Patrizia Tyfaniuk
She/Her
Based in Italy
English, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, French
Patrizia Tyfaniuk
Ask me about
My Story
I grew up in Florence, a city where art, culture, nature, and traditions are simply part of everyday life. With Ukrainian roots and years spent living between Florence, Milan, and Rome, I came to know Italy as only a true local would.
Travel has always been part of my life. Every year I take a long journey—Asia, Africa, South America…
The rest of the time I travel closer to home, exploring much of Europe and, over the years, most of Italy: the northern mountains, the islands and beaches of the south, the countryside villages of the center.
Wherever I go, I try to experience places through the people who live there. Traveling with a local, or simply asking the right person for advice, often reveals the side of a place guidebooks rarely show.
I have also spent years in London and periods in New York, and worked for years within a luxury hospitality group, deepening my understanding of hospitality and the art of creating places and experiences people remember.
What I love sharing is the Italy I grew up knowing—authentic, sometimes quirky, full of folklore and small traditions. The Italy that is truly worth discovering.
Travel Style
My travel style could be described as an authentic kind of luxury. I deeply appreciate beauty—whether it is found in a remarkable building, a painting, a landscape, or a simple meal—but I believe it should always be experienced in its most genuine form. For me, luxury is about understanding a place through its people, traditions, and atmosphere.
Because of this, I am comfortable working with very different styles of travel—from carefully curated high-end experiences to more understated journeys.
Travel ideas (2)
A Local’s Guide to Rome: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Real Roman charm lives in the details: a hidden bar you’d walk past if you didn’t know, a stack of vintage books by the Tevere, the sounds, the smells, the colors of a market morning. Some corners are beautiful in the obvious way. Others win you over with their imperfections.
A Local’s Guide to Rome: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Real Roman charm lives in the details: a hidden bar you’d walk past if you didn’t know, a stack of vintage books by the Tevere, the sounds, the smells, the colors of a market morning. Some corners are beautiful in the obvious way. Others win you over with their imperfections.
A Local's Guide to Florence: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Florence is the city where I grew up, and the one that shaped how I look at places. Beyond its museums and monuments, it is made of small rituals: coffee at the counter in the morning, workshops where gestures pass from one generation to the next, streets that reveal something different each time you cross them. What I love sharing is the Florence I grew up knowing—authentic, sometimes quirky, full of small traditions and a certain folklore that still lives in its corners. Beauty appears in many forms here: a remarkable building, a painting, a landscape just outside the city, or a simple meal. But it is always best experienced in its most genuine form, through the people and places that give the city its character.
A Local's Guide to Florence: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Florence is the city where I grew up, and the one that shaped how I look at places. Beyond its museums and monuments, it is made of small rituals: coffee at the counter in the morning, workshops where gestures pass from one generation to the next, streets that reveal something different each time you cross them. What I love sharing is the Florence I grew up knowing—authentic, sometimes quirky, full of small traditions and a certain folklore that still lives in its corners. Beauty appears in many forms here: a remarkable building, a painting, a landscape just outside the city, or a simple meal. But it is always best experienced in its most genuine form, through the people and places that give the city its character.
A Local’s Guide to Rome: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Real Roman charm lives in the details: a hidden bar you’d walk past if you didn’t know, a stack of vintage books by the Tevere, the sounds, the smells, the colors of a market morning. Some corners are beautiful in the obvious way. Others win you over with their imperfections.
A Local’s Guide to Rome: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Real Roman charm lives in the details: a hidden bar you’d walk past if you didn’t know, a stack of vintage books by the Tevere, the sounds, the smells, the colors of a market morning. Some corners are beautiful in the obvious way. Others win you over with their imperfections.
A Local's Guide to Florence: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Florence is the city where I grew up, and the one that shaped how I look at places. Beyond its museums and monuments, it is made of small rituals: coffee at the counter in the morning, workshops where gestures pass from one generation to the next, streets that reveal something different each time you cross them. What I love sharing is the Florence I grew up knowing—authentic, sometimes quirky, full of small traditions and a certain folklore that still lives in its corners. Beauty appears in many forms here: a remarkable building, a painting, a landscape just outside the city, or a simple meal. But it is always best experienced in its most genuine form, through the people and places that give the city its character.
A Local's Guide to Florence: Art, Shops, Food & Drinks
Florence is the city where I grew up, and the one that shaped how I look at places. Beyond its museums and monuments, it is made of small rituals: coffee at the counter in the morning, workshops where gestures pass from one generation to the next, streets that reveal something different each time you cross them. What I love sharing is the Florence I grew up knowing—authentic, sometimes quirky, full of small traditions and a certain folklore that still lives in its corners. Beauty appears in many forms here: a remarkable building, a painting, a landscape just outside the city, or a simple meal. But it is always best experienced in its most genuine form, through the people and places that give the city its character.
Travel photos
