Below you'll find a list of all posts from December, 2009
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Hard to believe Christmas Eve is just around the corner. Thinking about celebrating it in Italian style? Then get ready to visit your favorite fishmonger, you will be making at least seven seafood courses! That’s because Italians celebrate the Feast of Seven Fishes on la vigilia di Natale (Christmas Eve). As Toni Lydecker writes, “The idea of serving seven fish …
Last year, Associated Press Business Writer Colleen Barr sat aboard Eurostar Italia AV 9427 on its way from Milan to Rome and marveled at the recent high-speed train improvements. Reaching a maximum velocity of 186 mph, Italian Railway’s new Red Arrow would travel the 300-mile distance from Milan to Rome in three hours and 30 minutes shaving an entire hour …
The new book Serenissima: Venice in Winter is the work of husband and wife photographers Frank Van Riper and Judith Goodman–a unique combination of fine art and journalistic photography twinned with lyrical text to capture the visual magic that occurs when “the most serene republic” reclaims itself as a living, breathing city and once more becomes a place “of water-filled streets&velvet shadows and footsteps echoing off paving stones in the post-midnight silence&”
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Our friend Pamela Sheldon Johns writes about her experiences celebrating the holidays in Tuscany in our free Christmas in Italy guide. For those traveling to Toscana this holiday season, she highlights some special holiday events in and around Montepulciano: Montepulciano: Natale alle Logge Christmas market and fair featuring artisanal food and wine products and crafts from the area. Abbadia …
The town of Tricase, almost at the tip of the Italian heel in Puglia, is often called “The Bethlehem of Italy.” That’s because it hosts a living nativity or Il Presepe Vivente di Tricase. Supported entirely by volunteers from civic groups and schools, everyone from children to grown-ups (about 250 residents in total) dress in period costumes that transform the …
Here’s a wonderful guest post from one of Dream of Italy’s favorite contributors – Susan Van Allen. Susan is also the author of 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go which is available in our online store (with two bonuses!) Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! If you’re in Italy, you’ll notice schools and lots of businesses are …
I’m Steve Perillo. Three generations of my family have perfected the art of traveling to Italy through our tour company Perillo Tours. Now entering its 65th year, Perillo Tours is America’s largest tour operator to Italy. We achieved this top position, one trip at a time, taking care of every detail for our guests while showing them the best Italy …
For our free, downloadable Christmas in Italy guide, Dianne Hales, author of La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, The World’s Most Enchanting Language, writes about the language of the Italian holiday season. Here are a few excerpts: Days of Celebrations Festivities such as fairs and torchlight processions begin weeks before and continue weeks after December 25. Here …
