What’s New in Italy in 2007

Renting a car in Italy? Rent from Hertz if you are one of those parents whose kids must have an in-car DVD player. According to Easier Travel, “The Hertz DVD system, set to become the ultimate holiday accessory, is fully transportable, so can also be used in the hotel room, avoiding those expensive film rentals.” Wantedinrome.com reports that 2007 rail …

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See the Pope at Christmas

It is a fantastic experience to visit Rome at Christmas. If you go, try to get tickets to Midnight Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica… To request Christmas (or Easter) tickets: Contact Monsignor Roger Roensch or Sister Mary Joanna RSM at the Bishop’s Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican, Via dell’ Umiltá 30, 00187, Rome, Italy. Call (39) 06 690011 …

Don’t Miss Dream of Italy Coupons!

Listen up! Two weeks ago, we e-mailed out exclusive discount coupons for Dream of Italy products ONLY to those on our FREE e-mail update list. We’re getting ready to offer some additional holiday discounts — but you will only hear about them if you receive our e-mail update. We usually send one out NO MORE THAN TWO TIMES A MONTH …

Basilicata Catches Coppola’s Eye

The New York Times reported this weekend that filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has turned his attention to his native region of Basilicata. He purchased a 19th-century palazzo in the small town of Bernalda close to Matera, where Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ was filmed, and plans to open it this year as a 10-room hotel. At Dream of Italy, …

Mail Your Christmas Cards from the Vatican

Updated 2018. A customer emailed me today to make sure that our St. Peter’s Christmas cards were on their way because she’s leaving for Rome next week and is going to mail them from the Vatican Post Office. What a cool idea! Even if you won’t be in Rome for Christmas, whenever you do visit Vatican City, mailing letters or …

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I Found the Greatest Spot!!

Okay, it is not in Italy. But indulge me this little play on words and allow me to go off-topic (my other passion, besides Italy is dogs) to introduce you to this amazing Spot – a homeless smooth fox terrier I am fostering and hoping to place in a lucky home. Because the people who get Spot will be the …

Christmas and New Year’s in Venice

A few years back, for a holiday issue of Dream of Italy, I asked Ruth Edenbaum, co-author (with Shannon Essa) of the book, Chow! Venice: Savoring the Food and Wine of La Serenissima, for tips on spending the Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Venice as she has spent a handful of holiday seasons in the city. Below are a …

Win a Trip to Florence!

My dear friend Barbara Benham who runs the Travel Sweeps Blog just let me know about an opportunity to win a trip for two to Florence through Dummies.com. I was just in Florence about 10 days ago. What was the ONE THING on my must do list? A meal at Da Giovanni and it was just as good if not …

United to Introduce Daily D.C. to Rome Service

Those of us who live in the Washington, D.C. owe thanks to United Airlines for introducing daily flights between Washington’s Dulles Airport and Rome, starting in April 2007. This news is particularly welcome since Alitalia suspended the only non-stop flight from the D.C. area to Italy (it eliminated its daily flight to Milan). The Washington to Rome flight will leave …

Reports/Video: On the TomKat Wedding Trail in Italy

To see what I did on my latest trip to Italia, read the articles and watch the video I shot video on Lake Bracciano, Rome’s Hotel Hassler and other celebrity weddings that took place in Italy — all on AOL: + Article: Cruise-Holmes Wedding Puts Italy’s Lake Bracciano on the Map + Article: Celebs Pick Italy as the Place to …