Dream Big: Planning Ahead to Attend the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

With the Paris Olympics and Paralympics wrapping up, all eyes are on Italy which will  host the XXV Olympic Winter Games, “Milano Cortina 2026” for shorthand, in 2026.  Italy last hosted the Winter Olympics in 2006 in Turin. I was so lucky to attend the Torino Games and have to tell you that it was one of the most exhilarating …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Episode 3.01 Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscany

This is an excerpt for Episode 1: Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscany from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. We visit the seaside home of famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli in Tuscany to learn how this region has influenced Bocelli’s life and music, exploring his deep faith and love of dogs and visiting the …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Episode 3.02 Americans Moving to Abruzzo

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. As Americans expand their horizons for more adventurous lives and retirements abroad, we return to one of our favorite regions—Abruzzo—filled with stunning mountains and coastlines. We meet four Americans who have taken advantage of …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Episode 3.03 Caserta: A Palace & Pizza

This is an excerpt for Episode 3: Caserta: A Palace & Pizza from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Did you know that there’s a 1,000-room palace in southern Italy that rivals Versailles? We travel to Caserta to visit this very special Reggia (it even made an appearance in Star Wars). The …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Episode 3.06 Black Madonna with Marisa Tomei

This is an excerpt for Episode 6: The Black Madonna with Marisa Tomei from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Kathy has a deep familial connection to the Madonna delle Grazie and the region of Campania. Her grandfather left Castelvetere sul Calore a century ago but often sent funds from his new …

A Fox Terrier’s Adventures in Italy

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 …

Tips to Take Your Dog to Italy

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 …

After 50 Years, a Palatine Palace Reopens

Fifty years after closing to the public, the Domus Tiberiana reopens on Rome’s Palatine Hill. The imposing structure sits above the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, inside the city’s Parco Arcaeologico del Colosseo.  A new path brings visitors through the impressive structure where the palace’s arches frame stunning views of the ancient site below. A holographic reconstruction of the house …