Season 3 Travel Guide: Shopping in Forte dei Marmi

This is an excerpt for Episode 1: Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscany from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Designer shops like Gucci abound in Forte dei Marmi, along with boutiques like Patrizia Pepe displaying local charm. Bocelli’s wife, Veronica, took Kathy shopping for straw baskets, a staple of every local’s beach kit. There’s …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Lajatico

This is an excerpt for Episode 1: Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscany from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Set amid lush rolling hills between the towns of Pisa and Volterra, Lajatico features striking street murals everywhere you turn. Once largely owned by the Medici family, Lajatico is now known as the birthplace of …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Forte dei Marmi

This is an excerpt for Episode 1: Andrea Bocelli’s Tuscany from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. The Ligurian Sea and the Apuan Alps are the backdrop for this coastal resort town in northern Tuscany, current home of Andrea Bocelli and his wife, Veronica Berti. Meaning “fort of marble,” Forte dei Marmi …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Real Estate for Expats

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. In our book, Dream of Italy: Travel, Transform and Thrive, we wrote dozens of pages on how to buy a home in and move to Italy. The book, as well as our TV special …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Civitella Messer Raimondo

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. This mountain community with bonus views of the Adriatic Sea in the province of Chieti is the new home of Craig Sutter and Lexy Lux. The tiny town’s historic center features a 13th-century church …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Cooking With Gabriele Maiezza

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Kathy and Lexy took a cooking lesson with famed chef Gabriele Maiezza at Agriturismo Santa Felicita, where they whipped up an Abruzzo classic, spaghetti alla chitarra. The agriturismo’s restaurant, serving seasonal and sustainable cuisine, …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Torricella Peligna

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Edna Snow is living la dolce vita in the town of Torricella Peligna. Perched on a hilltop, this town is surrounded by nature, including Parco Nazionale della Maiella. Its historic center features quaint streets …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Valle Reale Winery

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. A producer of the world-renowned Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wine, the vineyards at Valle Reale winery were planted in the 1960s and benefit from the variance in daytime and nighttime temperatures. San Calisto is Valle Reale’s …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Bisenti Abruzzo

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Pamela Capper moved to the town of Bisenti, nestled between the sea and Gran Sasso National Park for its clean air and welcoming feel. During the first weekend in October, thousands of people flock …

Season 3 Travel Guide: Trans-Siberian Railway

This is an excerpt for Episode 2: Americans Moving to Abruzzo from the Dream of Italy Season 3 Travel Guide. Get your own PDF copy here. Not to be confused with its Russian counterpart, the Italian Trans-Siberian Railway was built in 1897 and was renovated in 2014. Historic train cars carry passengers through Abruzzo on special trips during the summer …