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Terre di Pisa is one of Italy’s newest and most exciting DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) wine appellations, and it is waiting to be discovered. This geographical area is ideal for wine tourism, especially in spring or fall. Sadly, most visitors to the region limit their visits to the over-touristed city of Pisa (which has the same name a...

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It is known as the “queen of the Venetian villas.” and indeed, Villa Pisani in Stra is a significant, elegant, majestic presence; it is impossible not to notice it as one travels along Veneto Regional Road 11, or the long road that leads from the center of Venice, from Piazzale Roma, to the gates of Padua, skirting the Brenta Canal, along which sta...

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Apulian food is famous around Italy for traditionally being vegetable-focused. The sun-soaked heel of Italy is home to a cuisine with centuries of history, defined by its simplicity and quality. From sweet eats to speciality pasta shapes, the one thing you must make it your mission to enjoy while in Apulia is all of the local food on offer. Here’s...

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Lake Iseo holds hidden corners of extraordinary beauty, often compared in majesty and enchantment to exotic places like Thailand. One of these treasures is Bogn Bay, a place that looks like something out of a postcard from the Philippines. Located between Riva di Solto and Castro, this bay offers a breathtaking panorama of sheer rocks plunging into...

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Grappling with suitcases and rucksacks, the bewildered-looking crowd that piled off the train and onto the platform at Manarola, the second smallest of the five picturesque villages that make up Italy’s the Cinque Terre, could hardly move. But still the jovial Italian steward ushering them into a single file and towards the station’s narrow exit wa...

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Sure, it’s the capital of Italy, hosts Vatican City, and is the home of world-renowned sites like the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, and the Roman Forum. But if there’s one reason to visit the chaotically charming mecca of Rome, it’s for the food. Here, vegetables are green, meat a key player, and dishes typically have no more than four...

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There are places so beautiful and fascinating, hanging on a thin line between past and present, that they’re almost impossible to deeply understand their nature with the eyes of contemporaneity. Places enclosed in breathtaking landscape frames, guardians of a history rich in emotions, where to enjoy stunning experiences rediscovering what binds us...

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The stone arches looped solemnly over their shadows, some teetering above the grass, some sinking into it. It was a dazzling January morning, and I was standing in the Park of the Aqueducts, about 20 minutes by metro from central Rome. Here, the ruined arcades of six of the 11 aqueducts that once supplied the Eternal City with an astonishing volume...

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Ahh Rome, the Eternal City. I certainly feel like I will love Rome for eternity, but unfortunately, we only had three days to spend there last summer with our daughters. I have visited Rome before, and was so excited to take Craig and our girls there to experience the city for the first time and allow them to see why it stole my heart. Since it’s n...

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The focus isn’t on the rankings, although they do highlight the obvious. When the World’s 50 Best Beaches, drawing on the opinions of over a thousand travel journalists, industry experts, and influencers, places the spectacular Cala Mariolu in Sardinia second on its 2024 list—right behind Trunk Bay in the Virgin Islands, famous for its velvety sand...

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