Because it is believed the ships are threatening the sinking city, the Italian Government will reduce by 20% the number of cruise ships allowed into the lagoon starting in January. Here’s that link if you’re interested in reading…
Verona from the hills, looking toward St. Anastasia and the Ponte Pietra My visit to Verona last summer was almost an accident—but a lucky one. It wasn’t on the original plan for our three weeks in Northern Italy, but online…
I’m going to Italy for my honeymoon and I haven’t traveled away from the U.S. that long before. Some of my cousins say we need to have travel insurance for doctors and such, but how likely is it I’d need that even if I had to see a doctor? Are…
” The Treasures of Naples” opens in Rome. Photo: AFP Photo: Reuters
Birthplace of the Renaissance, home of such great artists as Michelangelo and Donatello, Florence’s influential roll in beginning the Renaissance is widely known. The city is very worth visiting for it’s great art, fascinating architecture…
(Padova — Piazza Dei Signori) There are several good day trips one can make from Venice, one of the easiest being to the fun small city of Padova (which we Anglophiles often call Padua). The city is an easy half hour train ride from…
(The canals of Murano) Venice is just an “island community” (actually it’s an amalgamation of 100 smaller islands) in the shallow brackish waters of the Laguna Veneta. There are several other island communities in this…
(Grand Canal, Salut Church, Old Custom House) So it was finally our time to visit the legendary travel destination of Venice. With increasing excitement we journeyed from Florence through Tuscany and finally over the long…
(View of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo) It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for an historic city than the heart of Tuscany; that’s where you’ll find Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and…
(Mural of Pope John Paul II, St. Peter’s Square, The Vatican) When visiting the Vatican you leave Italy and enter another country, albeit a very small (110 acre) country with only a few hundred permanent residents. Yet the Vatican…
Because it is believed the ships are threatening the sinking city, the Italian Government will reduce by 20% the number of cruise ships allowed into the lagoon starting in January. Here’s that link if you’re interested in reading…
Verona from the hills, looking toward St. Anastasia and the Ponte Pietra My visit to Verona last summer was almost an accident—but a lucky one. It wasn’t on the original plan for our three weeks in Northern Italy, but online…
I’m going to Italy for my honeymoon and I haven’t traveled away from the U.S. that long before. Some of my cousins say we need to have travel insurance for doctors and such, but how likely is it I’d need that even if I had to see a doctor? Are…
” The Treasures of Naples” opens in Rome. Photo: AFP Photo: Reuters
Birthplace of the Renaissance, home of such great artists as Michelangelo and Donatello, Florence’s influential roll in beginning the Renaissance is widely known. The city is very worth visiting for it’s great art, fascinating architecture…
(Padova — Piazza Dei Signori) There are several good day trips one can make from Venice, one of the easiest being to the fun small city of Padova (which we Anglophiles often call Padua). The city is an easy half hour train ride from…
(The canals of Murano) Venice is just an “island community” (actually it’s an amalgamation of 100 smaller islands) in the shallow brackish waters of the Laguna Veneta. There are several other island communities in this…
(Grand Canal, Salut Church, Old Custom House) So it was finally our time to visit the legendary travel destination of Venice. With increasing excitement we journeyed from Florence through Tuscany and finally over the long…
(View of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo) It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for an historic city than the heart of Tuscany; that’s where you’ll find Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and…
(Mural of Pope John Paul II, St. Peter’s Square, The Vatican) When visiting the Vatican you leave Italy and enter another country, albeit a very small (110 acre) country with only a few hundred permanent residents. Yet the Vatican…
