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The best place to watch the TV series Dream of Italy is on your local PBS station or Create TV! Currently, Season 1, Season 2 and the Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special are airing and repeating on stations across the country. [Though these are also available on demand on Amazon Prime.] Long-anticipated Season 3 is premiering NOW. The pledge …
Casa Sergio, located in the countryside, is surrounded by olive and fruit trees. Ten minutes away from Alberobello, hills of Monopoli and long sandy beaches of Capitolo. Fully equipped & air conditioned. Totally private with a swimming pool, gazebo with barbeque and wood burning oven. Cooking lessons available. English spoken. 10% discount for Dream of Italy readers For …
Updated 2019. Click here for all Christmas in Italy travel suggestions While the above headline is no doubt alarming, don’t worry, I have it on good authority that Santa Claus is alive and well and quite busy up at the North Pole. But his inspiration, the original St. Nick, a 4th-century Greek bishop, rests in the region of Puglia. Saint Nicholas …
The town of Tricase, almost at the tip of the Italian heel in Puglia, is often called “The Bethlehem of Italy” for the living nativity (Il Presepe Vivente di Tricase) that takes place here each year. Supported entirely by volunteers from civic groups and schools, everyone from children to grown-ups (about 250 residents in total) dress in period costumes that …
The February 2013 issue of Dream of Italy – a special report on the best local tour guides in central and southern Italy – is hot off the presses. If you’re NOT a subscriber, subscribe today to instantly access the PDF version of this issue, our previous issue on best tour guides in northern Italy and nearly 100 back issues of our award-winning print newsletter. …
Our friend Ylenia Sambati shares this special guest post on Christmas in the region of Puglia: It’s written Puglia but you read it as baroque, miles of uncontaminated beaches and olive groves, traditions, spectacular farmhouses (masserie) and a bespoke culinary culture that makes the area becoming one of the best enogastronomic destinations in italy. Great food and wine is year round to …
Superstars Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel married in Italy this week – continuing a trend set by many celebs before them (Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were famously married on Lake Bracciano outside Rome). The couple chose one of our favorite spots in all of Italy to tie the knot – the seaside village of Savelletri di Fasano in the …
I’m visiting my parents in New Jersey and thus got to have the real paper New York Times in my hot little hands this Sunday morning. Lucky for me the paper had a number of great Italy-related articles in this issue, including: 36 Hours in Siena Nice piece on what to see and do in Siena. We also recommend Cane e …
My old friend Anthony Cappozoli is back with his How to Tour Italy podcasts and I was so excited to be his first guest on his re-launched show. We’re both big talkers and give us a half-an-hour and our favorite topic – Italy – and you never know what we will come up with… We discussed Dream of Italy’s 10th …
It seems to be a bit of a random list but in compiling the 101 Best Restaurants in the World 2012, Newsweek editors consulted dozens of noteworthy chefs (many of whom are American) on their picks and seven of them chose restaurants (or food stands) in Italy. Here is a quick recap of this group’s choices best places to eat …
