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Family Travel: Take the Kids to Italy

Taking the kids along on our trip to Italy this time sent unplanned itineraries and romantic interludes to be buried deep under piles of extra changes of clothes, favorite cuddlies, little books and toys, and pleas from us to leave that special pillow at home. Was this worth the effort?

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The Dreaming of Tuscany Interview: Barbara Ohrbach

At first glance, this book might be dismissed as just another Tuscan coffee table tome; but upon opening it and reading it, one discovers
that this is actually quite a unique volume, both beautiful and practical.

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Bye-Bye Birdies? Banishing Pigeons from St. Mark’s Square in Venice

Venetian officials have announced a new effort to rid St. Mark's Square of its famous pigeons. Despire their worldwide fame as a fixture of Piazza San Marco, the pigeons can be a serious urban health hazard.

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Venice’s Molino Stucky Hilton Finally Set to Open

For those who have visited
Venice in the past few years
and seen the construction cranes
hanging above an old pasta factory
and wondered when the Molino
Stucky Hilton would open...

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A Primer: The Venice Biennale Is All About Art

Originally, only a section of the competition was reserved for international artists, but in the early 1900s the exhibition expanded
to include artists from around the world. Read on for details.

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Nero’s Golden Palace Partially Re-opens

Nero's Golden Palace Partially Re-opens. Earlier this month, a Roman landmark, Domus Aurea also known as Nero's Golden Palace, reopened to the public through a unique program allowing visitors to tour parts of the structure with an archaeologist explaining the ongoing preservation efforts, especially work on its famed frescoes. Read on for details.

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What’s New in Italy in 2007

Renting a car in Italy? Rent from Hertz if you are one of those parents whose kids must have an in-car DVD player. According to Easier Travel, “The Hertz DVD system, set to become the ultimate holiday accessory, is fully transportable, so can also be used in the hotel room, avoiding those expensive film rentals.” Wantedinrome.com reports that 2007 rail …

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Mail Your Christmas Cards from the Vatican

Updated 2018. A customer emailed me today to make sure that our St. Peter’s Christmas cards were on their way because she’s leaving for Rome next week and is going to mail them from the Vatican Post Office. What a cool idea! Even if you won’t be in Rome for Christmas, whenever you do visit Vatican City, mailing letters or …

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Rest Your Head at These Rome Hotels Including the Portrait Suites

Whole books can and have been written on where to stay
in Rome. We cover five Rome hotels from the opulent Portrait Suites, on Via Condotti + owned and run by the Ferragamo family, to the more affordable Hotel Teatro di Pompeo steps from Campo de' Fiori.

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Touring Rome’s La Villa Farnesina

"Let's go somewhere different,"
I tell Daniella Hunt, a native
North Carolinian and Rome resident
who now leads walking tours in the
Eternal City. "Well, have you been to
Villa Farnesina, this wonderful villa in
? Not many people visit it
but those I have taken there are
always impressed."

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