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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 …
Vegan products are in demand around the world and in Italy. Near Siena, Fattoria Casabianca is well on its way to becoming a fully animal-free operation and has just created Italy’s first vegan Chianti wine. All of Casabianca’s wines from the 2014 harvest forward will be certified vegan. Meanwhile, every aspect of the winery from vineyard to cellar will be cruelty-free, down to the packing …
The Museum of Santa Maria della Scala, a former hospital in Siena, has opened following renovation, featuring a new segment dedicated to the history of Siena and several ancient silver, gold, and precious stone Byzantine reliquaries. The building opened to the public as a museum in 1995; extensive renovation began in 1998 and has continued in phases since then, with …
Music and Markets Tours presents the best of live jazz from Umbria Jazz Winter in hilltop Orvieto, remarkable food and wine, and the unique winter beauty of Tuscany and Umbria. Revel in a jazzy New Year’s Eve, stroll Tuscan lanes, visit an olive farm, marvel at postcard perfect vistas – join us! Complete details on their website, or call (703) …
At Tuscany Tours, we are celebrating our 17th year of offering the most amazing small group tours to Italy’s favorite places!Exquisite venues far off the beaten path. Come join us in Tuscany, Sicily and on the Amalfi Coast for the time of your life! Click here to view our 2015 travel calendar and request your free itinerary. (This is an …
The island of Elba is preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s exile to the largest island in the Tuscan archipelago. A series of events including performances, exhibits and re-enactments will make the occasion. The Treaty of Fountainbleau, signed in April of 1814, ended Napoleon’s rule over France and sent him into exile on Elba, 12 miles off the …
This article appeared in a previous issue of Dream of Italy. Dino Martelli can be forgiven for interrupting our conversation every five minutes or so. He has to move the pasta and today, like many days here at Pasta Martelli in Tuscany, he’s the only one minding the 60-year-old machines at the small factory his family has run for 88 …
Updated 2019. A few years back, our friend photographer Brad Mikel wrote an awesome piece (available to all paid subscribers) on how to photograph Italy. He admitted he’s partial to one spot in Tuscany: OK, time to reveal one of my “secret” locations whenever I’m in Tuscany. It’s not really all that hard to find, but I had to search for …
If you’re thinking of renting an apartment or villa in Italy, if you’ve already started looking for a villa rental, you know all of the choices can be daunting. Here are five quick tips for renting an Italian villa: 1. Make sure there’s someone available nearby 24/7 in case something goes wrong. I learned the importance of this first-hand when …
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 …
