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Scenic Drive on the Amalfi Coast

Scenic Drive on the Amalfi Coast

by Melanie on 12. Aug, 2010 in Amalfi Coast, Driving Tours

Italy is full of scenic drives. There are the honey-colored sunsets of Tuscany, sepia-toned ruins of Ostia, and the snow-capped cityscapes of Torino. But if you want a ride with the bluest of blues then the only place to find yourself is along Campania’s La Costiera Amalfitana, The Amalfi Coast. This coastal road links Sorrento [...]

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Five Favorites: The Amalfi Coast

Five Favorites: The Amalfi Coast

by Melanie on 07. Jul, 2010 in Amalfi Coast, Campania, Five Favorites

With its rough coastline, deep blue ocean, and color-drenched markets and hillsides – think bougainvillea, oleander, lemons, and orange blossoms – the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana in Italian) is one of the most sought-after seaside destinations in Italy. Similar to Liguria’s Cinque Terre, the Amalfi Coast, just south of Naples, is a series of cliff-side [...]

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Hotel Award: Best Culinary Experience

Hotel Award: Best Culinary Experience

by Melanie on 20. Aug, 2009 in Accommodations, Amalfi Coast, Culinary Travel, Food and Wine

Virtuoso Life, a magazine tailored to luxury living and travel, has just released the winners of its Best of the Best Awards for 2009. Not surprisingly, the worldwide winner for the best culinary experience was in Italy. Rosellinis, a 2-star Michelin restaurant in the Palazzo Sasso hotel in Ravello, received the top prize for a [...]

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A 360-Degree Spin Around Italy

A 360-Degree Spin Around Italy

by Melanie on 24. Jul, 2008 in Amalfi Coast, Campania, Destinations, Fun Stuff, Sardinia, Veneto

Do you ever feel like you don’t get the whole picture when reading about Italy in guidebooks or on blogs? There are now a couple of websites that go one better than the usual two-dimensional picture. Expat Peter Ryder, a resident of Sardinia, has two websites that can give you a better picture of the [...]

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Italy Summer Article Round-Up 2008

Italy Summer Article Round-Up 2008

by Melanie on 21. Jun, 2008 in Accommodations, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Capri, Destinations, Emilia-Romagna, Florence, Lazio, Le Marche, Lombardy, Milan, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Rome, Sardinia, Shopping, Sicily, Travel Articles, Tuscany, Umbria, Veneto, Venice

Lots of Italy-related articles this time of year. So, here goes: New York Times Wandering Beyond Classic Rome (The Frugal Traveler Does Europe on a Budget) On Venice’s Grand Canal in a Kayak Prescription Med (Ischia) Los Angeles Times Exploring Rome’s Famous Seven Hills Budget Travel in Rome 10 Books and Movies to Prep for [...]

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Dirty Weekends in Italy

Dirty Weekends in Italy

by Melanie on 28. Apr, 2008 in Accommodations, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Destinations, Lake Como, Lombardy, Puglia, Romantic Travel, Specialty Travel, Travel Articles, Umbria

The Times UK’s Stephen Bleach had a fun article about romantic getaways in Europe this weekend titled “The Dirty Weekend Guide to Europe.” Bleach argues that a “place of [one's] own” makes or breaks a romantic holiday and highlights a “dozen of the slushiest, smoochiest and downright sexiest hideaways on the Continent.” No surprise to [...]

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Luxury Lodging Links

Luxury Lodging Links

by Melanie on 20. Mar, 2008 in Accommodations, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Destinations, Florence, Lombardy, Milan, Tuscany

Italy is not short on luxury accommodations, as is often highlighted by A Luxury Travel Blog. We have gathered several recent tips from that site for hotels that go the extra mile (or kilometer, as it were): 1) In the post Top Ten Small Luxury Hotels of the World, two Italy hotels are singled out: [...]

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Ten Euro Trattorias

Ten Euro Trattorias

by Melanie on 16. Mar, 2008 in Amalfi Coast, Campania, Destinations, Food and Wine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Milan, Rome

Italy’s leading paper Corriere della Sera has a small English language section that delivers news and the occasional lifestyle article. While digging, we found this recent nugget on Low Cost Italy’s Ten Euro Trattorias. While the article doesn’t provide an exhaustive list of cheap eats (it is a mere round-up of some other food articles), [...]

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