Italy is in the soul of every traveler, that’s why the best selling travel books are about Italy. But the place that gets the largest number of American visitors is England!
We will never tire of stories about the entire country of Italy, from the Dolomites down to Mount Etna.
The Magnificence of the Visigoths’ Roman Booty (from Chapter 5: The Sack of Rome) “What a gripping and dynamic read! As expected from the title, the fascinating saga of the barbarian king Alaric and his golden hoard occupies a central place in this book, butequally central is the epic story…
By Cris Carl When I was seven, I had one of those thick cardboard storybooks of the tale of Pinocchio. What it lacked in extensive storytelling, it more than made up for in illustrations. One of the most striking images was a heavily laden table, filled with all manner of…
By Matthew Fort Travels Through Italy – Culture, Tradition, and Recipes By Marina Solovyov Travel through Italy with Matthew Fort. He is the entertaining and hilarious author of Eating Up Italy, a new cook book that leaves you with more than just recipes. Fort travels up from the southern most…
Cinque Terre, Italy: Mediterranean Beauty By Eleonora Dell’Aquila WHERE The Cinque Terre are five villages – Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza and Monterosso – that lie in a stretch of eighteen kilometers along the rocky and irregular coast of eastern Liguria. In 1999 this territory and the marine environment have been…
By Denene Brox I managed to avoid my fear of language learning when I was younger because studying a foreign language was never a requirement for me when I was in high school and college. Then the summer before my senior year of college I went on a study abroad…
Umbria: New World Threads in an Old World Cloak By Cris Carl I found myself falling easily into the gracious language of Italy that calls for a sense of largesse and thankfulness in a world of ancient art and architecture, modern gourmet food, sweeping vistas, and some of the world’s…
By Jennifer Kim Venice, Rome, Milan and Florence are the ‘name-brand’ cities of Italy. However, the heart and soul of Italy is located in the underrated northern region of Emilia Romagna. The Three P’s of Parma Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, Prosciutto ham, and prestige are the three P’s that represent Parma….
Trieste, Italy: Following the footsteps of author James Joyce in his adopted city in Northern Italy.
By Jim Sajo Turin sits anonymously in Italy’s northwest corner, bypassed by the armies of tourists who have captured Venice, Florence and Rome. With the arrival of the Winter Olympics in February 2006, that all changed. WHY GO THERE? The intense passion of international sports competition played out amid the…
Carol Stigger describes an invigorating stay at the Adler Therma Spa in Tuscany. This Tuscan Spa offers an experience beyond relaxing.
By Catherine Richards Golini Lake Maggiore is Italy’s second biggest lake. Acting as a watery boundary between two regions – Lombardy and Piedmont, Maggiore can also claim to be in two countries at once: its northern tip sits in Switzerland. WHY GO? Because all of the Italian lakes have huge…
A vacation in Le Marche Italy, where I took my parents for a special trip. It took a bit of time to adjust to being together but by the end was a joy.
