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If you thought attending the Eurochocolate Festival in Perugia was enough choco-fun for us, you’re wrong. There was more. After lunch on a lovely restaurant terrace in Spello Sunday afternoon, we headed for a lesson at the chocolate school at Perguina’s factory. (I first attended the Perugina school right after it opened a few years back.) My friend Bill drove …
Sunday was a perfect day in Umbria: sunny and clear with just the right temperature (not to warm, not too cool) and lots and lots of chocolate. It was the final day of Eurochocolate, the extravaganza held each year in Umbria’s charming capital city of Perugia. Everyone else seemed to think it was a great day for chocolate as well …
In our Special Report: Villa Rentals II, villa rental expert Pauline Kenny details six tips for first- time renters. Here’s her #1 tip: Don’t go “off the beaten path” for your first trip. Stay somewhere central, like the Chianti region in Tuscany, the area around Montepulciano and Pienza in Tuscany, central Umbria or the Amalfi Coast. There will be more …
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 and vineyard, and shop at world-class outlets. Complete details on our Web site, or call (877) …
At La Tavola Bella we provide you with the finest hand-made Italian dinnerware, tableware and gifts. Ask us about custom orders and having your initials added to any piece. Dream of Italy readers who order before Sept 15th, will get FREE shipping. Upon checkout enter “Dream” in the discount code. Order now and have it shipped for free. (This is …
I had lunch with my friend Suzy Menard last week. Suzy’s one of my “Italy friends” – we share both a personal passion and a professional life centered on Italy. Suzy and her husband Bill own Bella Italia, a wonderful store selling Italian imports, especially ceramics, in Bethesda, MD. Suzy and I ate at the new Assagi Mozzarella Bar, right …
The finest hand-painted Italian dinnerware, tableware, gifts and decorations for the home – all hand-crafted in Deruta, Italy. At La Tavola Bella, we provide you with a lifetime of beauty and a vacation from the everyday each time you use one of our products. Visit us at the International Food and Wine Show March 1 and 2 in Washington, DC. …
(An excerpt from theApril 2007 issue of Dream of Italy.) Relais Alla Corte del Sole is one of the four charming Umbria hotels reviewed in this issue by Rosanne Cofoid: Well, if George Clooney stayed here, it’s good enough for just about anyone. The romantic 18-room Relais began its life as a 13th-century monastery that belonged to the order of …
I know many, many, many of you dream of living in Italy, whether for a few months a year or permanently. While many of you want to live, “under the Tuscan sun,” that dream is an incredibly expensive one these days. In fact, when I interviewed Stew Vreeland of Seeyouinitaly.com for DOI’s article “Where to Buy Your Own Tuscan Hideaway,” …
