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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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Italy, a country renowned for its history, art and architecture, and exquisite cuisine, is a top destination for solo travelers. From the stylish streets of Milano to the breathtaking views of Sorrento, Italy offers an abundance of experiences that cater to the solo traveler. This guide provides practical tips on packing, safety, sightseeing, trans...

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I'm an American living in Italy. I've lived here for almost 10 years and have two children, a 5-year-old daughter and a 9-month-old soon. Last year sent my daughter to summer camp for the first time and I was pleasantly surprised. Summer camp in Italy is nothing like what we think of in the US. But there's good and bad to that, on certain ends. My...

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There’s a place that’s rarely shown on travel guides, tucked away as it is between the rugged Ligurian Levante and the Tosco-Emilian Apennines, more a crossing point on the way to somewhere else than a destination in itself.  Lunigiana has always been a liminal place, a land straddling multiple identities and histories. Its strategic importance as...

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Italy offers an incredible variety of possibilities when it comes to choosing holidays, if this summer you have chosen to lose yourself in uncontaminated places, among pure air, green valleys and superb peaks that touch the blue of the sky, come with us to discover the 10 destinations for your summer in mountains in Italy. Among hiking, relax, good...

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