Are you foreigners working in Italy and you would know the national festival calendar? We suggest some useful information about Italy: the weather, the festival calendar or the Italian clothing size conversion.
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House rental contract
House rental contract: a glance at new laws
House rental contract is a complex subject that has always had contradictory and obscure laws, we offer you some information about law 431/98 which has ordered this aspect, dealing with tax reliefs, registration or cancellation.
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Housing Italy
Housing Italy: how to purchase or rent
Are you a foreigner who lives in Italy with a regular permit residence visa and are you going to purchase a house? Have you decided to postpone your departure and do you want to rent a house? Here you can find some guidelines to purchase or rent a house in Italy.
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