Travel

I left my hotel at 7am and walked to the SITA bus stop ready for a day on the road.  I’d heard about the narrow, windy mountain roads on the Amalfi Coast but thought everyone was probably just exaggerating when …

Il treno si prende comodamente da Roma, avendo cura di sistemare il prezioso mezzo  ciclabile nell’apposito vano bagagli. Una volta giunti alla stazione Celano- Ovindoli, non rimane che la scelta di percorrere il tratto di strada che collega le due …

Imagine a town that is big enough to be exciting, yet small enough to feel cozy. Imagine friendly locals, children playing in the narrow streets, and the sweet smell of freshly baked brioches wafting through your window in the morning. …

In April I decided to book tickets for my parents and I to be in Italy at Christmas.  We were so excited, obviously, and are looking forward to it immensely, but after we bought the flights there was a moment …

You may know this about me already, but I have a thing for towers.  Bell towers, clock towers, castle towers – you name it.  So when I was planning my trip to Venice and discovered there’s a tour inside the …

As most Italians and Italian Americans know, in every large, or for that matter small city, one can usually find a “Little Italy” where Italians have congregated for generations, perpetuating the Italian culture and heritage. Even in German-speaking Switzerland lies, …

When part of the Biblioteca Marciana, across the piazzetta from the Doge’s Palace, collapsed during its construction in 1538 its architect, the eminent Jacopo Sansovino, was immediately thrown into jail. A group of Sansovino’s influential friends, including the great Titian, …

Soon after starting an Italian-English language exchange with a young Venetian here I made the bold assertion that there are ten essential words or phrases in every language that will unlock not just the underlying logic of the language, but …

È già accaduto di parlare su queste pagine della stupenda Valnerina umbra, tralasciando però alcune realtà molto interessanti da visitare.    L’Abbazia di Sant’Eutizio, a Piedivalle, nei pressi di Preci, fu fondata dai monaci siriani, i Padri del Deserto, nel …

La riviera friulana, nella parte meridionale della provincia di Udine, è un territorio veramente ricco di attrattive di ogni genere, che la rendono attraente in qualunque stagione: paesaggistiche, ambientali, naturali, etniche, archeologiche, storiche, culturali, agroalimentari, ludiche, balneari, ricettive, di intrattenimento, …