Articles by Michelle Fabio

Words by Michelle Fabio The 78th International White Truffle Fair of Alba is being held this year from 4 October to 9 November to the delight of gour…
Words by Michelle Fabio - Photos courtesy of ENIT Throughout October (5-26), the town of Castel del Rio in the province of Bologna in Emilia Romagna…
In mid-October, the region of Umbria, the Green Heart of Italy, will turn a bit brown—but in a good way, especially if you’re a chocolate lover. The…
They might be two of the lesser-known saints of the Roman Catholic Church, but “I Santi Medici,” the Doctor Saints Cosma and Damiano are two of the mo…
In Pinerolo, a town of 35,000 nestled in Piedmont’s Italian Alps, the first weekend in October is decidedly French. Indeed, Pinerolo is called the “Mo…
San Gennaro was the Bishop of Benevento when he was beheaded during Diocletian’s persecution of Christians in 305 C.E. Some of the martyr’s blood was…
From 11-15 September, the small town of Misterbianco, Sicily, eight kilometres outside of Catania, will celebrate La Festa della Madonna degli Ammalat…
This week we’re off to Venice’s Grand Canal for the famous Regata Storica, a series of spectacular, fiercely competitive gondola races capped off with…
This week we’re staying on the island of Sardinia to celebrate La Festa del Redentore, The Feast of the Redeemer, in Nuoro—and I’m offering you severa…
  Today we’re island hopping over to gorgeous Sardinia to celebrate the Festa dei Candelieri in Sassari. Every 14th of August, Sardinia’s second…
Every July 2 and August 16, the medieval Tuscan city of Siena becomes the site of a colourful, bareback horse race heard and seen around the world — a…