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The last thing I expected a few mornings ago (waking up in Malta for our last day of filming an episode for Dream of Europe) was that the story of a dream of a song- a little idea that was born in Modena that made it all the way to Abbey Road Studios- would be on the front page of Il Resto del Carlino newspaper. I should know …
This Editor’s Note originally appeared in the February/March 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Members receive access to more than 190 back issues—if you’re not a member, join here. From tasting tapas like Venetian cicchetti to sipping a cocktail made with salt harvested straight from the lagoon, local Monica Cesarato shares the best food and drinks her city has to …
Enter to Win an Italian Culinary Adventure for Two to Modena & Other Amazing Prizes Watch Season 3 of Dream of Italy currently airing on local PBS stations and the PBS app. Join host Kathy McCabe and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in Tuscany, 3-Michelin star chef Massimo Bottura in Modena and Academy Award-winning actress Marisa Tomei in Campania! Dream of Italy Season 3 …
Italy’s original Renaissance Man will be in the spotlight as the subject of a new documentary, titled Leonardo da Vinci, airing on PBS on November 18 and 19, 2024. The two-part, four-hour special is a biography of da Vinci’s life and career, set amid the wider context of Renaissance Italy. The documentary is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns, along …
Have you watched Season 3 of Dream of Italy yet? If you have, You already known the magic of Modena. If not, you are in for a treat meeting 3-Michelin Star Chef Massimo Bottura and his wife Lara Gilmore and exploring their Modena in not just one but two episodes. I have fallen in love with this city! And I can’t wait to go …
This is an excerpt from the new book Dream Days in Italy: 30 Adventures in the Italian Boot – get your copy for more dream days! Sanremo in Northern Italy’s Liguria is a city on the Mediterranean coast, closer to France and Monaco than to much of the rest of the Italian peninsula. It feels more like Monaco than Italy …
While Season 3 of Dream of Italy is already airing on local PBS stations, on the PBS app and PBS.org, the star-studded season will have its premiere on Create TV, public television’s lifestyle channel on Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 10 a.m., 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET. The first episode to air will be Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscany, followed each …
Transcript with Show Notes Embedded: If you want to read more about Brad’s life in Italy and business, get the October/November 2023 issue of Dream of Italy where Brad is featured! Brad Allan: What I am really surprised at is the incredible difference in the cost of living here vs. the US. If you think that house prices here are …
This article originally appeared in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. To cope with record-high tourist numbers, Italy has generated new and creative ways to welcome and entertain visitors. This coming year promises a renewed love and appreciation for locomotive travel, ancestry-inspired tours and a fresh Italian Capital of Culture sure to bring a new side of the …
What’s New in Italy: From Roots Tourism to Historic Train Trips Nuovo anno, nuove avventure. New year, new adventures. We report on what’s hot like the new fees for day trippers, restored historic trains taking passengers from major cities to ski destinations, a new museum in Rome with millennia of history, and Pesaro, the new Capital of Culture for 2024. …
