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Venice View all
12 facts about San Marco campanile
Last December, as you saw on Facebook and Instagram, I visited the San Marco campanile in Venice. I decided to go→
Dining al fresco at restaurant Da Celeste Pellestrina
Imagine to have dinner in a terrace on the lagoon, admiring the sun going down; a sail boat passing by→
Osteria alla Frasca in Venice: dining under a vine pergola
Osteria alla Frasca is a corner of peace in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice. Its name means Leafy branch.→
Gondola ferry: a quick way to cross the Grand Canal in Venice
I was in Venice the other day and I was on a hurry, so I tried a gondola ferry service.→
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→
Cocaeta: A lovely creperie in Venice
Sadly, Cocaeta has changed ownership. Cocaeta (meaning little tern in Venetian dialect) is a super tiny creperie in Venice, located about→
Foodie View all
Biasetto, a World Cup Pastry Champion in Padova
Luigi Biasetto is a pastry chef born and raised in Belgium, where he graduated as Maitre Patissier Chocolatier Confiseur Glacier.→
What does DOP mean? and DOC? How to identify Italy quality food & wine
What does DOP mean? and DOC? And IGP? How to identify Italy quality food & wine? I’m going to explain→
Top things to see in Matera
What are the top things to see in Matera? First things first… Matera was on my travel dream list since→
Historic Cafés in Turin
One of the things I liked the most when I visited the capital of Piedomont were its Cafés. The historic→
VILLAGES View all
Combai Chestnut Festival, the fruit of an enchanting Autumn
I still have in my eyes the beautiful colours of Autumn, the glimpses of stone houses, the hills full of→
Stealing beauty in Monteriggioni, one of my favourite villages in Tuscany
Monteriggioni is a super tiny burg located 30 minutes away from Siena and a little over an hour from Florence.→
Lazise: Romantic and elegant
Lazise is a charming little village located on the east shore of Lake Garda, 20 minutes by car from Verona.→
MADE IN ITALY View all
Italian pralines you can find in supermarkets
Among my group of friends or between my husband and I, every now and then this topic pops out again:→
Palazzo Mocenigo: scented and stylish
Palazzo Mocenigo is located in the Santa Croce Sestiere, Venice, and hosts the Mocenigo Museum. Mocenigo is the name of a noble→
Villa Angarano: the villa of the women
Villa Angarano is a gorgeous villa near Bassano del Grappa. The Venetian Prealps and the Mount Grappa are on the→