All Around Italy

The Leaning Tower of Pisa seems like an obvious topic for a travel and culture blog about Italy, but if I’m being honest I have to admit that it had never been on my “Have-To” list.  I didn’t understand why …

There is no need to hurry up. The reassuring motto is the official greeting of the First edition of Slow Travel Fest, a three-days event in Siena, held in the charming Tuscany village of Monteriggioni, on the way of Via …

Lucca, just an hour west of Florence and only twenty minutes by train from Pisa, embraces you immediately with her medieval walls & tree lined paths. She draws you in the moment you pass through one of her impressive portals …

This Sunday, all throughout Italy, hundreds of villages welcome tourists and locals for the so-called Bandiera Arancione day, a great event organized by Touring Club Italiano, the main organization for travel and tourism.    How many times have you tried …

The end of summer can be sort of bittersweet and the arrival of the cooler months may not always be welcome. Yet, fall has a lot to offer, especially when traveling through Italy: October and November are two months filled …

A territorial dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia after World War II, two twin towns that are joined by a trans-border metropolitan zone, two languages, two countries, but many traditions that will forever link them: Gorizia (Italy) and Nova Gorica (Slovenia) …

Culture Minister Dario Franceschini pledged to deploy EU funds in boosting tourism for hikers along the Appian Way, the cobbled Roman consular road lined with antiquities that links the Eternal City to Puglia in Italy’s deep south.   The minister …

Inside Italy’s borders are two independent states.  One of them, you’re sure to know: Vatican City is the smallest internationally-recognized state in the world, measured by both area and population.  The other, though, is perhaps less known, even though tourism …

There is no other place in Italy that can be considered, for its traditions and connection to its past, more unique than Ripe. First thing you see when approaching the little town in Le Marche region, just a few miles …

The opportunity to be the guest of a 5-star luxury property is a rare and real treat for me. So, needless to say, when when the opportunity to stay at the Baglioni Hotel Regina in Rome presented itself last spring, …