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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. …
This article originally appeared in the August/September 2023 issue of Dream of Italy. Please also see the free access article, Tips To Take Your Dog to Italy On Halloween of 2010, a spunky, sweet wire fox terrier who had been given the name “Freeway” by American Wire Fox Terrier Rescue flew into my arms and indelibly into my heart. Coming to …
This article is a part of a larger article – which is now free to access – A Fox Terrier’s Adventures in Italy – in the August/September 2023 issue of Dream of Italy. We had so many tips on taking your dog to Italy, we decided to share this web exclusive with out members. I traveled several times with my …
This article originally appeared in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Read about what else is new in 2024 here! The carved path of Via Krupp winds down to the blue sea below the Gardens of Augustus on the island of Capri. It’s been closed for nearly a decade due to risk of landslides and falling rocks, but …
This article originally appeared in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Read about what else is new in 2024 here! Extensive restoration of this church, former monastery and grain storehouse is complete. Florence’s Orsanmichele church and museum are now open to the public. The church’s marble tabernacle, honoring the Madonna delle Grazie, is conserved in shining splendor. This …
This article originally appeared in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Read about what else is new in 2024 here! Abruzzo Trail’s MAGS Experience is a bikepacking trail that sends you on a path from the Adriatic Sea to Gran Sasso, one of Abruzzo’s boast-worthy national parks. The tour is autonomous, but you set out well-prepared with a …
This article originally appeared in the December 2023/January 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Read about what else is new in 2024 here! Besides being one of our favorite spots to visit (and eat in) in Italy, Modena is famous for its cuisine, for being a bikeable, livable city and for being home to some of the most famous car producers …
