Travel to Italy Up This Summer for Americans

With fuel prices going up, up, up and the value of the dollar going down, down, down, you might think that travel to Italy would suffer this summer. Not so, says AAA, which quotes a Global Insight report stating that Italy can expect a 4.7 percent increase in the number of American travelers this summer (1.6 million American travelers). Italy …

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Pre-Christmas Florence Tour with Cook Euro

l’Amore di Cucina Italiana — “Love of Italian Cooking”– is offering a pre-Christmas week of cooking, touring and shopping in Florence and Tuscany. Guests stay at the boutique Arti & Hotel Florence. There are five hands-on cooking classes, taught in English, by Cristina Blasi and Gabriella Mari, owners of Scuola di Arte Culinaria ‘Cordon Bleu.’ Included: visits to wine, olive …

Need a Ride? Your Men for Transfers in Tuscany

Thinking about renting a car in Italy? You're in luck, these identical twins provide reasonably priced transfer service in a fleet of impeccably clean sedans and mini-vans.Read on for details.

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Touring Rome’s Jewish Ghetto

The founder of the cultural association Rome for Jews offers an eye-opening perspective on one of Rome's most interesting neighborhoods, home to half of Italy's Jews.

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The Dream Interview: Secrets of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel

Imagine that the world's most celebrated fresco, studied and analyzed for hundreds of years, yields hidden messages, undiscovered for five centuries. Those messages contain Jewish symbols and messages of reconciliation between the faiths. These are the provocative contentions of the authors of a new book...

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May 2008 – Vatican Secrets, Rome’s Ghetto

We talk to the author of a new book claim Michelangelo inserted Jewish symbols and messages of religious reconciliation in the Sistine Chapel. Touring Rome’s Jewish Ghetto. A new Fendi-designed hotel offers and affordable place to stay in the Eternal City. New flights between the U.S. and Milan, transfers in Tuscany and summer music festivals. (8 pages)

Found: Peanut Butter Gelato in Rome

I was in Rome for just one night a few weeks back. As I’m superstitious, I still pop by the Trevi Fountain to throw a coin in the fountain to ensure my return to the Eternal City. While walking away from the fountain, I had a craving for gelato so headed into the nearest gelateria. It happened to be Gelateria …