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There are so many reasons to love Firenze, one of Italy’s most amazing cities: its history, its art, its food, its atmosphere. And it was the home of Dante Alighieri, so poetry permeates everything here: the cradle of Renaissance, Firenze is where modern Europe was born. Firenze is also at the heart of a glorious wine-making region, let’s not forge...

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Rome is a strange city: it’s a huge, chaotic metropolis where ancient and modern not only coexist at close quarters, but even blur together. Those who were born and raised there often forget it; those who come to visit, sooner or later, realize it: Rome is wild. Beneath the makeup and lights of modernity, the great urban jungle is, for all intents...

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“My nonno told me he could see the camels in Tunisia when he was younger,” says Salvatore Murana. I’ve come to meet Pantelleria’s wine king up here on the Mueggen plateau, but Salvatore doesn’t want to talk about maceration or varietals; he wants to deliver a eulogy to his beloved island, which bobs in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Tunisia....

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Italy is full of culturally important sites. In fact, there are so many that it becomes nearly impossible to fund their maintenance and sometimes, sorely needed rescue and repair operations. I Luoghi del Cuore (or “Places of the Heart is an initiative conducted by FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano), a private, non-profit organization that serves as the...

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Looking for the best Rome underground sites? Like the catacombs, the Colosseum, and the source of the Trevi Fountain? Find out how to see a whole other Rome beneath the surface. Rome has been here nearly 3000 years. Can you imagine it all just staying the same through time? Of course it didn't. It was like a living breathing thing that grew and shr...

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It’s mid-morning in the medieval town of Sarzana, slowly waking to what will be another hot summer day. I’ve traveled here from Lerici to get to know the southern Riviera countryside better, an area getting more attention from visitors enamored of the nearby coast. (I’ve also heard there’s a great pastry shop to visit, and, as someone who is no str...

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Italy is a country full of rivers and lakes to discover like the small Lake Tenno in Trentino Alto Adige. The beauty of this place is incredible and in fact you can enjoy wonderful landscapes and views at the foot of the Dolomites. You should know that this is the ideal place for those who love to make wonderful walks in the mountains in contact wi...

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Camogli, with its characteristic harbour, is one of the most beautiful villages in Liguria. It is located about 20 kilometres away from the "Superb" city of Genoa and will immediately impress you with its colourful buildings. Camogli is a typical seaside village, known as "City of a Thousand White Sailboats". The centre of the village occupies the...

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Sometimes, windows are not windows, doors are not doors, and even balconies and flower boxes are not balconies or flower boxes at all. They’re simply painted on for effect. Such is the case in Portofino, where the gelato-coloured houses, each with uniform forest-green shutters, have graced more postcards and travel brochures over the years than can...

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It’s 7:30 on a Sunday night and Luke and I are the first customers to arrive at Perilli Arrosticini: a family-run restaurant famous for its lamb skewers. The staff are still in their pre-shift meeting, but one of the cooks waves us in, yelling “Benvenuto! Buonasera! Buon appetito!” He smiles as he takes his place behind a long charcoal grill—fannin...

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