The Curious Traveler

Culture
by Pat Eggleton |
I can recommend no better day out in the Province of Ragusa than a visit to the Castello di Donnafugata. Those among you who love the Commissario Montalbano TV…
Travel
by Teresa Fisher |
Pictures by John Heseltine The site of Siena was originally an Etruscan settlement that later became the Roman city of Sena Julia, founded by Senius, son of…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
It is hardly what you’d expect cloistered nuns to gaze upon during the course of their silent lives. Bold scenes of boar hunting, bowling, dancing, even a…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Words by Carla PassinoUnder a pale silver moon, the sea is a glossy sheet of molten obsidian. But flickering in the distance, the lights of Sicily dance on the…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Words by Carla PassinoAn intricate forest of firs and beech. A steep, forbidding road. A last bend, and then the Benedictine Eremo di Camaldoli, hidden behind…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Words by Carla PassinoAchingly white limestone cliffs rise sharply from a cobalt blue sea. A lone sailing boat leaves a soft wake in the water, and the silence…
Travel
by Carla Passino |
Perched on top of a small verdant hill near Aosta, the austere silhouette of the Castello di Fénis stands sentinel over a large field peppered with geese and…
Lifestyle
by ITALY |
A gay rights' row heated up in Italy on Friday after a Catholic minister walked off in a TV debate about a draft bill granting legal recognition to same-sex…