Whether you have a point-and-shoot camera or you're an advanced photographer, see Venice in a new way with a photography tour that reveals the best places for photos of Venice and tips to make your shots shine.
Explore the Seaside Paradiso of Cefalu Sicily
Captured in the Oscar-winning film Cinema Paradiso, this beautiful fishing village is on a rocky crescent of the northern coast of Sicily 50 miles to the east of
Palermo - perfect for a daytrip or longer visit.
Sicily’s Siracusa: Almost Grecian
Siracusa, once one of the great powers of the Western world, is absent from lists of most visited places in Italy. That's a shame, but it's good news for those of us who love history and prefer to avoid invading tourist hordes.
Women Winemakers in Italy: Women Reign Supreme at These Italian Wineries
Are you a wine lover? Read on to learn about the women who have been changing the face of Italian winemaking and how you can make a special excursion to these women-owned vineyards in Tuscany and Piedmont.
Creating a Family-Friendly Italy Itinerary
This is a guest post from Amie O’Shaughnessy of CiaoBambino.com. Updated 2018. Narrowing down the best itinerary is the hardest part of planning a trip to Italy. There are countless amazing places to experience and it’s temping pack an exhausting number of stops into a two-week itinerary. This strategy will backfire when traveling with young children — minimal accommodation changes …
Artful Places to Stay in Bologna
Heading over to Bologna? When you've had your fill of seeing art and it's time to rest your head, these choices near Bologna's Piazza Maggiore have something unique that might just catch your eye.
Bicycling Through Renaissance Ferrara
A World Heritage Site in Emilia-Romagna, this medieval and Renaissance city has excellent food, art, and architecture. And music year-round. Read on to find out how you can see it on foot or by bicycle.
Bologna: City of Art
With its appetite for art, Bologna's contributions to the good life are more than gustatory. Though known as the "Red City" for its architecture and politics, our writer found a brilliant palette of museums, galleries, churches and markets with mouth watering visuals for every taste.
Ravenna’s Ravishing Mosaics
After 15 centuries, Ravenna's luminous mosaics still shine with the golden brilliance of the empires that endowed them. These shimmering sacred images reveal both familiar and unexpected chapters in Italian history while affirming an artistic climate that thrives today.
Dipping a Toe Into Umbria’s Lake Trasimeno
In between Florence and Rome
and close to Tuscany's Cortona
and Umbria's capital of Perugia,
Lake Trasimeno makes for a relaxing stopover or base for your Umbria
vacation.