Best Beaches in Italy

In time for summer, The Telegraph (U.K.) recently came out with a guide to the best beaches in Europe, including Italy. Their guide focused on three regions in Italy where they say the sun and sand are more than fine: Tuscany “Cala Piccola is a rocky cove with a small pebble beach and translucent aquamarine water.” “Viareggio beach in Tuscany …

Christmas Events in Tuscany

Our friend Pamela Sheldon Johns writes about her experiences celebrating the holidays in Tuscany in our free Christmas in Italy guide. For those traveling to Toscana this holiday season, she highlights some special holiday events in and around Montepulciano: Montepulciano: Natale alle Logge Christmas market and fair featuring artisanal food and wine products and crafts from the area.   Abbadia …

In Italy: Honoring the Virgin Mary Through Art

Here’s a wonderful guest post from one of Dream of Italy’s favorite contributors – Susan Van Allen. Susan is also the author of 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go which is available in our online store (with two bonuses!)   Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! If you’re in Italy, you’ll notice schools and lots of businesses are …

Tuscan Town of Volterra Launches “New Moon” Tour

Surely by now, you’ve heard about, if not read some of (it is not just for teens and tweens) the Twilight series books by Stephanie Meyer. The second film installment of her Vampire saga – New Moon – is due to hit theaters November 20th and Tuscany plays a starring role… You see, in the story, the royal family of …

Introducing See You In Italy

It’s about the wine, wonderful weather, the music of the language, history and art. It’s called Italy. But you can call it Home. See You in Italy lists homes in Umbria and Tuscany at all prices ranges. Stew and Midge Vreeland bought and renovated in Italy ten years ago and have been helping others live the dream since then. See …

A Dispatch From High Atop a Tuscan Hill

This is the first in a series of guest posts from Italy by Anthony Capozzoli of How To Tour Italy: Dante writes La natura e l’arte di Dio (nature is the art of God). You can see the storm coming in for miles. Like most things in Italy it is a gradual build-up. But when it hits it is as …

Exclusive Discount on Tuscany Business Retreat

Wow…what a call last night! I interviewed Phil Dyer, Conscious Business Revolutionary and Strategic Business Coach about his Total Business Transformation Experience Italy Retreat and Coaching Support program and did I ever come away impressed. Phil has created an incredible program designed to help entrepreneurs and small business owners overcome their business and money blocks to create the business to …

Entrepreneurs: Revitalize Your Business in Tuscany

Attention Italy-loving entrepreneurs! Are you stuck in the “overwhelm” that so many entrepreneurs seem to be facing in today’s challenging economy?   Are you working way too hard, becoming disconnected from family and friends and spending too much time on tasks you really don’t like?   Do you feel like your business is running you and draining your energy?   …