Tony Perrottet
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Historian and journalist, author of six books, including Cuba Libre!, Pagan Holiday, Napoleon's Privates and The Sinner's Grand Tour
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1 month ago |
wetheitalians.com | Tony Perrottet
BY: Tony Perrottet"Watch out for that bat behind you," warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with Sotterranei di Roma, Undergrounds of Rome, a local group whose members explore the darkest recesses of the Eternal City. I ducked as the winged mammal swooped past my ear, then flitted beyond the beam of my headlamp and disappeared in the void ahead.
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1 month ago |
travelandleisure.com | Tony Perrottet
A mid-swim idyll at Mandraki Beach Resort. Credit: Thomas Gravanis Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair. The tiny Greek island, only 90 minutes by ferry from Athens, has been renowned for generations as a dreamy, car-free outpost where the only traffic sound is the clip-clop of donkey hooves and the most stressful decision is which white wine to choose with dinner.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Tony Perrottet
Traveling to Hydra is normally a relaxing, almost soporific affair. The tiny Greek island, only 90 minutes by ferry from Athens, has been renowned for generations as a dreamy, car-free outpost where the only traffic sound is the clip-clop of donkey hooves and the most stressful decision is which white wine to choose with dinner. But I was heading there in mid-June, when Hydra is an offbeat stop on the art-world circuit and the energy resembles that of a wild night at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Mar 26, 2025 |
wsj.com | Tony Perrottet
NEW YORK—Every New Yorker harbors an unashamedly opinionated list of under-the-radar attractions for entertaining themselves and out-of-town friends—whether it’s a secret museum of minimalist art in SoHo, an underrated Uzbek restaurant in Brighton Beach or a neighborhood bodega that toasts transcendent bagels. Every roster betrays the personal biases of the creator. I’m a writer and historian who lives in the East Village, where I host free literary cabaret events in a historic bar.
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Mar 24, 2025 |
smithsonianmag.com | Tony Perrottet
“Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with Sotterranei di Roma, Undergrounds of Rome, a local group whose members explore the darkest recesses of the Eternal City. I ducked as the winged mammal swooped past my ear, then flitted beyond the beam of my headlamp and disappeared in the void ahead.
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