Below you'll find a list of all posts from February, 2011
In eight plus years of publishing Dream of Italy, we’ve only left Italy to visit Vatican City. In this issue, we visit the only other country within the country of Italy – San Marino. What we find is a mountainous, delightful place, well worth visiting. Then we head to the Veneto to visit Padova, home to the Scrovegni Chapel and much more. Finally, we check into a new affordable Trastevere hotel in Rome. Andiamo! (8 pages)
In celebration of its 150th birthday, Italy is showing its pride as the government declares March 17 a national holiday. It marks 150 years to the day since Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed the formation of the Kingdom in Italy. Turin, the unified country’s first capital, will host numerous events from March to November titled “Esperienza Italia.” Other Italian cities are …
What a find our editor made when she discovered a small new hotel in the center of Rome's Trastevere neighborhood. Looks like a boutique place, but at a bargain price.
The lovely city of Padova, also known as Padua, in Italy's Veneto offers a wealth of attractions and great food. Here are the details on what to see in the city and where to get a great meal in Padova.
Padova (known as Padua in English) 22 miles from Venice, but a world apart from its high-energy neighbor, is most famous for the Scrovegni Chapel, but there is so much more to this Veneto gem.
When you're ready to visit the 24-mile enclave -- actually a whole separate country within Italy -- of San Marino, here's a guide to what to do in this land of fotresses, where to stay and what to eat.
San Marino, an independent country, bordered by the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Le Marche in central Italy makes for a fascinating and unique place to visit.
Dream of Italy (@dreamofitaly) will be hosting the third #italychat on Twitter on Wednesday, February 16th at 3 p.m. ET. The topic will be Umbria and our special guest will be @brigolante! You’re invited to join us by asking questions and/or sharing your own Umbria expertise. @brigolante is really Rebecca Winke, an American expat, who runs the Brigolante Guest Apartments …
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Join author Linda Dini Jenkins, a Dream of Italy contributor, for a once-in-a-lifetime writing and touring week. With Verona as our base, we’ll visit Vicenza and Padua, tour wineries and share in a cooking class. And together, we’ll capture what we see, taste, smell and experience in three workshops at a real palazzo! May 23-30, 2011. See www.travelthewriteway.com for full …
