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Learning Vacations in Italy

Learning Vacations in Italy

by Melanie on 14. Jan, 2010 in Arts and Culture, Cooking Schools, Deals and Packages, Featured Articles, Schools and Study, Specialty Travel, Things To Do

Continuing on the topic of New Year’s resolutions: one of the things that people resolve to do with the arrival of a new year is improve themselves by learning a new skill. Italy holds numerous possibilities for the traveler looking for self-improvement (and not just fitness-wise). So here are a few ideas and tours to [...]

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Get Fit in Italy

Get Fit in Italy

by Melanie on 07. Jan, 2010 in Active Travel, Deals and Packages, Featured Articles, Out and About, Specialty Travel

Here we are, staring down another full year and wondering if or how we are going to make the most of it. For a lot of us, that means giving up vices or improving ourselves. For others, a new year holds the promise of traveling to new places or enjoying more of what life has [...]

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Tuscan Castle Vacation from $799

Tuscan Castle Vacation from $799

by Melanie on 08. Apr, 2009 in Deals and Packages, Specialty Travel

I just updated this post for 2010-2011: Here’s a deal that came across our desk today. It is a six-night stay in Montegufoni Castle with roundtrip airfare and rental car for $799 for quad occupancy (e.g., a family of four or two couples). The catch? You must travel during the off-season from November to February. [...]

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The Ultimate Italian Driving Adventure

The Ultimate Italian Driving Adventure

by Melanie on 03. Sep, 2008 in Active Travel, Deals and Packages, Destinations, Driving Tours, Eco Travel, Lazio, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Specialty Travel, Tuscany, Umbria

If you’re the type of traveler who likes to go it alone and doesn’t mind injecting a little technological know-how into your trip, then a GPS-driven self-guided tour may be the ticket. Information about Zephyr Self-Guided Adventures through Italy just crossed our desks over the weekend. The company offers walks, biking, and driving tours through [...]

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Hotel Spotlight: A Bolthole in Basilicata

Hotel Spotlight: A Bolthole in Basilicata

by Melanie on 21. Jul, 2008 in Accommodations, Basilicata, Deals and Packages, Destinations, Hotel Spotlight

While everyone awaits the as-yet-unnamed* luxury hotel from native son Francis Ford Coppola, set to open in 2009, a new hotel has opened in Basilicata. The Financial Times reports that La Locanda delle Donne Monache, a sister hotel to Positano’s Casa Angelina, is now open for business in Maratea. Name: La Locanda delle Donne Monache [...]

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Touring the Venice Lagoon by Pénichette

Touring the Venice Lagoon by Pénichette

by Melanie on 01. Jul, 2008 in Deals and Packages, Destinations, Eco Travel, Featured Articles, Food and Wine, Out and About, Specialty Travel, Travel Articles, Veneto, Venice

While browsing the web recently, I happened upon Emmanuelle Jary’s excellent primer on touring the Venice Lagoon on ViaMichelin (full disclosure: I have written for Michelin Travel Guides). But what, I wondered, was a pénichette? Turns out that it is a small barge-like houseboat - just the perfect type of transportation for getting around the city [...]

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Swimming in Sardinia

Swimming in Sardinia

by Melanie on 29. May, 2008 in Active Travel, Deals and Packages, Destinations, Out and About, Parks and Nature, Sardinia, Specialty Travel, Sports, Travel Articles

An article today in the New York Times on Swimming Vacations inspired us to see if there were any swim adventure tours in Italy. In fact, one of the companies profiled – Swimtrek (located in London) – offers a one week swim trip around Sardinia’s Maddalena Archipelago. The tour features: Swimming from Maddalena to Spargi. [...]

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Save Money in Florence 2008

Save Money in Florence 2008

by Melanie on 20. May, 2008 in Deals and Packages, Destinations, Florence, Tuscany

Harry’s Bar in Venice isn’t the only place feeling sorry for cash-strapped American tourists this year. According to the blog My Bella Vita, the city of Florence is offering discounts to Americans traveling there during 2008: The Province of Florence and the local tourism board recently announced a new campaign to ensure Americans continue to [...]

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Giro d’Italia Underway

Giro d’Italia Underway

by Melanie on 13. May, 2008 in Active Travel, Deals and Packages, Festivals and Events, Out and About, Specialty Travel, Sports

The 2008 Giro d’Italia – Italy’s answer to the Tour de France – kicked off in Sicily this past weekend. And, before it’s all over on June 1, pro cyclists will have traversed a big section of “the boot,” riding along the west coast up to Civitavecchia, then over to Tuscany and the Marches. You [...]

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Free Airfare to Italy with Perillo Tours

Free Airfare to Italy with Perillo Tours

by Melanie on 28. Apr, 2008 in Bologna, Deals and Packages, Destinations, Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Rome, Sicily

My friend Jessica over at Italy Logue found this (pretty) great deal from Perillo Tours this summer. Here’s the gist: In order to take advantage of the (admittedly generous) free airfare offer, you have to fly from New York’s JFK into Rome, Bologna or Palermo. You have to fly on EuroFly airlines. The flight must [...]

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