Carol King
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Carol King spends her time between Sicily and London. She has been a journalist and writer for 30 years and a freelance for more than 20 years. Carol loves travel and has visited 36 countries - so far. Her appetite for travel has seen her track gorillas in Uganda, climb Adam’s Peak in Sri Lanka, visit salt mines in Poland and puff cigars in Cuba. Outside of the UK she has lived in Buenos Aires, Madrid and Modica, Sicily. After more than 20 years as a technology journalist editing various titles and writing for newspapers including the Wall Street Journal Europe, The Guardian and Daily Telegraph, now Carol writes mainly on travel, art, architecture, film and history for books, magazines and websites. She has written about travel for TheTravelEditor.com, Frommer’s, Volotea Airline and 1001 Escapes, as well as Destinations Travel, Destination Weddings, Psychologies and Discover magazines. Carol also does guest slots on the BBC radio show Mondo Italiano and Australia’s Rete Italia. She loves Sicily: its nature, architecture, sun, sea, food and, most of all, its people.
Articles by Carol King
For hundreds of years, the walled medieval city of Prato in Tuscany has produced some of the world’s finest fabrics that have become associated with M…
The red, green and white bands of colour of the Italian flag, Il Tricolore (the tricolour), are seen everywhere in Italy. Flags fly outside homes, hot…
The Italian island of Capri has dedicated its Capri, Hollywood – International Film Festival to the late Ingrid Bergman.
The dedication coincides with…
The Alta Badia ski resort in the Dolomites of South Tyrol in northern Italy is holding the Slope Food festival from 15 December that will continue thr…
Your guide to what’s on in Italy this winter, from art shows and sports events, to festivals and concerts.
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La Madonna di Foligno i…
In the photo: Uma Thurman for the month of March. Outfit: Atelier Versace. Shoes: Salvatore Ferragamo. Drink: Negroni.Actress Uma Thurman is the 15th…
London’s Barbican is staging a musical tribute to Italian composer and conductor Nino Rota, who composed the themes of numerous films, including the f…
As Christmas approaches, Carol King selects the top 10 Christmas markets in Italy which offer gift ideas, decorations, local handicrafts and – best of…
An Italian man who has spent 40 years building an amusement park in the middle of a forest in northern Italy has become the subject of a documentary.T…
A project to create the first ever virtual online museum devoted to the Italian city of Venice has been launched.The ‘Meraviglie di Venezia: tesori sa…
Nutella lovers will appreciate a new cookery book devoted to the Italian hazelnut spread ‘Nutella: The 30 Best Recipes’.The book is an homage to Nutel…
Italian singer Andrea Bocelli will perform in the UK in November 2013 and will tour the USA the following month.The Italian tenor is doing two concert…
Ed., October 13, 2023: We're re-sharing this archival article on Friday the 13th, which in some countries is thought of as a day of bad luck. Here…
Scotland is famous for the Loch Ness monster, Nessie, but Italy’s Lake Como also has a monster: Lariosauro – or ‘Larry’ for short.Lariosauro lives in…
The head of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci, has said that the Vatican may have to reduce the number of visitors to the Sistine Chapel.
Paolucc…
Restaurants in the Italian city of Genoa have united to abolish cover charges in an effort to attract clients, both locals and tourists.The cover char…
Archaeologists have discovered a 4th century Roman castle in Turkey that they believe is the last of the Roman Empire in the east.The castle is in Çat…
Carol King selects 10 dog breeds that originated in Italy that may make for man’s best Italian friend.
Bergamasco Shepherd
The Pas…
The Sesia-Val Grande in northwest Italy has been included in the UNESCO list of Global Geoparks.
Italy has nine Global Geoparks. The recent addition…
The Giardino dei Patriarchi dell’Unità d’Italia, a special garden made up of the “twins” of many of Italy’s most important monumental trees, has opene…