Off the beaten track

Travel
by Paula DiPerna | Wed, 10/12/2011 - 09:07
Lemon blossoms scented the evening as lightly as blonde hair on a pillow at the Castello di Semivicoli high above the sea in the Abruzzo province in Italy.…
Culture
by Myra Robinson | Fri, 09/30/2011 - 05:53
Sardinia is known to tourists mainly for its fantastic coastline with azure waters and perfect white beaches. Like Australia, Sardinia seems to be an island…
Travel
by Ted Watson | Wed, 05/04/2011 - 10:27
Situated south of the main town of Lecce, Salento is an area which more or less comprises the Province of Lecce at the most southerly tip of the Puglia…
Travel
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 04/07/2011 - 03:37
It’s an unlikely sight as you approach the Euganean Hills (in the Veneto region) when driving eastwards across the endlessly flat plain of northern Italy.…
Travel
by ITALY | Thu, 08/05/2010 - 07:11
Basilicata is a region of Southern Italy, which has two contrasting coasts, the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian. Vine covered cliffs and coves with unspoiled beaches…
Travel
by Pat Eggleton | Tue, 05/18/2010 - 11:10
If you thought that the Valle d’Aosta is only worth visiting during the winter sports season you should read on, for Italy’s smallest and least populated…
Travel
by Stefano Rossini | Tue, 12/15/2009 - 06:53
Words and Pictures by Stefano RossiniThe Valsugana begins a few kilometres east of Trento and is the doorway to a real ‘Middle Earth’. A fertile plateau dotted…
Travel
by Gillian Price | Wed, 09/02/2009 - 05:16
Words and Pictures by Gillian Price and F. DelventhalThis is the South Tyrol in Italy’s north-east, part of the erstwhile Hapsburg Empire until the aftermath…
Travel
by Nicola Zicari | Mon, 08/31/2009 - 05:06
Words by Nicola Zicari - Pictures by Felix Petrelli and John HeseltineUntil 20 years ago Matera was considered a ‘national disgrace’ by the Italian government…
Travel
by Stefano Rossini | Mon, 06/29/2009 - 09:55
Molise is probably Italy’s least well-known region. Nestling between Abruzzo, Puglia and Campania, people pass through Molise when travelling north-south or…