The Umbria region has always demonstrated its strong bond with nature, deserving the epithet, the "green heart of Italy" and rightfully so. As soon as you start traveling along the Umbrian roads, you can't help but notice the majesty of the landscape and it won't ...

This summer, what could be better than exploring a practically secret, magical village on a hilltop in Lazio? What if this magical village was adorned with giant, colorful murals done exclusively by female artists? This is a real place in the Viterbo province of Lazio ...

In the heart of an area known as Castelli Romani, just south of Rome, you'll find the town of Grottaferrata. It's renowned for its wine, fantastic countryside, and its abbey. Grottaferrata's Origins Its origins are ancient: in the distant year 1004 Nilo, a monk from Calabria, decided to build his ...

In the heat of the summer, our thoughts tend to wander and places like the prized Amalfi Coast along Italy's western coastline come to the forefront of our mind. There probably isn't an aspiring traveler on earth that hasn't either heard of it, dreamed of ...

Cremona. Cremona is synonymous with so many beautiful things. We could begin with the violin, or perhaps the torrone dessert, or maybe even, the Torrazzo- the highest belltower in Italy. And yet, when you type in "Cremona" in the search engine, it might actually auto-suggest the phrase, ...

Northern Italy's South Tyrol region is known for its skiing and winter sports but has also become increasingly popular in the warmer months as well. Over 450 km of hiking trails, lakes, fresh air, great hospitality and so much more are putting it at the ...

If you're looking for a coastal city that is also one of the "Most Beautiful Villages in Italy" then look no further than Sperlonga. Located along the Tyrrhenian coastline between Rome and Naples, Sperlonga has the perfect mix of history, culture, and sea. Sperlonga and Emperor ...

Puglia is not just Alberobello, Lecce, and Brindisi. Puglia is much more; Puglia is Salento. Salento is the heel of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula, located between the Province of Lecce and parts of Brindisi and Taranto.  Salento is the deep color of the earth and the ...

As the saying goes, "When opportunity knocks..." and until July 31, 2020, visitors will have the extraordinary opportunity to see the mosaic floors of the Duomo in Siena. If you're thinking this isn't a big deal, think again. Giorgio Vasari himself called them "the most beautiful, ...

There is a village 40 km from Palermo where no time machine is needed to go back in time. We are talking about Caccamo, whose castle is one of the largest and best-preserved Norman castles in Sicily and Italy.  We are on the top of Mount San ...