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 …
What You Don’t Know About Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
To understand Rome is to recognize that it is a city swarming with secrets – more than three millennia of mysteries. And nowhere in Rome are there more secrets than in the Vatican. That’s a quote from the new, non-fiction book The Sistine Secrets, a work sure to change the way many look at the Sistine Chapel and the great …
Receive a Free Bottle of Italy’s Finest Olive Oil!
Savor the Memories of Italy with Olio2go Estate-bottled extra virgin olive oils from Tuscany, Sicily, Umbria, Liguria, Marche, Veneto, and more… Dream of Italy readers can receive a free bottle of olive oil! Spend $100 before shipping, please mention Dream of Italy in “Special Instructions,” one free offer per household, quantities are limited; expires June 30, 2008 (This is an …
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.
The Price is Right at This Rome Hotel: Villa Laetitia
Designed by a member of the Fendi family, Villa Laetitia is a little out-of-the-way but offers an affordable and design-filled stay in the Eternal City.
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.
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...
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 …