A local friend in Rome

Belong in Rome,
don't just visit it.

Larisa doesn’t hold a flag. She opens her city, its art, its tables, its quiet corners, and welcomes you in like family.

The Promise

This is not a tour. It's an invitation to slow down, to taste, to wander without a script, and to feel, for a few golden days, that Rome is yours too.

The Experiences

Three ways to fall for Rome.

However long you stay, you’re never a number on a list, you’re a guest at Larisa’s table.

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Full Week Journeys

Seven days inside Roman life, unhurried, intimate, and entirely your own.

Day Experiences2 experiences

Day Experiences

A single, golden day lived like a local: markets, art, a long lunch, no rush.

3 experiences

Single Experiences

One unforgettable afternoon or evening, the perfect taste of Roman life.

From
€400
Featured, the flagship

The Roman Soul Experience

Live Rome like a local, feel it like it’s yours. This is not a tour. It’s an invitation into real Roman life. You won’t be guided by someone holding a flag, but welcomed by a local friend who will take you beyond the surface of Rome.

Duration
4 to 5 hours, 1, 7 or 10 days
Price range
€400 to €6,000
Group size
Max 16 guests
Language
Conducted in English
Meet your host

Hi, I'm Larisa.

I was born into this city’s rhythm: its markets, its art, the long lunches that drift into afternoons. I don’t run tours. I welcome friends.

When you come to Rome with me, we slow down. We wander, we taste, we sit at the table together. You’ll see Italy the way I do, from the inside, like you’ve always belonged here.

How it works

Three easy steps
to your Rome.

No booking forms, no pressure. Just a conversation that starts everything.

First

Book a free discovery call

We talk like old friends about what moves you: the art, the food, the pace you love.

Then

We design it together

Your Rome, shaped entirely around you. No two experiences are ever alike.

Finally

You live Rome from the inside

Arrive a guest. Leave feeling, quietly and completely, like you belong here.

Life on the road

Moments, not itineraries.

Golden hour, ColosseoGolden hour, Colosseo
Piazza Navona, eveningPiazza Navona, evening
Cin cin, table for twoCin cin, table for two
Streets of RomeStreets of Rome
Barbaresco vineyardsBarbaresco vineyards
Golden hour, ColosseoGolden hour, Colosseo
Piazza Navona, eveningPiazza Navona, evening
Cin cin, table for twoCin cin, table for two
Streets of RomeStreets of Rome
Barbaresco vineyardsBarbaresco vineyards
In their words

Friends who came home to Rome.

We didn’t feel like tourists for a single moment. We felt like we’d come home to a friend we’d known for years.

Margaret & Tom
Boston, USA

Larisa didn’t show us Rome. She let us live it: the markets, the wine, the long unhurried evenings.

Sofia
Copenhagen, Denmark

Ten days that changed how we travel forever. We’ll never go back to following a flag.

The Bennett family
Melbourne, Australia
Your Roman story

Your Roman story starts
with one conversation.

No commitment, no booking forms. Just a free call to meet Larisa, and to feel, before anything else, that you’re in the hands of a friend.