Day Tripper

Travel
by Christine Webb |
Lucca has a glow that comes with being just right. Not too big or small, not too crowded with tourists but just the right amount of fabulous art that it is…
Travel
by John Heseltine |
Behind the crumbling façades, John Heseltine finds a vibrant and fascinating city. Palermo is a charming pot-pourri of Arab imprinting, Norman palaces, baroque…
Culture
by Fiona Cameron |
If you enter Mantova - Mantua from the north-east, across the bridge over the misty waters that surround it on three sides, the city seems to float like a…
Travel
by Marina Spironetti |
As your plane begins its descent towards Rome, off to the north you will often see a blue teardrop nestling in the hills of northern Lazio, with two tiny…
Travel
by Marta Guerriero |
Are you looking for somewhere a little different in Italy? A town with a blend of Italian and Central European culture? With Alpine air and a wealth of art and…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Located on the south side of the Po Valley in the Emilia-Romagna region, Modena is a small and ancient town synonymous with balsamic vinegar, Lambrusco wine…
Travel
by Anne Harrison |
By the time we left the hotel, it was already late afternoon, and our plane left at dawn. The buildings shimmered with a golden glow particular to Italian…
Travel
by Christine Webb |
Perugia, capital of Umbria in central Italy, lies sprawled high over the Tiber Valley like a prickly limpet, immovable, seemingly impenetrable and unchangeable…
Travel
by Gabi Logan |
Before the Renaissance and the Medicis, Florence was not the undisputed cultural and economic capital of Tuscany. Siena flourished from the late 13th to the…
Culture
by Sandra Srivastava |
The elegant city of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna, is one of Italy’s most prosperous cities and has one of the world’s oldest universities. It is known as ‘the…