As the world continues to absorb the enormity of Pope Benedict’s sudden resignation and the changes it might represent, one thing is certain: St. Peter’s Square will be teeming between now and Easter Sunday, as Pope Benedict winds down his papacy over the next two weeks and the Catholic Church selects and installs a new pope. Within hours of today’s …
Photo #10 Rome Cubist Walls – Italy Photo Tour via the Italia 2013 Calendar
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The photo above is the featured photo for October 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: This wonderful array of Roman color stopped me in …
Photo #9 Rome Bookseller – Italy Photo Tour via the Italia 2013 Calendar
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The photo above is the featured photo for September 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: I had no schedule, no particular agenda in Rome, …
Photo # 7 Rome Street Saint – Italy Photo Tour via the Italia 2013 Calendar
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The photo above is the featured photo for July 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: Rome, again. As a general rule of thumb, I photograph …
Photo #3 Rome Church – Italy Photo Tour Via the Italia 2013 Calendar
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The Rome cupola photo above is the featured photo for March 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: When I travel in Italy, I go …
Listen to a Free Podcast on Christmas in Italy
Christmas in Italy is such a magical time. It is one of my favorite times to visit Italy or get Italian inspiration for my life back home. I was thrilled when my friend Anthony of How to Tour Italy wanted to interview me about travel ideas and traditions surrounding Christmas and New Years in Italy. You can download the podcast on …
Photo #1 Rome Window – Italy Photo Tour via the Italia 2013 Calendar
Ready to fill 2013 with Italy? We have the perfect Italia 2013 Desktop Calendar for you. You can either purchase it OR receive it FREE when you subscribe to Dream of Italy. The above photo of a Rome window is the featured photo for January 2013. Here photographer Mary Ann Glass explains how she captured the image: I took this …
Should Visits to the Sistine Chapel Be Limited?
Of the many attractions in Italy threatened by tourism, the Sistine Chapel doesn’t top most people’s list. Of course, as is the case with Pompeii and the Colosseum and many of Italy’s antiquities, it’s fair to say that too much of a good thing can be a bad thing, no matter the venue. A column in the September 20th edition …
Cinecitta, Italy’s Famed Movie Studio, Ponders Its Options, Including a Theme Park
The Occupy Wall Street movement may have fizzled around the world, but that hasn’t stopped workers at Italy’s famed Cinecitta movie studios from staging a protest of their own, complete with round-the-clock camping at the production company’s main entrance, for the past two months. At issue: the fate of their jobs, should Cinecitta restructure. With the unemployment rate in Italy …
September in Rome: Taste of Roma Festival
If you’re in Rome this weekend, don’t miss Taste of Roma, the city’s biggest restaurant festival which takes place September 20 to 23 in the Auditorium Parco della Musica. A dozen chefs from Rome’s best restaurants will prepare appetizer-size portions of their best dishes. Attendees can also enjoy vino tasting at one of three wine bars set up by historic …