Venice View all
A Venice walking tour app? Yes, Ecco Venezia!
A Venice walking tour app? Yes, Ecco Venezia! As you probably remember, not a long time ago I was invited→
Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice highlights
I already wrote about the Venice Scuole in the post regarding Venetian Guilds and in that about La Scuola Grande→
Villa Foscarini Rossi, a Luxury Shoe Museum near Venice
Villa Foscarini Rossi was a summer residence of the noble Venetian family of Foscarini. The second name, Rossi, belongs to→
Journey to the Centre of the Doge’s Palace
Palazzo Ducale, Doge’s Palace is located in Piazza San Marco, right in front of the San Marco bell tower. When→
Food View all
What is Italian radicchio?
Radicchio [rah-DEEK-kyoh] is a generic term for several types of chicory more or less bitter. Italian radicchio is very renowned.→
Festa dell’Uva: “Model” for 1 day for the Grape Harvest Festival
Believe it or not, in the middle of September I was “model” for a day… Me! Plus size model, obviously. But→
Ristorante Daniela: romantic dinner in San Casciano
If you intend to visit San Casciano dei Bagni, you shouldn’t miss the opportunity to have lunch or dinner at→
Villages & Burgs View all
Lucignano: where to vow for eternal love
Lucignano is a small town on a hill. Its intact medieval centre, with a lovely oval shape, is enclosed by→
Soave: the village is indeed soave, but its wine even more
Some time ago I (not entirely, then you’ll understand) attended a guided tour of Soave, a nice village in the→
Pienza: Pecorino, Parade and a Panorama
Does Pienza need an introduction? I don’t think so, but, OK, I’ll do it all the same. Pienza is a→
THINGS TO DO View all
House of Petrarch in Arqua: a refuge in the Euganean Hills
At age 65 the great Italian poet Francesco Petrarca, Petrarch in English, retired in the Euganean Hills. Throughout his life he had made→
Scuola Grande di San Rocco: Tintoretto’s opus
La Scuola Grande di San Rocco is one of the 6 Great Schools of Venice, and it is the only→
Castelvecchio Museum Highlights
Castelvecchio Museum Highlights: When I visited the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona some works of art have impressed me more than→
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Lesson Number 8: Italian Summer Fruits
Italian Summer Fruits are the best. I particularly like apricots, peaches, strawberries, cherries, melons, plums, figs and raspberries (but sadly raspberries→
An Italian Prosciutto story: Prosciuttificio Fontana
My husband and I visited Prosciuttificio Fontana during the Prosciutto Festival in the pretty medieval town of Montagnana. I was expecting→
Punta San Vigilio beach: the best place for swimming in Lake Garda
Punta San Vigilio beach is probably the best beach of Lake Garda. I had seen one too many photos of→
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