It’s a scorching hot August day, much like that fateful August day 1 938 years ago, I imagine. And much like the residents in 79 must have done, I’m walking the streets of this once wealthy Roman town, then home to 15 - 20 000 [...]
30 kilometres from Rome, you’ll find two villas. Two very different villas. In fact, the only thing they have in common is being on UNESCOs list of properties worthy of special protection for the future. The bus from Rome (from the station Ponte Mammolo on [...]
Italy's largest sea port was once known as a rough and rowdy city. Yet, more than 100 palaces and grand residences line the splendid streets of Genoa. A beauty that tears the soul The Ligurian coast seems to have had a magnetic draw on artists. [...]
Is there a better start to the morning than a brisk sail in a fresh breeze? I don't think so. As I've mentioned here, here and here, there's much more to the Italian Riviera than Cinque Terre. So much more. Here's yet another little jewel. [...]
One of the most visited spots in the city of Verona is not real. La Casa di Giulietta, Juliet's house, and even more famously, Juliet's balcony, is a figment of an author's imagination. Now, William Shakespeare isn't just any author, of course. Though he probably didn't [...]
The gorgeous Ligurian Riviera was a major player in our Instagram gallery last month, so you will have seen some of these photos recently. But it wasn't all about Italy. Poland, Sweden and Switzerland feature among our most popular 'grams of April, as well.
Portovenere I know you're all waiting for Cinque Terre - and I'll get to that. But hold your horses, as the Yanks say. First, I'll show you a town at least as pretty (and even more interesting, I think). That's Portovenere, just a few kilometres away. I'd [...]
