Greetings from Sardinia where your intrepid editor just enjoyed her first full day, and we do mean full, of sightseeing after arriving via Eurofly and its partner Meridiana. En route I learned that Eurofly is offering a fantastic deal on flights to Italia during the month of May. Eurofly is offering non-stop flights to Rome, Naples, Bologna and Palermo from …
Hitting the Links: Playing Golf in Italy
There are some incredible golf courses in the Lakes, Tuscany and Lazio where travelers can experience golf in Italy. Lots of details on where to stay, where to play and special Italian golf notes.
April 2008 – Golf in Italy, Vasari Corridor, Tuscany Hotel
Love to golf? Why not try it in Italy? A guide to places to play and stay and special rules for golf in Italy. Walk with the Medicis over the Ponte Vecchio in an exclusive tour of Florence’s Vasari Corridor. See how an American couple made their dream come true opening a B+B in Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia. (8 pages)
Rachael Ray’s Italian Wedding Hideaway in Tuscany
“How awesome is that?” One can only imagine the Food Network star repeating her favorite line when she first saw the Tuscan castle that would become the site of her romantic wedding. You can stay there!
Go Veggie in Roma!
Seems all my old favorite restaurants are making a reappearance. I reviewed Rome’s ‘Gusto years ago in the newsletter, now comes word from Conde Nast Traveler of a sister restaurant, ‘Gusto al 28, that has made the magazine’s list of Hot Tables 2008. The menu is dedicated exclusively to fish and vegetables. According to the magazine, “The simple menu—one side …
Tuscany’s Newest Hideaway: La Bandita
An American music executive and his wife found their own piece of paradise in the UNESCO-protected Val D'Orcia and have opened it up to guests seeking beauty and relaxation.
Florence’s Cammillo Trattoria: Revisiting an Old Friend
My mom called me on Sunday to tell me that “Cammillo” was in The New York Times. I hadn’t thought about this Florence restaurant in a long time and wondered what made it newsworthy to appear in the paper now. You see my mom and I ate at Trattoria Cammillo in 1995 on our first trip to Italy. We went …
Receive a FREE DVD of an Italian Film Classic!
One of my favorite things to do is to give away new travel books or DVDs related to Italy. Well, here we go again… This month three films by Italy’s Taviani brothers are being released on DVD for the North American market. Don’t know the Tavianis? Well here’s how The New York Times described them: “Before the Coens, the Hugheses, …
Movie Travel: “The Night of the Shooting Stars”
Titled La Notte di San Lorenzo in Italian, The Night of the Shooting Stars takes place in the fictional Tuscan town of San Marino, based on the real town of San Miniato, where the filmmakers were born and lived during World War II. The film is told in flashback by a mother (Cecilia) of her experiences as a 6-year-old caught …
Movie Travel: Italian Monastery from “The English Patient”
When director Anthony Mingella set sight on the former Benedictine monastery of Sant’Anna in Camprena, a little town outside Pienza, he knew he had found the perfect place to shoot the scenese where a convalescing English patient reveals his tragic past to his nurse in the film The English Patient. The interior features frescoes by Sodoma (1477-1549). Guests can now …
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