All Around Italy

A group of stewards and hostesses, called the ‘St Mark’s guardians’, will welcome tourists and provide information to keep the lagoon city clean in the area of St Mark’s Square.   The 15 stewards and hostesses, along with six high …

Founded by a legendary Trojan prince, occupied since Neolithic times and surrounded by fields of perfumed Lavender, Tuscania is the perfect hilltop spot to escape the summer heat of nearby Rome. Each July the village turns lilac as its annual …

You might assume that all the greatest sculptures in Italy are by Michelangelo or Bernini, and that you’ll find them in the galleries of Rome and Florence. But you’d be wrong. One of the most beautiful, moving works of art …

Taking its name from the Arabic for workshop, Venice’s Arsenale enormous shipyard was the real powerhouse of the city. Its 16,000 workers built an unrivalled navy enabling Venice to dominate eastern Mediterranean waters for centuries. They built galleons to transport …

Let’s say you are a curious traveler who finds him or herself dawdling under the ever-present portici of Bologna on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Let’s also say that you are passionate about Italian art and culture and that you want …

Forget Capri and Ischia. There is another island in the Gulf of Naples that’s a prettier and more authentically natural beauty just minutes away by boat. The ancient Greeks loved it. As did the patrician classes of the Roman Empire. …

Having completed the first phase of the restoration of the buildings and the historic rural landscape in June of 2016,  with the support of Fondazione Zegna, FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano (the National Trust for Italy) is proud to open …

The recent news that Pistoia has been selected as Italy’s “capital of culture” for the year 2017 was met by Italians themselves with some surprise and skepticism. To be sure, not many people here have ever seemed to be aware …

With average temperatures in the high seventies and overnight lows in the high fifties, June will be one of your best summer months to visit the Lake Como area of Italy. The crowds of vacationers usually don’t descend until July …

Our Tuscan Muse shares her experience in the heart of the beautiful Tuscany. Our home in Tuscany is only a very short drive away from Monte Amiata, located in the province of Siena. This beautiful mountain in Tuscany is home …