If you’re planning a trip to Italy soon don’t forget to include Volterra on your itinerary. If you’re working with a travel agent, ask them about adding it to your travel plans. You don’t want to miss this historic town with Tuscan roots that date back to before the 7th Century! There are over 3,000 […]
Pisa Day Itineraries: Discover Volterra Read Post »
The strip of Tuscany between the Apuan Alps and the Tyrrhenian Sea packs three very different experiences into a small area: a luxury beach resort beloved by Italian and Russian aristocracy, the white marble quarries that supplied Michelangelo, and one of Italy’s most protected cured foods, aged in marble tubs in a village above the
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Milan is best understood on foot. The walk from the cathedral to the Navigli canals covers the full arc of the city — Gothic stone, Renaissance frescoes, 19th-century arcades, and canal-side bars — all within about 5 km. A single day is enough to cover the main stops if you plan the order sensibly: start
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Ravenna was capital of the Western Roman Empire for half a century, then of the Ostrogothic kingdom, then of the Byzantine Exarchate. That sequence of rulers left behind a concentration of 5th- and 6th-century mosaic art found nowhere else in the world. Eight of the city’s early Christian monuments are jointly listed as a UNESCO
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Culatello di Zibello DOP is the most prized of Parma’s cured meats — richer and more intensely flavoured than Prosciutto di Parma, produced in small quantities in the fog-prone lowland north of the city. Eating it well means finding the right address: a place that sources from serious producers, slices it correctly, and serves it
Where to Eat Culatello di Zibello: Parma City and the Bassa Parmense Read Post »
Tuscany has some of the most varied truffle territory in Italy — from the rolling hills around Florence and San Miniato to the wooded Apennine valleys of Lunigiana in the north. The experiences below cover three different parts of the region, from half-day excursions out of Florence to shore excursions from La Spezia into northern
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