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Venice is simply ravishing no matter the angle; but how often do you get to see it from a bird’s eye view? If you’re in La Serenissima between June 19 and 23, you could have Dinner in the Sky over Venice. The Hotel Cipriani will be serving dinner and drinks on a platform 164 feet above the luxury hotel’s swimming …
This article originally appeared in the June/July 2012 issue of Dream of Italy. Find the main article here. Updated 2018. Few visitors to the area around Alberobello in Puglia haven’t dreamed of spending the night in one of the trulli, historic conical limestone huts, that dot the landscape here and are now protected by UNESCO World Heritage status. At Masseria Gelso Bianco, 11 …
If you find yourself near Otranto in Puglia, don’t miss the natural wonder of Cava di Bauxite. When I visited no one else was there!
Someone had a great day in Puglia today – me! I rode around the stunning Baroque city of Lecce in a 1956 Fiat 600. This beautiful bronze bi-color has 97,000 kilometers on it and easily navigates some of the city’s smaller streets.
In the February 2012 issue of Dream of Italy, Irene Levine visits the oldest public library in Europe in the town of Cesena. In this excerpt from the current issue, Elaine Murphy looks at another of Italy’s libraries that warrants a visit: Biblioteca Sandro Penna (Perugia) This public library, located in the San Sisto district of Perugia (Umbria), was named …
Our friend film director Steven McCurdy, producer of Postcards from Italy and Bringing Home Sardinia, is offering an intensive 25-day film workshop in Italy, approximately June 20 to July 12, 2012. The hands-on cultural documentary program is entitled “Conversations of Italy” and McCurdy is accepting four applicants to join him. This is the third film workshop program McCurdy has conducted in Italy (see this …
This is an excerpt from an article on staying in Roman convents that appeared in the September 2007 issue of Dream of Italy – The smell of holy water hits me the moment I’m buzzed into Fraterna Domus, which sits just a few blocks from Piazza Navona. A slim woman in her 50’s, with pixie hair cut, navy blue sweater …
