Below you'll find a list of all posts from December, 2012
Venice’s Gritti Palace hotel will re-open in February 2013 following a 15-month renovation. (Unfortunately, it will not be in open in time for Carnevale which is at the end of January this year.) The palace which was originally built in 1475 as a private residence is part of Starwood’s Luxury Collection. All of the hotel’s 61 rooms and 21 suites …
Our friend Ylenia Sambati shares this special guest post on Christmas in the region of Puglia: It’s written Puglia but you read it as baroque, miles of uncontaminated beaches and olive groves, traditions, spectacular farmhouses (masserie) and a bespoke culinary culture that makes the area becoming one of the best enogastronomic destinations in italy. Great food and wine is year round to …
In our November 2012 issue of Dream of Italy, Jennifer Criswell wrote about the surprising things she learned about Italian culture and everyday life when the thirtysomething moved from New York City to Montepulciano. In an excerpt of her article What I Learned When I Moved to Tuscany, the author of the new book At Least You’re in Tuscany, talks about …
As we all know, Italy is a place of magnificent dreams. It is also a place of puzzling and challenging realities. Jennifer Criswell, author of the new book At Least You're in Tuscany captures the dichotomy in a way few authors have. We asked her what she learned after moving to Montepulciano.
