Travel

It was a beautiful day in November when I stepped off the train in Cefalù. Pots of petunias and geraniums were growing on every windowsill and balcony, and the palm trees that shaded the train station were so perfect they …

Piazza Navona is my favorite place in Rome, at the heart of Renaissance papal Rome. It is a noble, symmetrical place that reproduces, in length and breadth, the stadium of Domitian, the “circus agonalis”, as it was called, a name …

Visiting Italy is always a treat, whether you are looking for culture, sports or gastronomy. Yet, there is one thing that can make your visit even more special: participating in a historical festival, one of those special occasions that occur …

The Church of San Maurizio is some kind of Milan’s own “Sistine Chapel”, with almost 4000 square meters of renovated frescoes in the Benedectine Monastery, painted by some of Milan’s and Lombardy’s most famous 16th-century artists, like Bernardino Luini. Discover …

Approaching Ostuni, it’s easy to see why it’s known as “the white city”! Looking out over the Adriatic, its whitewashed walls and buildings glisten in the sunlight giving it almost a fairy-tale like appearance.   Only a few kilometers from …

A leisurely walk through Rome is one of my favorite things to do while spending time in the Eternal City. History has always fascinated me, and here there are endless traces of it.   While spending time exploring the Pantheon …

Considered to be one of the oldest and most enchanting wine estates in Tuscany, the vast 14th century Renaissance Villa Vignamaggio contains all of 85 rooms on a 400 acre wine estate in the Chianti region. Hills, vineyards, castles and …

A video from the snowfall that occurred January 18 in Alberobello, in the Apulia region. 

Pink rock peaks set against the bluest of skies, surrounded by century-old pine trees and tons of snow: it’s really no wonder that the Dolomites are one of Italy’s best loved mountain destinations, as well as a UNESCO World Heritage …

Pulcinella was going to Biella, sitting on a carriage, and if the horse had been attached, then certainly by this time would have arrived.  Pulcinella was going to Turin, sitting on a horse, and if the horse had not been …