June 2006 - Dream of Italy

Rome’s Aldrovandi Palace Hotel

Check out our review of the newly refurbished 5-star hotel across from the Villa Borghese in Rome, Italy. Looking for a new experience while visitng Rome? Depending on your taste, this might just be it.

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Restaurants in Italy: News on Where to Eat in Italy

New ownership of a classic Amalfi restaurants; Florence restaurants with all day service; Rome eatery adds Michelin star and more news on restaurants in Italy.

Restaurant Reviews and Recipes from “A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany”

The next time you find yourself experimenting in the kitchen, take a look at the authentic recipes from the new book, A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany by Beth Elon. Also check out our restaurant tips and reviews.

Vatican Reopens Missionary Museum

As a part of their 500 year celebrations, the Vatican on June 21st reopened its Ethnological Missionary Museum after an extensive, five-year renovation project. The museum is organized into four main sections, devoted to Asia, Oceania, Africa, and America, with smaller subdivisions within each sector featuring displays devoted to specific countries and their religious practices. The Asia section is the …

Tuscany: Ceramics, Castles and Culinary Adventures

Here is an excerpt from the new book, A Culinary Traveller in Tuscany by Beth Elon, the renowned American cookbook author. Also check out our juicy restaurant reviews and scrumptious recipes.

Volcano Discovered Off Sicilian Coast

Sicily is always full of surprises. Last week, an immense underwater volcano was discovered just 30 meters off of Sicily’s southern coast, near the city of Sciacca. The volcano was discovered by an oceanographic team who was attempting to study the mysterious island of Ferdinandea , which appeared off the coast of Sicily in 1831, only to disappear within the …

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Finding an Italian Cooking School

This is an excerpt from the July/August 2004 issue of Dream of Italy: So you want to attend a recreational cooking school during your next visit to Italy. Where do you begin? On the Web, of course. Try one of the following sites: Gourmetget.com: Marlene Iaciofano’s Gourmet Getaways site features her own cooking tours as well as detailed information on …

Prepare to Pay Significant Fuel Surcharges This Summer

In the past week, American, United, Delta, Northwest and U.S. Airways have all moved to increase their transatlantic fuel surcharges by $10 one way. This brings the total fuel surcharge to $75 one way and a whopping $150 for a round-trip flight to Europe. Remember, that’s just the fuel surcharge, and doesn’t include the additional taxes and fees tacked on …

Was Christopher Columbus Piemontese?

Historians and descendants of Christopher Columbus will meet in Turin this weekend to discuss whether the explorer was really born in a small town in the region of Piedmont and not in the port city of Genoa, as has been thought. The Italian news agency ANSA reports that conference organizers claim Columbus was born Cuccaro Monferrato, a village of just …

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