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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 …
Sunday, April 27th is an incredibly historic day at the Vatican in Rome. Two former popes will be canonized as saints and two popes are likely to be in attendance. Read this brief guide to the canonization over at ItalyTravel.com.
If you’re visiting the Vatican in the near future, you might want to plan on spending some time visiting the latest treasure now open to the public. The Roman Necropolis of the Via Triumphalis (pictured) opened to the public yesterday. Read more over at Italy Travel. Also new in Rome, archaeologists believe they have uncovered the city’s oldest temple near the Church of …
Pizza! Pasta! Pastries! Imagine visiting Italy and being tempted by all kinds of wheat-filled goodness and NOT being able to eat it due to a gluten sensitivity? Traveling to Italy seems impossible for someone who can’t eat gluten (due to celiac disease or a gluten intolerance) but it is actually quite do-able IF you know what you are doing…You might …
For many foreigners/Americans, tiramisu is the quintessential Italian dessert. It is a luscious mix of lady fingers dipped in coffee, egg whites, sugar, and marscapone cheese. I’ll be honest that I’ve had some good tiramisu in Italy but I’ve never been blown away. After my experience a few days ago I’m beginning to think maybe I simply didn’t know where …
Great news if you are visiting Rome with your young children: The Colosseum is now waiving the entrance fee for anyone under 18 years of age. Rome tour guide Giovanni Tanoni (one of Dream of Italy’s best tour guides in Italy) just contacted us to let us know that children will no longer need to pay 13.50 euros to enter …
In 2013, for the fifth straight year, the Vatican Museums have extended visiting hours on Friday evenings this summer and fall, to accommodate the many visitors who wish to take in the constellation of collections known as the “Pope’s Museums.” As in years past, there will be live music, both classical and contemporary, in the Raphael Rooms and the Sistine …
Pope Benedict officially retired yesterday, after giving a farewell audience to 150,000 or more at St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday and then, yesterday, departed by helicopter to Castel Gandolfo, the papal retreat in the Alban Hills outside Rome. In a detail that speaks to the way we live now, the Pope sent out a final papal tweet (“Thank you for your …
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. …
The Papal Palace Details about Pope Benedict’s transition to retirement are emerging. On February 28, the Pope will be helicoptered to Castel Gandolfo, the papal vacation and summer residence in the Alban Hills outside Rome. The site, a short train ride from Rome, is popular with pilgrims from around the world who on summer Sundays catch the 8:37 train …
