Opera and Theater in Italy's Historic Opera Houses
Friday September 28, 2007
Fall ushers in the opera, concert, and theater season in Italy's opera houses. Italy has many beautiful historic opera houses that are well worth a visit. Besides opera performances, ... Read More
Top 10 Places to Visit in Tuscany
Monday September 24, 2007
Tuscany is one of Italy's top travel destinations. Tuscany has beautiful scenery, vineyards, historic cities and art, and medieval hill towns. The region of Tuscany is in central Italy and ... Read More
Venice Hotels
Sunday September 23, 2007
Looking for a hotel in Venice? I've put together a list of the top Venice hotels based on Venere guest ratings. The list includes the highest rated 1-star through 5-star ... Read More
TripIt Online Travel Organizer
Saturday September 22, 2007
If you're like many travelers these days, you plan your trip and make reservations independently, often using several different web sites. Here's a solution for organizing your itinerary. TripIt, called ... Read More
Rome Hotel and Restaurant Recommendation
Wednesday September 19, 2007
Friends of mine who visited Rome this summer recommend the Hotel Lirico (book direct on Venere) near Rome's Opera Theater Square. They said the family-run Hotel Lirico is in a ... Read More
October Festivals in Italy
Tuesday September 18, 2007
October is a good month for food festivals and music festivals. Truffle Festivals, celebrating the white truffle, start in October and Eurochocolate, the big chocolate fest, comes to Perugia. Florence ... Read More
Italy Airports News
Monday September 17, 2007
Venice Marco Polo Airport: Travelers may experience slow downs or delays on Tuesday, September 18, at Venice's Marco Polo Airport. A sciopero (sciopero definition) is planned for that day by ... Read More
A Villa in Tuscany's Lunigiana Region
Sunday September 16, 2007
Ever dream of owning your own Tuscan villa or vacation house, maybe like Francis Mayes in Under the Tuscan Sun? (see Top Books About Tuscany.) Many people would love to ... Read More
Skiing and Winter Sports in Italy
Sunday September 16, 2007
When people think of skiing in Italy, they usually think of northern Italy's mountains. Piemonte, home of winter sporting events for the Winter Olympics, or Cervinia, near the Matterhorn, are ... Read More
Urbino - Renaissance Gem in Central Italy
Friday September 14, 2007
Urbino is a picturesque Renaissance hill town and the capital of central Italy's Marche region (see Marche Map). Urbino sees fewer visitors than nearby Tuscany's hill towns due to its ... Read More
Visiting San Gimignano - The City of Beautiful Towers
Thursday September 13, 2007
San Gimignano, known as the City of Beautiful Towers, is a classic medieval walled hill town in Tuscany, famous for its 14 surviving medieval towers. San Gimignano's historic center is ... Read More
Pasta Strike in Italy
Wednesday September 12, 2007
Italians are holding a pasta strike on September 13 to protest the increasing cost of pasta, caused by the rise in grain cost. A strike or sciopero (see sciopero definition) ... Read More
Florence Hotel and Restaurant Recommendation
Tuesday September 11, 2007
Ryan Cooper, about.com's Punk Music guide, recommends the Hotel Donatello (book direct) in Florence. Here's what he said about Hotel Donatello:
It was a nice comfortable hotel, and the staff ... Read More
Venice Film Festival Awards and Milan Film Festival
Monday September 10, 2007
Venice's huge international film festival ended Saturday with Ang Lee's movie Lust, Caution taking the coveted Golden Lion Award for best film. Brian de Palma won the silver for best ... Read More
Positano Visitors Guide
Sunday September 9, 2007
Positano, built vertically on the side of a cliff with pastel houses cascading down the hill to the sea, is one of Italy's most romantic and luxurious vacation spots. Positano ... Read More
Pictures of Modena, Italy - Pavarotti's Home Town
Friday September 7, 2007
Beloved tenor Luciano Pavarotti passed away in his home town of Modena, Italy. His coffin has been on display in Modena's cathedral (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and his funeral, ... Read More
Fall Truffles in Italy
Wednesday September 5, 2007
What could be more romantic than feasting on a meal made with the sensuous truffle? Fall dishes made with white truffles are plentiful in northern and central Italy. Wild mushrooms ... Read More
Visiting Urbania in Italy's Le Marche Region
Tuesday September 4, 2007
Urbania, also known as Casteldurante, is a lively medieval town in central Italy's Le Marche region. Although it's in a scenic position in the hills, the town itself is flat ... Read More
Venice's Quarantine Island
Monday September 3, 2007
The small island of Lazzaretto Vecchio (formerly known as Santa Maria di Nazareth), in the south part of the Venetian lagoon, was a quarantine colony for those with bubonic plague ... Read More
Venice Film Festival and Historic Regatta
Saturday September 1, 2007
Venice's acclaimed international film festival is underway and Venice is full of celebrities. The Venice Film Festival is one of the biggest international film festivals and includes films competing for ... Read More