Win Prizes on Days 5 and 6 of Travel Bloggers’ Caravan

Win great travel prizes by visiting the blog below on Saturday! December 5: TheBrooklynNomad.com (Andrew Hickey) Imagine: A Vagabond Story by Grant Lingel and $50 Magellan’s gift certificate Win great travel prizes by visiting the blog below on Sunday! December 6: The Tranquilo Traveler (Joshua Berman) A copy of Moon Belize, accompanied with personal travel advice from the author about …

Revolutionizing Taxis in Rome

With the most extensive network of taxis in Rome, Radio Taxi 3570 is leading the way to easy, fair and more courteous taxi service in the Eternal City. Trying to hail a cab can be an ordeal. Dodging cars in the street while trying to squint in the distance determining if the little plastic light is on or off can …

Travel Bloggers’ Caravan “Stop of the Day”: Win A Subscription Today!

Today the Travel Bloggers’ Caravan stops right here at the Dream of Italy Blog. I’m giving away a one-year, online subscription to the award-winning newsletter Dream of Italy w/BONUS DVD ($79 value). Just what you’ll need to plan the vacation of a lifetime to Italia! Win a Subscription to Dream of Italy One lucky reader will be randomly chosen from …

Crux Vaticana on Display at St. Peter’s Basilica

After a year and a half at work, the Vatican has just finished restoration of a jewel-encrusted golden cross said to be the oldest reliquary of its kind, according to USA TODAY. The foot-tall, jewel-encrusted, golden cross, known as the Crux Vaticana, was given to the people of Rome by the Byzantine emperor Justin II in the 6th-century and bears …

Join the 2009 Travel Bloggers’ Caravan & Win Cool Prizes

Is the Lingo 16-Language Translator (available from Magellan’s Travel Supplies) on your holiday wish list? If so, read this entire post to find out how to enter and win a translator for yourself! I’m thrilled to announce the first (and, hopefully, annual) Travel Bloggers’ Caravan. Starting today, I invite you to follow 15 top travel bloggers for a chance to …