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This article originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Dream of Italy. Updated 2018. Taking “a grand tour” sounds old-fashioned — and it truly is. Although the kind of leisurely, arts-focused weeks or months in Italy that many of us have only seen depicted in films like the 1985 Merchant-Ivory classic A Room with A View might sound romantic …
This article originally appeared in the September 2015 issue of Dream of Italy and won a Racconmati l’Umbria journalism award in 2016. Updated 2018. Orvieto is the ultimate city on a hill with a deep history to explore. Although the ups and downs don’t only include the Umbrian town’s rise to power during the Middle Ages from its ancient Etruscan roots, and …
In our new PBS travel series, we try to provide a broad spectrum of experiences in Italy from pizza making in Naples to truffle hunting in Piedmont, but forgive us for a fascination with goats. They play starring roles in two episodes of the television series. In the Tuscany episode, we visit Nora Kravis (pictured above) and her Chianti Cashmere Farm, …
Umbria tour guide and cooking teacher Anne Robichaud has has a fascinating journey from Wisconsin girl to ambassador for the region of Umbria…and it all started with a study abroad program
Deruta is where you go to buy ceramics in Umbria. We guide you to the best family-owned ceramics stores in Deruta and even tell you where to stop for lunch in this ceramics town.
The Amici di Castel di Fiori will be holding its third edition of ARCHEOFLORA on June 5, 2011, in the historic village of Castel di Fiori near Montegabbione, in the Umbrian hills between Orvieto and Chiusi. This event is an annual gathering for lovers of nature and art and has become a major spring event in Umbria dedicated to flowers, …
Secluded yet easily accessible, Il Casale di Mele is the perfect setting, providing the tranquility of the countryside but within easy reach of E45 which leasds to many famous hilltowns as well as parts of Tuscany. Il Casale di Mele is a traditional Umbrian stone farmhouse built with all the modern conveniences that sleeps 6 + 1. Read more about …
If you’re yearning for an Old World Christmas, there’s no better place to find it than –ahem–the Old World. Though in recent decades the Christmas holidays in Umbria have become more commercialized and adopted many of the trappings of the Anglo-Saxon version enough of the region’s traditions endure to make spending your winter holiday in Italy’s green heart.
The new book Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl About Love traces Justine van der Leun’s funny and illuminating time spent in Collelungo, a 200-person farming village in central Umbria. Justine, a Brooklyn resident, met Emanuele, a local gardener, on vacation and impulsively moved in with him. When she leaves a year later, she has gained a newfound knowledge of language and family, a deep-rooted passion for animals and nature and a small, spotted dog that she’d adopted named Marcus.
Fattoria del Gelso is one of three Umbria villa rentals profiled in the June 2009 issue of Dream of Italy: As the owners of Bella Italia, a successful Italian gourmet and ceramics store in Bethesda, Maryland, Suzy and Bill Menard found themselves spending plenty of time in Deruta, Umbria’s ceramics capital, sourcing imports for their store. In time it made …
