All Around Italy

We are in Montegrotto at the Grand Hotel Terme, a very famous SPA centre in the north of Italy, in the region Veneto. The SPA water flows down from Lessini mountains, it travels beneath the mountains at a depth of …

Villa Emo is the most balanced between the Palladian Villas. It represents a symbol of Palladio’s architecture. Villa Emo has got a wonderful park, with lots of artistic shaped hedges, that’s the art of topiary! It seems that the Emo …

Palladian Villas tour. Villa Valmarana (so called “ai nani”) has got an extraordinary richness: Tiepolo’s frescoes! Tiepolo frescoed the villa with images inspired by five epic poems: The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, Jerusalem Delivered and The Raging Roland. Syusy …

Villa Barbaro Maser is one of the most characteristic Palladian villas, UNESCO world heritage. Outside the villa a huge garden, while inside the walls are frescoed by Paolo Veronese, with his own self-portrait, at the end of a string of …

Italia Slow Tour at Arena of Verona, one of the greatest monuments in Italy. Built in the 1st century AD by Romans, the Arena of Verona has staged all sorts of entertainment during the years: gladiators, mock naval battles and …

Are you fond of vintage cars? In the north of Italy you can find a long itinerary called “Motor Valley” which runs along the old Roman Via Emilia, that is full of temples of vintage cars. For example the Panini …

Are you fond of vintage car? The Stanguellini Museum is place you can’t miss, in the very centre of Modena, northern Italy. The greatest names in motoring used to live around here: first, Stanguellini and Ferrari, who were friends and …

Portofino, in the region Liguria, is one of the most famous places in Italy all over the world, always full of tourists. When in Portofino, don’t hang only by the harbour, take a slow tour to the inland village and …

We are in Abano Terme at the President Hotel, a very famous SPA centre in the north east of Italy, Veneto region. This hot SPA water fell as rain at Napoleon’s time in Lessini Mountains area! Let’s take a “slow …

Italia Slow Tour leads you to “Arena di Verona” backstage! This building dates back 2000 years old, it is such an amazing structure. We meet the artists performing Verdi’s Aida and we make a quick review of the plot. Watch …