Articles by Michelle Fabio

Thu, 10/23/2008 - 17:52
Words by Michelle Fabio The 78th International White Truffle Fair of Alba is being held this year from 4 October to 9 November to the delight of gour…
Wed, 10/22/2008 - 04:07
Words by Michelle Fabio - Photos courtesy of ENIT Throughout October (5-26), the town of Castel del Rio in the province of Bologna in Emilia Romagna…
Fri, 10/10/2008 - 04:54
In mid-October, the region of Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy, will turn a bit brown—but in a good way, especially if you’re a chocolate lover. The…
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:44
They might be two of the lesser-known saints of the Roman Catholic Church, but “I Santi Medici,” the Doctor Saints Cosma and Damiano are two of the mo…
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 11:38
In Pinerolo, a town of 35,000 nestled in Piedmont’s Italian Alps, the first weekend in October is decidedly French. Indeed, Pinerolo is called the “Mo…
Mon, 09/15/2008 - 04:16
San Gennaro was the Bishop of Benevento when he was beheaded during Diocletian’s persecution of Christians in 305 C.E. Some of the martyr’s blood was…
Thu, 09/04/2008 - 05:50
From 11-15 September, the small town of Misterbianco, Sicily, eight kilometres outside of Catania, will celebrate La Festa della Madonna degli Ammalat…
Thu, 08/28/2008 - 06:38
This week we’re off to Venice’s Grand Canal for the famous Regata Storica, a series of spectacular, fiercely competitive gondola races capped off with…
Thu, 08/21/2008 - 09:15
This week we’re staying on the island of Sardinia to celebrate La Festa del Redentore, The Feast of the Redeemer, in Nuoro—and I’m offering you severa…
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 09:08
  Today we’re island hopping over to gorgeous Sardinia to celebrate the Festa dei Candelieri in Sassari. Every 14th of August, Sardinia’s second large…
Fri, 08/08/2008 - 06:04
Every July 2 and August 16, the medieval Tuscan city of Siena becomes the site of a colourful, bareback horse race heard and seen around the world — a…