For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 6: Confetti, those colorful candy-coated almonds known to Americans as Jordan almonds, was created when the Pelino family opened their confetti factory in the beautiful city of Sulmona in 1783. Seven generations on, Pelino is still making …
For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 5: Legend has it that tortellini, the culinary symbol of Bologna, were created to resemble Venus’ belly button after an innkeeper caught a glimpse of the goddess’ beauty. Sisters Daniela and Monica Venturi of Le Sfogline …
For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 4: A fantastic way to experience Venice is on the water, learning voga all veneta, the traditional Venice rowing style used on gondolas and other rudder-less, keel-less, flat-bottom boats. Kathy loved her rowing …
For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 3: Franco Pepe is considered by many to be the world’s greatest pizza maker. Each day at his pizzeria Pepe in Grani, he makes his tender dough by hand every day, using the day’s …
For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 2: The hill town of Cortona, one of Tuscany’s most famous destinations, was made famous in the book and movie, Under the Tuscan Sun. One of the newest luxury places to stay is …
For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 1: Goldsmith and jeweler Alessandro Dari’s family has been making jewelry in Florence since 1630. Dari puts and elaborate and nontraditional spin on the craft. Rings are his specialty and each has a spiritual significance or …
In honor of Advent, we’re creating the virtual Dream of Italy Advent Calendar, revealing something we love in Italy – a hotel, a favorite dish, a place to shop – each day until Christmas. Each day has its own video and the best place to follow the videos is on our Instagram or TikTok. Here are the details for each …
The Winter Olympic Games will be held in venues across northern Italy February 6 to 26, 2026 with the Paralympic Games taking place just afterwards. We’ve highlighted some of our favorite places to stay. Airbnb Throughout Northern Italy As an official Worldwide Partner of the International Olympic Committee, Airbnb is playing a central role in welcoming the world to Italy …
What have I learned in 23 years of making Italian dreams come true? It is one thing to have a DREAM… And another thing to have a PLAN… So many have a Dream of Italy but aren’t sure what to do to make it a reality. Let’s face it, planning a trip to Italy or even a move can feel …
Italy is getting excited about the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina this February and so are we here at Dream of Italy. You can read all of our Olympics coverage here and be sure to get your Limited-Edition Collectible Dream of Italy Olympic Trading Pin (purchase or receive as a free bonus with membership). This isn’t the first …
