Dining in Sardinia: Mountaintop and on a Farm
Sardinia: Two unique dining experiences, one with a lonely shepard in Barbaria, and one where everything came from the farm radius of 50 feet.
Italy
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.
Retiring in Rome, the Eternal City
An American’s tips on retiring in Rome By John Henderson I saw Salvatore again this morning. He runs the cash register in my neighborhood caffe. He hands me the receipt for my daily cappuccino along with his brief, sometimes caustic, report on A.S. Roma’s last soccer game. Later I saw…
My Venice and Other Essays
Opening the Door to a Private Venice–Donna Leon Writes about Living in Venice as an American By Dan Peltier Donna Leon’s wildly popular novels starring Venetian Comissario Guido Brunetti have been praised for their gripping narratives and beloved characters, but also for their incomparable insight into the politics and culture of…
Driving Around Historic Sicily
Sicily: Touring Cefalu, Palermo, Taormina and enjoying the good life on Italy’s largest island, visiting Trapani and other highlights of Sicily.
Wineries and Wine Tours Around the World
Wine tours and wineries around the world. A list of wine tourism websites worldwide.
Bologna, Italy: New Names for an Old City
Bologna, Italy: A City With Many Names By Tina J Gordon Have you ever really wanted to visit a city and have it turned out to be nothing like you expected it to be? Don’t you hate when that happens? Bologna, Italy was high on my wish list. I’d been…
Grand Sasso Nat’l Park Abruzzo Italy
Abruzzo, Italy: Waiting for the Wolves By Adam Eagle It is September 15th, 2013. The moon is but a few nights from becoming full, the air is still warm and the crickets are very much singing as Hettie (our dear 4 x 4) pulls over on an apparently random and…
Northeast Italy’s Culinary Riches
Join Elisabeth Antoine Crawford on a friendly culinary adventure through Friuli–Venezia Giulia, uncovering Northeast Italy’s gastronomic delights. Perfect for travelers!
Letters from Italy: Confessions, Adventures and Advice
Reliable Tips and Tricks for Your Time in Italy By Susan Van Allen Susan Van Allen is the Italian-American author of “100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go”. She has been traveling to Italy since 1976–visiting relatives, going on hiking and biking adventures, taking cooking and language classes, and…
Tarquinia, Italy: An Unknown Region
An undiscovered region rich in cultural depth and beauty By R. Daniel Foster High on the definitive “undiscovered Italy” list is the Etruscan city of Tarquinia, dotted with scores of medieval towers and turrets just beyond the Mediterranean. Tarquinia is the Italy you may have remembered from 30 years ago…
Florence Italy, Without the Crowds in Late September
Florence Italy | without the crowds in late September, this beautiful city is easy to get around and enjoy riding a bike, visiting vineyards, or leatherworking.
Puglia, Italy: Cooking and Herding
Become a Shepherd for a Few Days in Puglia, Italy By Elle Rahilly Our lives are more and more complicated. The cellphone rings, the text messages never stop coming, we’re out the door with our coffee-to-go, and on to race, race, race through another day. How would you like to…