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A note from Kathy McCabe, host and founder of, Dream of Italy, and now Dream of Europe: Italy is my great love. France was my first love but the entire continent of Europe has always captivated me and I even majored in European Studies in college. Now I’m embracing my wanderlust with a new series Dream of Europe, premiering on …
This Editor’s Note originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Members receive access to more than 190 back issues—if you’re not a member, join here. Venice—you absolutely must visit it at least once in life. I contend one of those times must be during the winter because the light at that time of year in Venezia …
This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. The first glance of a breathtaking masterpiece, landscape or architectural triumph is the stuff from which Italian moments are made. In Emilia-Romagna, there’s perhaps no better such “wow” moment than at the incredible Early Christian Monuments of the Ravenna UNESCO World Heritage site (www.ravennamosaici.it), lavished with some …
This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. “Let me call the baker,” the restaurant manager insists as he pulls out his phone at 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday evening in Trieste, I look up at him, wide-eyed and already feeling guilty for the extra effort he is putting into making sure my dinner is …
This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Oh, Venezia. To visit/re-visit or not to visit/re-visit, that is the question. Some 20 million folks choose the former annually, for reasons that need no introduction. Venezia‘s beauty is unquestionably without equal, its history as fascinating as anywhere on Earth, its artistic and architectural treasures breathtaking and …
This article originally appeared in the October/November 2024 issue of Dream of Italy. Sophia Khan is the artist who created “Awaiting Adventure in Venice,” which is the cover art for this issue and offered, for a limited time, both as a bonus for new and renewing members and for sale through Dream of Italy. I discovered Sophia’s art on Instagram, …
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Transcript with Show Notes Embedded: Angelo Carotenuto: At LivTours, we pride ourselves to make sure that the dreamer, the traveler, can live an experience, a destination from every angle. Kathy McCabe: This is Kathy McCabe. Welcome to the Dream of Italy Podcast. You know me from the PBS travel series, Dream of Italy and the award-winning …
Tourism to Italy hit a record high in 2023 with registered arrivals at accommodations at 134 million (with similar numbers expected in 2024) and locals and visitors alike are feeling these numbers, with streets and sites feeling more crowded, reservations harder to come by and just a general sense that certain cities and sites are overrun. Italy is the fourth …
Big Parma Few of Italy’s small cities rival the cultural (opera, history and more) and culinary (Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma to start the list) offerings that elegant Parma presents…If you haven’t been yet, make it your next must-visit in northern Italy with this city guide including where to stay and my God, of course, where to eat. “Dream Job”: …
