Off the beaten track

Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Located in central Italy, Abruzzo stretches from the heart of the Apennines to the Adriatic Sea and presents a variety of landscapes, from soaring mountains to…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Molise is our featured region this month. We've already told you how this is often an 'unsung' region of Italy, little-known and rarely visited. But if you do…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
[The Rape of Ganymede sculpture hanging in the Tribuna room inside Palazzo Grimani. Photo Credit: Jeff Hirsch.] Too often, tourists in Venice limit their…
Culture
by elisascarton |
On a bright and early morning in Southern Tuscany, a couple hundred visitors make quite a stir. They’re not tourists, or at least human tourists, and they’re…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
In the northern portion of Molise, Agnone stands out as a pleasant surprise: this town of 5,400 inhabitants, famous for its historic factory producing bells,…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
One of the largest protected areas in Europe, the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park covers an area of 2,014 square kilometers (778 sq mi) spread…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
[In the photo: snowshoeing by the iconic Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. Photo credit: James Rushforth.] A cheaper, easier, slower - and rewarding -…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Veneto is our featured region of the month this February and today we're taking you on a tour of some of its most charming small towns to discover a side of…
Culture
by Laura Morelli |
The cluster of islands known as Murano emerges from a vast expanse of lagoon north of Venice. For many centuries, the shimmering waters outside the…
Culture
by Georgette Jupe |
Off the main tourist track in Italy’s green heart, you could say that Spoleto to coin a very overused term in travel writing is “a hidden gem.” While most…