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Happy Earth Day! Looking for a unique way to see Italy and explore the issues of green tourism, organic food, sustainability, environmental justice and social justice? Then this ecotourism-focused trip I just heard about might be for you… The organization Global Exchange and Green Festival founder Kevn Danaher are offering what they call a “Reality Tour” of Italy from May …
If you’ve been to Italy but never to the region of Puglia, now’s your chance to experience what the real Italy is all about… Come to Villa Cappelli and immerse yourself in an authentic, luxuriously rustic Medieval villa. But if you can’t come to Puglia yourself, get a taste of it’s edible pleasures — like our unfiltered extra virgin olive …
This is from a past newsletter issue of Dream of Italy: Pretty soon, Italy’s olive and grape harvests wil be in full swing. Travelers looking for a hands-on experience often wonder how they can take part in the harvest. Finding a farm where one can volunteer can be daunting because there are strict laws in Italy preventing voluntary labor and …
As Ferragosto — August 15th, the Italian holiday celebrating the Feast of the Assumption — draws near, vacation farms and agriturismi are expecting full occupancy. Italian news agency ANSA reports that approximately 550,000 overnights are anticipated in the 18,500 holiday farms in Italy over the three-day holiday weekend this year. These numbers may be impressive, but they may not spell …
When director Anthony Mingella set sight on the former Benedictine monastery of Sant’Anna in Camprena, a little town outside Pienza, he knew he had found the perfect place to shoot the scenese where a convalescing English patient reveals his tragic past to his nurse in the film The English Patient. The interior features frescoes by Sodoma (1477-1549). Guests can now …
