All Around Italy

Otranto in the Apulia, Sperlonga in Lazio, and Cefalù in Sicily are part of the ranking of the 20 most popular historic towns in Italy according to Trivago. The ranking shows both the beauty of the places listed and the …

Tuscany.  If you’ve never been, I can guarantee you’ll be in awe of the beauty of its rolling vineyard filled hills, Cypress lined driveways and the golden glow that covers that land as the sun sets.  They say it is …

On my first Easter in Rome in the Jubilee year of 2000, I joined the throngs jammed into the massive piazza of St. Peter’s basilica. Pope John Paul II, bent with age, extended Easter greetings in dozens of languages, including …

Today the sun-kissed island of Favignana off the northwest coast of Sicily is popular with tourists from across the globe, but in August, 1943 it had visitors of another kind – U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division who arrived …

Gaiola is a tiny island off the coast of Posilipo, Naples. It is a beautiful private island surrounded by sparkling clear water and spectacular views that would make anyone’s heart go pitter pat. For the reclusive millionaires who have owned …

Few churches have had a history of construction as long and laborious as the one of the cathedral of Milan, also called the Duomo. It was an impressive undertaking that for more than six centuries involved all of Lombardy and …

Victoria explores today the Pope’s Hometown which becamea UNESCO World Heritage Site. The lovely hilltop village of Pienza is a short (approx. 15 miles) and worthwhile side trip from Siena. As the birthplace of Pope Pius II, this tiny town …

Can you name the seven hills of Rome? Even most locals struggle to remember, but along with the Palatine and the Capitoline, the Aventine is one that everyone should know. The Aventine is often overlooked by visitors, who assume that …

I know, today we mostly associate travelling by train to filthy seats, noise and running out of a station in a rush, trying desperately to get to wherever we need to be on time. If you think of it for …

According to the Venice Ca’ Foscari University’s CISET research, international tourists spent over 35.7 billion euros in Italy in 2015, 4.4% up on the previous year. The report, which will be presented on April 22, said spending by Italians abroad …