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This is an excerpt from the August 2012 issue of Dream of Italy: Timber Resorts, an American company known for high-end ski resorts and fractional ownerships, is behind the sumptuous 5-star Castello di Casole. Casole is much more of an estate than a hotel, featuring 41 suites and 28 farmhouses for rent, fractional ownership or whole ownership. Twenty minutes …
These days there are so many new and innovative ways to get travel advice. Through our nine years in business, Dream of Italy has always tried to ride the wave and find new and innovative ways to present great Italy travel advice (i.e. our first iPhone/iPad app is about to launch). In January, we founded #italychat on Twitter. Every other …
This New Year’s Eve, step back in time in the heart of Tuscany as the luxurious Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort hosts a 1930s soiree, complete with gangster pinstripe suits, bow ties, Borsalino-hat clad waiters and chefs. The Jazz quartet, Sweet & Hot Band, will play the night away, and guests will ring in 2011 with a traditional …
I’ve long been a fan of JDB Fine Hotels & Resorts. Judy Baer and her team have a knack for representing truly unique and charming hotels in Italy and beyond. I often learn about a special new property from their offerings or see a place that I’ve reviewed (and loved) make it onto their list. JDB is a fantastic operation …
As I’ve said many times before, I love me some great luxury hotels! The major travel magazines are out with their selections of 2009’s best new hotels and I will summarize the Italy picks for you – Two Italy properties made Travel +Leisure’s It List of Best New Hotels: La Villa Hotel in Mombarruzo (Piedmont) Four Seasons Hotel in …
If you’ve always dreamt of living like a king, we may be able to give you a taste of the royal treatment – TripAdvisor has rated the top 10 best castle hotels in Europe, and Italy has made the list with its Castelletto di Montebenichi, in Bucine, Italy. This four-star hotel, comprised of five double rooms, three suites and one …
Cookbook author Pamela Sheldon Johns invites you to learn about artisanal Italian cuisine in her regional workshops. www.FoodArtisans.com US office (805) 963-7289 In Tuscany, stay at Poggio Etrusco, Pamela’s organic olive-producing farm. Bed & Breakfast and one-day workshops. www.Poggio-Etrusco.com Tel/Fax (+39) 0578 798 370 Read about Pamela and Poggio Etrusco: • Food & Wine magazine Sept. 2007 named Italian Food …
Yesterday, the famed Tuscan sun was shining and I was determined to make it an active day. I’m stay at the Hotel Adler Thermae, a spa in Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia. I was very excited to take part in “Nordic Walking” at 9 a.m. – this is basically a group walk through the hills of Toscana, you use ski poles to …
The view (with a little zoom from my camera, yes, I took this photo on my crappy camera!) from my room at the Hotel Adler Thermae:
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 …
