Many of you will know that, since May 2011, five of us have been writing a monthly post on a given topic and we call it the Italy Blogging Roundtable. Each month we decide the topic in advance and the only rule is that it has to be connected to…
It is a strange time to write about travel to Italy. The spread of the coronavirus — and the hysteria and uncertainty around it — is something I have never seen in the 20+ years that I have been writing about the country. As of this writing, the CDC has…
The latest rankings of the best places to live in Italy.
Italy has inspired so many writers and travelers to wax poetic about its weather, seasons, landscape, monuments, and way of life. These are some of the quotes that I have come across in my many years of writing about Italy and traveling around the Bel Paese. They leave me feeling…
Planning a summer trip to Puglia? These three tips will help you avoid a hotel disaster.
The latest rankings of the best places to live in Italy.
I have a confession. Despite having lived in Italy for nearly three years and having studied Italian off and on for a number of years, I have a long way to go before I can consider myself fully fluent in the language. There has been one time, however, when I felt…
To ring in the New Year, my family and I rented a farmhouse for a few days on the outskirts of Ferrara. Thinking back to the trip, the timing wasn’t ideal. Ferrara was freezing and on New Year’s Eve, the fog was so thick on our drive into town to…
Saint Valentine, a Christian bishop from Terni, Umbria, was martyred in Rome during the 3rd century AD. Learn more about his life, death, and legend.
Last weekend the Domus Aurea, also known as Nero’s Golden Palace, became the latest attraction to offer visitors the chance to wear virtual reality headsets while touring the site.
