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.
Umbria Villa Rental: Le Vigne
Le Vigne's hilltop position, in Colombella ("a speck of a village"), place it on a short list of residences with extraordinary views . No detail has been missed at this elegant Umbria villa rental.
Umbria Villa Rental: Il Casale di Mele Rosse
This relatively new farmhouse in the Italian region of Umbria comes with all you will need for a successful villa rental including a pre-programmed Tom-Tom GPS, owners on-site and a welcome wine tasting.
Dining the Umbrian Way: Best Restaurants in Umbria
Four great Umbria restaurants including the best wine bar to try local vino and authentic dishes, a casual eatery in the Umbria onion capital, the best trattoria to encounter a passionate Italian chef and an elegant dining experience in an ancient Roman amphitheater.
Up Close and Personal With Umbria’s Truffles
Umbrian truffles are prized throughout Italy. Improve your knowledge of truffles and tempt your palate with a truffle hunt and cooking lessons featuring black and white truffles.
Umbria Cooking School: Learn to Cook the Umbrian Way
Ready to roll up your sleeves and go to cooking school in Umbria? We've got the perfect place and the perfect cooking teacher at an agriturismo near Assisi. Plus recommended tour guides in Assisi.
One Italian Expert’s Guide to Tuscany: Dianne Hales’ Favorites in Tuscany
The author of La Bella Lingua has been visiting one hotel in Tuscany year after year. She shares this special resort with you as well as her favorite Tuscany dining experiences and which Tuscan towns to visit.