It’s less a book about where to go and more about —a mix of "carpe diem" and "memento mori".

Drawing from his five years living there as a diplomat, he builds the book through 70 short, fragment-like chapters that feel like an or a conversation with a highly cultured friend. Why it stands out:

He weaves in the presence of historical and literary figures like Caravaggio, Pasolini, and Spanish exiles like María Zambrano, making the city’s past feel like living history.