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The latest, and greatest… + Brooke Shields is going to the wedding!?!? + Cruise is indeed staying at Rome’s Hotel Hassler + Tom likes to eat at Dal Bolognese in Rome’s Piazza del Popolo, where it is expected he and Katie will dine with the wedding guests Thursday night. + The wedding favors are embroidered towels featuring Tom and Katie’s …
On a sunny and warm day in Rome, I headed out to Lake Bracciano, reported location of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes wedding this weekend. The town of Bracciano is an hour by train from Rome’s Ostiense Station. It sits on a lake formed by a volcanic crater and is a favorite weekend getaway for Romans, mostly during the summer. Nearly …
Has the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes wedding peaked your interest in Lake Bracciano? Below, you will find an article from the March/April 2003 issue of Dream of Italy , recounting one American woman’s adventure in building a house on the lake: When we were Romans, we fell in love with Lake Bracciano. It wasn’t hard. Lake Bracciano, less than an hour …
The word from Rome (that’s where I am right now) is that the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will be held on Lake Bracciano, about 30 minutes outside the city. The Associated Press reports that journalists are indeed descending on the small town of Bracciano and the town’s mayor gave a hint that the wedding of the year will be …
After leaving Lake Garda’s exquisite, impressive, breathtaking (the adjectives could continue on and on) Villa Feltrinelli, we returned the rental car to the train station at the small northern city of Brescia and took two trains (switching in Milan) to arrive in Rome. We arrived at Rome’s Termini Station during rush hour and paid the price for that in the …
To continue where I left off yesterday….lunch. Well, before lunch I had the pleasure of taking a tour of Villa d’Este’s kitchen with head chef Luciano Parolari, who has worked at the resort fo 39 years! Parolari, along with the resort’s Jean Salvadore, just published Tales of Risotto: 50 Recipes: Culinary Adventures from Villa d’Este. Parolari supervises 35 full-time kitchen …
Naples–long known as a stronghold for organized crime–has made headlines lately for heightened violence. In the past two weeks, there have been more than a dozen murders attributed to La Camorra–the Neapolitan branch of the Sicilian mafia. While the violence has targeted members of rival gangs, bystanders and civilians have also been injured or killed simply for being in the …
Ciao readers! I’m writing from the glorious Villa d’Este on the banks of Lake Como. It is day two of my November visit to Italy. For the last few years, I have visited Italy every November. It mostly just worked best in my schedule but can be a wonderful time to visit as the summer crowds are gone, the fall …
There’s nothing like having an animated and educated tour guide or historian to lead you through the wonders of Rome. I wrote about one in particular (Enrico Bruschini) in our sample issue. Yet, thanks to today’s technology those who don’t have the time or money to hire a private guide can take advantage of audio guides. I recently tried Jane’s …
Instead of marrying at Lake Como’s Villa d’Este, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes may be tying the knot at Lake Garda’s Villa Feltrinelli, which once served as World War II hideout of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. A source told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper: “Katie recently visited the hotel with Victoria and fell in love with it instantly. It’s an ideal …
