All Around Italy

After Cascia and Todi, the journey to re-discover the customs and traditions of Umbria and its local saints stops in another astonishing medieval town, Gubbio. Nestled at the feet of Mount Ingino, in the northern part of the region, our …

Italia Slow Tour Ambassador Roxana Iacoban took a trip throughout Milan going along the local Urban Railway line.

Let me put things straight: there’s no place like Rome. Cradle of culture and art, archetype of beauty, favored destination for history buffs and foodies alike, Rome has no rivals when it comes to these things. Yet, Rome is also …

Palermo is the beating heart of Sicily, a heart that holds within all the mesmerizing beauty and stark oppositions typical of this land: it is rich in art and beautiful to the point of pain, yet rough around the edges …

We all know the legend of King Arthur and the Sword in the stone. But what you might not know is that Italy has its own version. And you can find it in the small chapel of Montesiepi, a few …

Leaving Saint Rita’s native Cascia behind, our tour of Umbria proceeds to the steep hill of Todi, our second destination. Located in the southwestern part of the region, halfway between Perugia and Orvieto, in the 1990s Todi came to worldwide …

Italia Slow Tour Ambassador Roxana Iacoban took a trip throughout Milan going along the local Urban Railway line. Her second day of tour started in Porta Venezia, then Villa Necchi Campiglio (FAI heritage) and Chiaravalle Abbey and surroundings. She went …

Gloriously glamorous villas dot the lakeside. Fearless kite-surfers scoot and skate over the sun-kissed water. And snow-capped mountains tumble towards the water’s edge where colorful villages cling. Look a little closer, though, and you start to spot buildings with no …

Just 25 miles north of Rome, the Sabine Hills are the perfect alternative to other well known regions such as Tuscany. Its quintessentially Italian landscape, made out of rolling hills covered with olive groves and dotted with medieval villages and …

After completing our annual month of Italian language study in Rome, my wife Carole and I headed south for yet another tour of Southern Italy’s many cities, towns, and villages.  We had traveled to the South on at least three …