Travel Guide

Photo credit: http://www.inexhibit.com/ The 2015 summer season is almost over, and Venice is still packed, as it is every other year, with the usual polluting…

[Image above: 'Canestra di frutta' by Caravaggio, 1599, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana.] With the World Expo well under way, Milan appears to be the “it” destination of…

Italy celebrates Ferragosto today, and there may be no place more apt to mark this quintessential summer holiday than the ever charming Riviera Romagnola of…

The farm to table restaurant is a hugely popular concept worldwide. With vegetables, fruits and herbs freshly grown on the farms and in gardens and free range…

Capri is less than an hour away from Naples but that short trip across the bay is like being transported to another world. The island of Capri is strikingly…

Last week we were introduced to the town of Messina, and the history of this important place in the northeast corner of Sicily in part one of this two-part…

3+ bottles of wine down, four cappuccinos, countless coffees with almond milks, and countless dishes of pasta and local delights later, I’d like to say I…

Our writer John has covered the Sicilian city of Messina in a special two-part guide.  One of the most notable landmarks you'll find on Messina is San Ranieri…

Cars, chocolate and a soccer team may be Turin’s “claim to fame”, but there’s more to this elegant city in north-western Italy than Fiat, Gianduiotto and…

The Croda Rossa mountain was looming above me. It was grand and beautiful, albeit almost a bit menacing. I was hiking the Alta Via della Croda Rossa d’Ampezzo…