Naples, Italy possesses a raw magnetism that is difficult to forget. It has an authenticity in which life spills dramatically into the city’s public spaces. Once you peel back the grime, graffiti, and chaos, there are treasures to be found.
Ischia is less crowded and inexpensive as compared to Capri, Italy. It is blessed with volcanic landscapes, natural thermal springs, picturesque villages, and a dramatic coastline.
Sicily holds some of the Mediterranean’s most extraordinary archaeological treasures. Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites include the remarkably preserved ancient Roman mosaics of Villa Romana del Casale and the towering Greek temples of the Valley of the Temples.
I recently visited Tuscany and recommend eight beautiful, diverse towns worth visiting for their architecture, history, food, surrounding landscape and museums. When one thinks of Tuscany, images of rolling green and gold fields, tall cypress trees, walled villages, and medieval castles come to mind. As part of a vacation to northern Italy, first spending a… Read More »Eight ‘Must See’ Towns in Tuscany
Lake Como is a post card studded paradise in northern Italy offering stunning views, water activities, luxurious villas, and gardens, delicious food, and fun people watching. If there is one place I’ve been, where beauty created by humans matches its surrounding natural beauty, it would have to be along the shores of Lake Como, Italy’s… Read More »Things to Do along Glamorous Lake Como