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The best place to watch the TV series Dream of Italy is on your local PBS station or Create TV! Currently, Season 1, Season 2 and the Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special are airing and repeating on stations across the country. [Though these are also available on demand on Amazon Prime.] Long-anticipated Season 3 is premiering NOW. The pledge …
Join host Kathy McCabe to celebrate the premiere of the PBS travel series Dream of Italy at a cocktail party at Via Umbria in Washington, DC on Saturday, May 30th at 5 p.m. Via Umbria owners Suzy and Bill Menard are rolling out the red carpet in their Georgetown store/event space for a celebration of the television show and all …
Music and Markets Tours presents the best of live jazz from Umbria Jazz Winter in hilltop Orvieto, remarkable food and wine, and the unique winter beauty of Tuscany and Umbria. Revel in a jazzy New Year’s Eve, stroll Tuscan lanes, visit an olive farm, marvel at postcard perfect vistas – join us! Complete details on their website, or call (703) …
Editor’s Note: When I heard about the documentary film, Italy: Love It or Leave It, I wrote to my friend Rebecca Winke (an American expat in Umbria and a frequent Dream of Italy contributor) to see if she might want to watch it and write something for us. As always, she had some very eloquent thoughts about Italians (and expats) …
Settled on a hilltop in rural Umbria halfway between Rome and Florence off the A1 autostrada is Monteleone di Orvieto, a municipality of Terni built in the 12th century. During three days throughout Christmas season, visitors can meander through the cobblestone streets of the centro storico, the setting for the Presepe Vivente or “living nativity.” During these special days, the residents …
This is an excerpt from the June/July 2013 issue of Dream of Italy: Some wineries innovate with art, and others with science. Castello Monte Vibiano Vecchio near Perugia belongs to the latter category, as the first in Italy—and among the first worldwide—to reduce its carbon footprint and be certified as having reached zero greenhouse gas emissions. Monte Vibiano, part of …
The February 2013 issue of Dream of Italy – a special report on the best local tour guides in central and southern Italy – is hot off the presses. If you’re NOT a subscriber, subscribe today to instantly access the PDF version of this issue, our previous issue on best tour guides in northern Italy and nearly 100 back issues of our award-winning print newsletter. …
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The photo above is the featured photo for December 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: When we stayed in Umbria, we used to take …
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The photo above is the featured photo for August 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: Can you smell the lavender? This view is from …
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The Madonna photo above is the featured photo for June2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: Umbria and Tuscany are particularly rich in Madonnas — …
