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For the holiday season 2025, Dream of Italy is celebrating Advent by revealing one of our favorite travel treasures for each day. See list of all days. Day 20: When in Rome, e ating gelato is a must but not all gelato is created equal. Avoid the places that display fluffy flavors in fake colors. Typically this gelato is filled with chemicals. Gelateria del …
There’s something uniquely magical about traveling by train at Christmas. Maybe it’s the slower rhythm, the way the landscape shifts outside the window, or the feeling of arriving in towns already dressed for the season. This year, several special holiday trains turn this simple pleasure into a full travel experience. These routes carry travelers toward Italian Christmas markets while passing …
Last week I was in Rome, just a few days after the Pope’s funeral. I met up with some friends to visit his tomb in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. I was struck by how simple the tomb is and how peaceful the experience was and I shared my thoughts with a reporter from Express (U.K.) We were lucky …
Travelers heading to Rome in the next few weeks will be arriving at a very historic and emotional moment. With the passing of Pope Francis, Rome and Vatican City will be packed with mourners and pilgrims from around the world, some of whom likely already planned to travel to Rome for this Jubilee Year. World leaders will be arriving as …
This article originally appeared in the February/March 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Become a member to access 1,000+ articles like this – designed to help you enjoy an authentic trip to Italy and live your best Italian life! One hundred and ten years ago, a new father, Alfredo di Lelio, unknowingly created one of the most iconic pasta dishes in …
Transcript with Show Notes Embedded: Angelo Carotenuto: At LivTours, we pride ourselves to make sure that the dreamer, the traveler, can live an experience, a destination from every angle. Kathy McCabe: This is Kathy McCabe. Welcome to the Dream of Italy Podcast. You know me from the PBS travel series, Dream of Italy and the award-winning …
As Rome gears up for the Vatican’s Jubilee in 2025, visitors from around the world are eagerly planning their pilgrimages to the Eternal City but that doesn’t come without headaches for all who plan to visit Rome in 2025. Celebrated every 25 years, the Giubileo or Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, is a time of universal pardon and …
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 …
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 …
Have you been dreaming of Italy? Join me, Kathy McCabe, aboard Seven Seas Splendor® to experience Italy in all its spring glory on my Spotlight Voyage on April 29, 2024. Have you been dreaming of traveling to Italy? Come with me to Italy in 2024 and let’s go to Turkey and Greece too! Join me aboard Seven Seas Splendor® to experience Italy and these destinations …
