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“Italy will not let you down,” my wise friend Judy Witts Francini told me the other day. And I in turn thought, “we will not let Italy down.” When the news came in that the entire country of Italy was in lockdown (or “grounded” as Frances Mayes said, she always has the right words), I was in the edit room …
In her early forties, Chandi Wyant’s world crumbled in the wake of a divorce and traumatic illness. Determined to embrace life by following her heart, she set out on Italy’s historic pilgrimage route, the Via Francigena, to walk for forty days to Rome. We had our book club with author Chandi Wyant on April 29, 2020 to discuss her book …
Calling all those leap year babies! FICO Eataly World in Bologna is celebrating all those born on the day that doesn’t exist, February 29. On Saturday, February 29th Fico Eataly World will feature 29 stages of food and wine, concentrating the flavors of four years into just one day. Specialties will include cannoli, arrosticini, Ascolana olives, Sicilian arancini and much …
Are you in the Denver area? Join us at the Denver Travel & Adventure Show on Saturday, February 22nd where Dream of Italy host, Kathy McCabe, will be sharing her 10 secrets to planning your dream Italian vacation! Every attendee for this session will receive a free membership to Dream of Italy – $47 value! The show will also feature Lisa Vogele- …
Florence simply enchants us…and some much of the Florentine experience is where you stay. Host Kathy McCabe has a favorite Florentine hotel and it is the Grand Hotel Minerva. At the hotel’s stunning rooftop pool Kathy sat down with her friend sales and marketing director Andrea Bargigli to talk about what makes the Minerva unique and how to explore …
Our TV series relies on underwriters to make our programming possible. A very special thank you to Tourissimo for supporting the new Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special on PBS. Award-winning Tourissimo plans cultural, active vacations in Italy that engage all five senses and bring you close to the people keeping ancient traditions alive. In addition to offering fixed departures in some of Italy’s most enchanting areas, …
Addio, shortened from a Dio piacendo, means farewell, God willing in Italian. My father, Stephen McCabe passed away just before Christmas, just a year and a half after my mother also left this Earth. You met my parents in the Castelvetere sul Calore episode of the TV series, when we returned to my mother’s ancestral hometown. My great luck in …
Read all of our What’s New in Italy in 2020 coverage The medieval Tuscan town of Lucca will welcome its first luxury hotel in the summer of 2020. Set in a 16th-century palazzo in the historic city center overlooking the Teatro del Giglio and Piazza Napoleone, the Grand Universe Lucca — Autograph Collection (www.granduniverselucca.com; Piazza del Giglio) will feature arts- …
Read all of our What’s New in Italy in 2020 coverage Italian and Flemish art worlds collide in a special Venice exhibit featuring Titian, Tintoretto and Rubens – some of the most famous painters from Venice and Flanders. The exhibit, titled “From Titian to Rubens: Masterpieces from Antwerp and Other Flemish Collections” is running from now until March 1, 2020, …
Read all of our What’s New in Italy in 2020 coverage Chocoholics who also have a passion for Europe can experience a week of pure bliss this April, as Europe’s premier chocolate festival, Eurochocolate, and Italian cruise operator Costa Cruises are teaming up this spring to offer a cruise dedicated entirely to chocolate. It leaves from Genoa on April 17, …
